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Michele Bordoni
(@michele-bordoni)
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How to save Slic3r Prusa Edition projects

Hi,
I wonder to know how to save a Slic3r project to edit it later on.
Since it is possible to define support strategy it could be useful to save the work to let people do some tests with those features.
A similar feature like the one PrusaControl has already would be perfect.
Thank you

Posted : 04/04/2019 5:15 pm
Neophyl
(@neophyl)
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Re: How to save Slic3r Prusa Edition projects

File > Save Project As. Saves the plate with the stl files (or other model files) as well as any already placed support blockers/enforcers etc. It also saves ALL the other print settings, including filament and machine settings.

You can then later open up the project and tweak settings.

You can also import settings from a saved project without opening it by simply using File>Import> Import config from Project.

Try exploring whats available under the menu options.

Posted : 04/04/2019 8:43 pm
Michele Bordoni
(@michele-bordoni)
Eminent Member
Topic starter answered:
Re: How to save Slic3r Prusa Edition projects

Thank you, I tried STL save with no good results. 3mf instead succeded into it.
I would suggest an option in file menu instead of plater.

Posted : 06/04/2019 10:26 am
Neophyl
(@neophyl)
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Re: How to save Slic3r Prusa Edition projects

Michele the alpha and beta releases of Slic3rPe have so many improvements to the workflow that it is well worth checking them out.
I've stopped using the release version now due to how good they are.

One of the things they have done is re-arranged the menu's, which has confused some people 🙂 but if you havent really gotten used to the old way yet isnt a problem. The new options are under file and more intuitively called open project/save project.

STL as a format isnt really suited to saving extra information like supports modifiers etc and from what I can see the 3mf format is supposed to be more of a new standard. Ever since I figured out you could save it my workflow has been to save the entire project once I was happy with the slice results before exporting the gcode. It makes it so much easier to go back and tweak something later.

The one thing I wish they would do is allow the update of an stl from disk once it has been placed and had modifiers attached. Unfortunately if I end up changing a minor detail of the original stl model you have to delete it, re-add it and then place all your modifiers again.

Posted : 08/04/2019 10:32 am
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