Slic3r Linux  

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You can just pull the git repo at https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r and follow instructions in the readme.

I don't remember if I had to install any special packages but basically you then just check out the version you want (or master for the very latest) and do:

perl Build.PL --sudo
perl Build.PL --sudo --gui

and its done.

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I forgot, you will also need the settings repo at https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r-settings

just clone it, and copy the MK2 files to ~/.Slic3r

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I did just that with the alexrj version. is the Prusa fork the exact same? I guess that was my poorly worded question.

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I did just that with the alexrj version. is the Prusa fork the exact same? I guess that was my poorly worded question.

No, the prusa version is different.
unless you mean the build process, then yes, its the same 🙂

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Thanks. No sweat doing a git and building another Slic3r.

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If you're on Debian, there are packages for the Prusa Edition: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/slic3r-prusa

And for those on Ubuntu, I have a PPA: https://launchpad.net/~santilli-gabriele/+archive/ubuntu/slic3r-prusa (16.04 aka Xenial only at this point).

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Dang! I just built 1.31.6. Figures . 😀

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Well, there's a beta out, and there's probably going to be a new release soon, so you can save time when that comes out (or save time if you want to install the beta version instead). 🙂

(The beta is also available as an AppImage so that makes it easy to try without installing anything: https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r/releases )

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> Dang! I just built 1.31.6. Figures . 😀

The version has not been bumped up inside the source code. I guess I should do it, but for us the build system takes care of it.

On Linux, if you are lucky and your system is compatible, you can just pull the AppImage from https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r/releases
, chmod +x the appimage and execute it. Simple as that.

Vojtech

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Yep. That worked on my Debian Jessie 8 stable. Thanks all.

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On Linux, if you are lucky and your system is compatible, you can just pull the AppImage from https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r/releases
, chmod +x the appimage and execute it. Simple as that.

Vojtech

Cheers, not that I know what " chmod +x the appimage " means, but it works just by clicking on the downloaded appimage (in Ubuntu 16.04LTS) 😀

All my customized print, filament and printer settings have automatically transferred over from Slicer 1.31.6 into Slic3r 1.33.8 and the variable layer height function works.

Brilliant! 😀 😀 😀

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Is the Settings>Layers function now broken since the variable layer height came in?

I cannot figure out how to set layers to zero height to print just part of the object. I just get runaway memory (RAM) usage and then the rendering aborts somehow.

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Can I ask, what are you trying to accomplish with a zero layer height? The way I see it, you just told the software to divide by zero and create an infinite number of layers.

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Can I ask, what are you trying to accomplish with a zero layer height? The way I see it, you just told the software to divide by zero and create an infinite number of layers.

The purpose is to only print the problematic part of the file, so as to save 4hrs of print time and material to test the effect of different settings.

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That sounds reasonable. I've only done that in OpenScad. I took the full figure and used the difference function to "erase" the bottom portion of my object. My object wasn't that complex, so it was fairly simple to do.

Thinking out loud, if you use the split feature in Slic3r, can you delete portions you don't want to print? I haven't tried that feature yet.

Eric

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> I cannot figure out how to set layers to zero height to print just part of the object. I just get runaway memory (RAM) usage and then the rendering aborts somehow.

Please enter an issue into the issue tracker.

https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r/issues

There are simply too many scenarios and I did not think about this use case at all.

I think though, that you should use the Cut function to achieve this effect though.

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> I cannot figure out how to set layers to zero height to print just part of the object. I just get runaway memory (RAM) usage and then the rendering aborts somehow.

Please enter an issue into the issue tracker.

https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r/issues

There are simply too many scenarios and I did not think about this use case at all.

I think though, that you should use the Cut function to achieve this effect though.

Thanks Vojtech, that solves my problem!

I did not know about the 'Cut' function in Slic3r. Seems like I need to poke around in the menues a bit more to find what it can do...

😀

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I did not know about the 'Cut' function in Slic3r. Seems like I need to poke around in the menues a bit more to find what it can do...
😀

You want to really have some fun in Slic3r load a few things on your build plate. Double click one then click the little green plus sign. You can set layer heights, infill parameters, support parameters on a per object basis.