gcode viewer on Ubuntu (appimage)
Hi, I previously installed the Slicer from snap but I see that it is not updated and switched to the appimage instead.
This is quite a pain for a number of reasons:
- I have to manually create the shortcut and point to a manually downloaded icon
- There is no way to directly run the gcode viewer which was available when installing from snap
How can I directly run the gcode viewer using the appimage?
Thanks!
RE: gcode viewer on Ubuntu (appimage)
1. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1328196/how-can-i-create-a-desktop-entry-for-an-appimage
2. just pass path to a gcode file as a parameter to appimage file and it should auto open gcode viewer
$ ~/Apps/PrusaSlicer-2.7.2+linux-x64-GTK3-202402291307.AppImage ~/prusa/1st_layer_0deg_0.4n_0.2mm_PETG_MINIIS_8m.gcode
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
RE: gcode viewer on Ubuntu (appimage)
Thank you @_kaszpir_, this is very useful in other scenarios, but I would like to run the viewer without any file and then load it using the UI.
Is there a command line to open the viewer instead of the slicer?
More generally, do you know if there is a documented command line for the appimage?
RE: gcode viewer on Ubuntu (appimage)
I found the solution in the sources: --gcodeviewer
$ ./PrusaSlicer-2.8.1+linux-x64-newer-distros-GTK3-202409181416.AppImage --gcodeviewer
Thanks again