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What 3D printing-related software runs on Linux? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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So i have a 3D printer, and i have linux on a laptop but im struggling to find good 3D print-related software to use on linux or maybe i havent looked hard enough? Im pretty much a beginner to both linux And 3d printing, also using Ubuntu Mate if that matters on a old thinkpad.

So i need a 3d print slicer/way to print to my printer, i also need a simple 3d modeling software (ive tried blender but found it too hard and heavy for me and my laptop). It would help if all suggested software were open source or something like that.

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[–] 51 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Some stuff that immediately comes to mind

  • FreeCAD might be too resource intensive
  • OpenSCAD maybe a bit of a learning curve for more complex designs, but can be used for simple stuff
  • Tinkercad online basic 3D design
  • Cura slicer I've used (in windows) and it seems fine
  • PrusaSlicer
  • Slic3r
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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    IMHO the best slicer is orcaslicer, which works fine on Ubuntu as an appimage. On other distros i used distrobox to create an ubuntu box and then start the appimage.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    What do you like about orcaslicer? I've mostly just used Cura because it was the first one I picked up and it seemed to work fine.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Cura was also the first one i used, but it was a creality branded shitshow of a program. So i found orca slightly after that and now use it ever since. I love the inbuilt filament calibration tools and especially, that i can control my printer directly from the slicer, to e. G. stop a job i sent too hastily or something.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    +1 to TinkerCAD and PrusaSlicer. I have a (Creality) Ender V3 but switched away from CrealityPrint to Prusa due to Wayland issues and while it's not as pretty, it's not just as powerful but more so

    TinkerCAD has also been amazing for nearly everything I need. I only recently hit the limit with it after years of printing and switched to Blender but it's super solid

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