OrcaSlicer 2.5.0 is here, the biggest update in OrcaSlicer's history, built from nearly 1,300 pull requests by more than 180 contributors.

You can now add features with Python plugins, print on belt printers, mix new colors from the filaments you have loaded with color mixing, give surfaces real 3D texture with Texture Displacement, design parametric parts in the experimental Design tab, and print two to four parts at once on IDEX and IQEX printers.

Toolhead collision volumes keep Arrange, brims and travel moves clear of bed clips, tool docks and other obstacles. Smarter travel planning cuts unneeded moves with nothing to turn on, and OrcaSlicer starts, slices and exports noticeably faster.

It also supports the Bambu Lab H2C and A2L, with mixed nozzle sizes on the H2D and X2D, and brings the new Speed Dial, Precise Seam modifiers, new infill options and hundreds of fixes.

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[–] 7 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Just tried it out for the first time yesterday, didn't even know they just pushed out a major update. Its my first time using it on a new Creality K2 Pro-Combo. Install was easy, seemed user-friendly with data, and the process of slicing went through without a hitch. Had a .stl file and was uncertain of whether it accepted STLs, so I opened freeCAD to turn it into a .3mf and import it into OrcaSlicer. That whole process went through without any problems. The part wasn't initially at the orientation I wanted, and after ten seconds of searching, I found the tool to place the surface I wanted against the bed. The settings seemed overbearing at first, but after going through once, now seem intuitive and understandable. Created perfect G-Code for me.

Feeling pretty good about this, using only OrcaSlicer and FreeCAD, I got several components prepared as I wanted. Really feels like glory days of open sourcing.

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