This is the official release of OrcaSlicer V2.1.0
This update includes minor fixes and new translations.
For a detailed list of all the new features, please refer to the release notes for v2.1.0 Be...
You’re four forks deep now
Slic3r to Prusa Slicer to Bamboo’s slicer to Orca. It also borrowed a lot of ideas from Super Slicer. Since it’s open source, and has been gaining some momentum, it seems to have a decent amount of contributors
Why Orca?
all the features you know and love from things up the tree
a revamped UI
built in tuning tests (temp tower, extrusion multiplier, volumetric flow, pressure advance, etc)
The UI of Prusa slicer is hot garbage though. I started with prusa slicer and moved to orca after a few months. Orca is a much nicer experience, and the built-in test-models (temp towers etc.) are nice.
In find the location and grouping of parameters more intuitive in orca. I always had to look through several tabs to find the parameter I wanted to adjust when I was using prusa, it was never where I thought it should be.
Can someone give me a brief intro to orca slicer? Who is it made by and what’s it’s quirk?
For example prusa slicer, made by prusa, prioritizes user interface and has powerful almost modeling features (text, cutting etc)
You’re four forks deep now Slic3r to Prusa Slicer to Bamboo’s slicer to Orca. It also borrowed a lot of ideas from Super Slicer. Since it’s open source, and has been gaining some momentum, it seems to have a decent amount of contributors
Why Orca?
Did OrcaSlicer ever bring back the option to slice automatically when changing settings? It’s called “Background processing” in PrusaSlicer.
I used to slicer hop around, then i discovered orca. Just the best imho
Edit: its an open source fork of bamboo slicer
And Bambu Studio is a fork of PrusaSlicer
Which is a fork of Slic3r
The UI of Prusa slicer is hot garbage though. I started with prusa slicer and moved to orca after a few months. Orca is a much nicer experience, and the built-in test-models (temp towers etc.) are nice.
I’m comparing cura and prusa, so prusa wins by a lot. What are you comparing prusa to? Orca?
Yes
I give orca/bambu the edge for “prettier on screenshots”, but in practice, I don’t find their UI paradigm to be more efficient nor convenient.
In find the location and grouping of parameters more intuitive in orca. I always had to look through several tabs to find the parameter I wanted to adjust when I was using prusa, it was never where I thought it should be.
Orca slicer is a fork of Prusaslicer
And it’s fantastic!
Edit: its actually a fork of bamboo slicer which is a fork of prusa slicer
Fork of a fork of a fork.
The beauty of open source software
What are the advantages over Prusa?
Ease of use or features? Both?
I’d say all of the above. Its integration with Kipper is also very good
@rugburn agruably with a better UI and improved features.
(Some of which are starting to be back ported to Prusa slicer)
https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer
It’s worth giving a try