Rapidly Improve Your 3D Prints with Hidden Slicer Settings

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In this video, I share 11 3D Printing Slicer settings that you never knew you needed. This video is brought to you by PCBWay, your one-stop-shop for PCB prototypes and assemblies. Visit them at jle.vi/pcbway
Knowing the ins and outs of your Slicer of choice can mean stronger 3D prints, faster print times, less time spent in CAD customizing your models and much, much more.
In this video I'm going to share a handful of lesser known Slicer settings that will help you take your 3D prints to the next level. I'll be demonstrating in "Orca Slicer," which is a fork of Bambu Studio, which is a fork of PrusaSlicer, but it should be the same in Cura. And, it will work with ANY 3D Printer (FDM, not resin) that you choose to use.
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00:00 Introduction
01:38 Slicer Setting No. 1: Solid Infill Modifiers
02:18 Slicer Setting No. 2: Modifier Areas
02:56 Slicer Setting No. 3: Negative Volume Modifiers
03:40 Slicer Setting No. 4: Close Holes Slicing Mode
04:23 Slicer Setting No. 5: Hole X-Y Compensation
05:54 Slicer Setting No. 6: Combine Infill Layers
06:25 Slicer Setting No. 7: Variable Layer Height
07:09 Slicer Setting No. 8: Ironing
07:55 Slicer Setting No. 9: Cut Feature
08:22 Slicer Setting No. 10: Complete Individual Objects
09:21 Slicer Setting No. 11: Per-Object Settings
10:41 Conclusion
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@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for watching! Let me know what you thought of this video, and if you really loved it, consider supporting my work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thenextlayer

@PunCala Жыл бұрын

You are on a good track to becoming a great KZfaqr. Some of the humour, especially the delivery, doesn't really land, and I suggest removing the moving printer in the grey background as I found it very distracting. Same thing about adding your face to clips of the slicer doing its thing: it's distracting from the actual thing I want to look at. Technically the video is impressive.

@MarcoAntonioButron 14 күн бұрын

This is one of the most useful videos I've seen and now I'm just waiting for my new computer to be ready so I can install Orca and start trying these suggestions through. Thanks Jonathan!

@hwbehrens Жыл бұрын

Thanks for including information for newbies as well. A lot of the existing beginner material is fairly old and/or outdated, applies to Ender-style printers, and so on. I feel like we're having a bit of a shift in the industry with the new more-automatic printers, but content has been focused on reviews, comparisons to older models, or basically just targeting experts rather than people who are just getting into the hobby now that the barriers to entry are starting to come down. I had no idea slicers could do so much vs modeling software!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Agreed! I take requests. Just message me on discord

@jellocubez7 Жыл бұрын

This is immensely helpful! As a noob, your videos have helped me print better quality models much sooner than I thought I would be able to !

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Wow so glad. Thanks for the comment!

@milliwaysbartender1726 Жыл бұрын

Enjoying the outdoor shots and greenscreen, it's a nice change of pace and looks very high quality!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! Great feedback. Soon we will be in the new studio but I’ll do a green screen for you!

@josephsmith601 9 ай бұрын

I love how he mentioned how those 3D printing slicers built their software off each other. 👍👍👍

@Vez3D Жыл бұрын

thanks man !!! I learned couple things there :) Keep rocking it. Your content is awesome

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Wow! If you learned something that’s amazing! You’re an expert!!

@802Garage Жыл бұрын

I think your video style is improving. Less over the top and forced jokes, tons of good info, very professional. I'm assuming you have a lot of prior filming and editing experience?

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yeah almost 10 years. Thanks for the kind words.

@802Garage Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer Sorry if that sounded like a bit of an underhanded compliment BTW. I should have started by saying your channel quality is already massive. Your delivery of the info is improving and I just think you are setting into a groove for this niche that will connect well with the audience. Good stuff!

@djispro4272 Жыл бұрын

The hole filling was one I have not heard of, but Combine Infill is one I definitely want to use!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@jasonchaney5382 Жыл бұрын

This came along at a really good time. Now that I have a machine that... just works... I've been spending more time dialing in slicer settings. But I had no idea most of these things existed. So, thanks for that.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks

@DanielSanPedro Жыл бұрын

Hole X-Y compensation alone is worth gold. Thank you!!!!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Glad!!

@franslaurijsen1714 11 ай бұрын

Some more tricks/ tips. Use more a 0.6 nozzle. Print your top surface layer with one shell and set the extrude to 0.42. Now the flat spot of the 0.6 nozzle will go over the previous layer for the second time (partly). The effect is that the nozzle is ironing and printing at the same time, the surface is silky smooth. Try it. Did you ever set your walls/ shells at 3,5 ? This means that after 2 layers the 3 one have one wall less, this one wall will be laid there buy the infill, as a infill wall. this create that the infill is more connected with the walls, making your part stronger.

@paulosborne7676 12 күн бұрын

I'm a newbie and this was super helpful. Thanks so much.

@jsa2145 Жыл бұрын

good content :) Orca slicer is great, especially with the auto generated filament tuning tests, multiple build plates for one project, etc !

@avantgardethemighty6724 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good combination of most popular/handy features of other slicers in a new skin... Nice! Time to try it out soon ;)

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

I haven’t even started playing with those!!!

@theblindman8027 Жыл бұрын

one of the best 3d print tips and tricks i have seen in a long time. thank you!

@odntht 3 ай бұрын

I started to use the Orca Slicer few days ago... I was using the Ultimaker Cura... Oh my, Orca Slicer seems a whole new level thanks to all this settings you mentioned. I know it's not the only software that has this things, but to me it has the whole package and it's really easy to use! Thanks for the tips!

@Sembazuru Жыл бұрын

Don't forget after customizing the settings for your print in the slicer, save the project out as a .3mf so I you decide you need to tweak something after closing the slicer you can get back to where you left off.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yup good advice

@daveapplemotors 10 ай бұрын

This is the best video for me right now. I will use it as reference. Thanks. You have convinced me to learn more Bambu slicer. What I learned from you today could have saved me a couple hours last weekend...

@thenextlayer 10 ай бұрын

NICE! Now, try OrcaSlicer, I did a video about it ;)

@wiebel7569 Жыл бұрын

Complete individual objects is also a nice way to print batch of tiny objects with a filament leftover, so when the filament runs out only one print is unfinished.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

I do the same!

@jasonh3109 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff!!! Thanks for the tips!

@PetrPolach 4 ай бұрын

So useful video! I learned tons! Thank you!

@daretoreef Жыл бұрын

Great info! Keep it coming! Your videos have come such a long way!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@GeorgeWells00 Жыл бұрын

A very, very, VERY useful video. Your information provided me with new super-powers for my 3D printing! Thanks for making it easy to understand. Now, can I use Orca Slicer with my new SV06 and SV06 Plus...and my aging Ender 3 Pro?

@sierraecho884 7 ай бұрын

Great video. I would add one more, with arachne you can heavily modify line widths from function to function. For instance with my 0.4mm Nozzle and 0.2mm Layer height I use 0.8mm infill line width, 0.5mm outline perimeter, 0.6mm inner wall perimeter. This incereases print speed by sometimes 25%, the quality stays the same. This needs a little bit of tuning but works very well generally speaking. I also use a 0.25mm Nozzle to print 0.6 line widths you don´t even have to change nozzles and you can print very fine lines in the same print if needed. Arachne was the best and biggest change for FDM slicers and people didn´t even notice.

@uskeeze2131 6 ай бұрын

Wow I didn’t know about most of these!

@ax-cs 6 ай бұрын

👏👏👏 You save me lot of time. Thank You.

@allangraham5507 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video but having difficulty finding these settings in Cura. Would be helpful if you could locate them in a few slicers so that we can follow along with you. Great video though!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Fair feedback. But have you considered trying Prusa or Orca?

@sealion7951 Жыл бұрын

Thanx, Maybe next time show us how these features work in orca such as variable layers

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

I can do that

@errolfoster1101 5 ай бұрын

thank you these should make life much easier

@roadview3868 9 ай бұрын

I love you man your are the greatest :D So much things I'm learning from you :D

@thenextlayer 9 ай бұрын

Wow thanks

@CATpoopX Жыл бұрын

Great vid man awesome job

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@JohnJerde Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment!

@johnnyrocko7105 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video !

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Stay subbed more coming soon

@L3X369 10 ай бұрын

I noticed a few new features I didn't used before, I didn't know orca slicer is that good, so I will try it. As for printing object one by one and removing them while the printbed is still hot, it will result in crooked pieces, specially if they are thin, like for instance gears or such. Also, might not be that good if you skip a step on the motor while scraping the object. I would at least insert a pause comand in the gcode after each object and make the printer do some type of queue printing.

@mr_mac_86 11 ай бұрын

Couldn't find most of those in Cura.......so i may have to switch over to this one....... i dont comment much, but that being said, great video as always 👌

@zephyfoxy 6 ай бұрын

I think this was the final nudge I needed to use Orca over vanilla Bambu Studio lol.

@paulwipf943 Жыл бұрын

Man u sumplify things great video

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it

@paulwipf943 Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer wat u think of the anycubic kobra max

@WwAiRtRhIiOnR Жыл бұрын

Great and informative as always. I got one big question: the objects in #10 and #11. Are these hotweels tracks connectors?! I (my kids) always have a shortage of them.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yessir!!!

@chadwolf3840 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. I’m a hack and didn’t know about any of this stuff.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Nice. Enjoy!

@dr.grimm. 10 ай бұрын

leaving cura... thanks :D

@charliereading1241 10 ай бұрын

When I got to around 9:28, I had to laugh. I recognized that shape pretty easily: Hot Wheels track connectors. I had added support for mounting them on wooden ramps.

@gregchwelos 4 ай бұрын

@thenextlayer Another great video! Thanks. I don't see it mentioned, so I'd thought I'd point out that there is an easier way to set per-object settings in Bambu/Orca. In main panel on left, in the Process section header, there is a selector for Global/Object. Just select Object there, and then select one or more objects and use the same UI (Quality/Strenth/Speed...) to tweak params for the objects. And it highlights what you've tweaked. I'd post a screenshot if I could. Click Global to go back to that view. Cheers.

@xALFx13 Жыл бұрын

I see that you use Orca Slicer and so am I. just started and some what like it. Question where do I go to be able to see my start gcode and to see the print on my sonic pad.

@McSneaky95 Жыл бұрын

Time to make those holes bigger! ;)

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

@punkreeperful 3 ай бұрын

Do you know hiwntinmake infill parameters thicker?

@azerioner6595 Жыл бұрын

Hi I have been persuaded by your videos to switch to Orca Slicer but afraid to mess up my Ender 5 with Sonic Pad... How should I set it up and configure on Orca Slicer?

@sakkary9081 Жыл бұрын

how much difference between the 3 orca slicers is the web based difference or slicer difference regards

@LonghornTexasFan Жыл бұрын

Can someone show/tell me how to change the support density in Orca slicer please?

@antonioamuy7414 5 ай бұрын

Hey buddy thanks for the video. I appreciated it. I have a question for you... Have you tried to slice the same object on Simplify 3D and Orca? I really can not find why Simplify is so faster than Orca Slicer. Could you bring us 3 or more points to speed up prints on K1 for example.

@thenextlayer 5 ай бұрын

I don’t have simplify

@mtalbot74 Жыл бұрын

Are you using that slicer on your Voron. Awesome video.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yessir!

@AlexDoesYouTubes 10 ай бұрын

I really wish Orca had better settings for variable layer height, Cura definitely blows it out of the water there.

@TyWooly42 11 ай бұрын

nice enunciation

@thenextlayer 11 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

@pepsicolaboy7280 Жыл бұрын

prusa slicer has high detail and super detail puts ironing to shame i made a custom plate for my nest thermostat with braided inlay it came out flawless warning it takes a while to print

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

iiiinteresting

@sidneyking11 Жыл бұрын

Hello, I am relatively new to the 3D printing world. I have a ender printer from Creality. What CAD software would you recommend to use to learn to create 3D object? Also what slicer software? Thank You

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned. Video coming on that topic in a couple weeks….

@1r3k1970 2 ай бұрын

I'm writing with Google translator, so sorry for any mistakes. Do you know where there is a table option where you can see several print profiles and see where the others are. There is a window with a profile on the left, then the "=" symbol and on the right another profile. I accidentally discovered this and now I don't know where this option is.

@trevor7409 Жыл бұрын

anyone know what the combine infill layers is called in cura? or if they even have anything similar to it?

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Infill height

@skyrim4713 Жыл бұрын

For some reason my printed parts are mirrored how do I fix this?

@logicalfundy Жыл бұрын

Variable layer height has been a mixed bag for me - sometimes it saves time, but often it just increases the time even when I have it set to prefer speed.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm which slicer?

@logicalfundy Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer PrusaSlicer

@JanickSchmidt-ck6kf 4 ай бұрын

where I ask how you make a Galloway cow

@LocalWebsUK 7 ай бұрын

Tried to download and install but it seems that it requires Microsoft Edge? This only appears to run on Win 10 and above. Not about to purchase a new machine just to run 'free' software when Prusa Slicer does the trick.

@bond2k3 Жыл бұрын

Can you also use OrcaSlicer with a Prusa MK3S+?

@Hanzi2u Жыл бұрын

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can add any printer with custom profiles.

@Hanzi2u Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer that's always something

@bettydaltonnewbold2019 Жыл бұрын

How do you get to the MODIFIER AREAS? Right-click on something?

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yes

@bettydaltonnewbold2019 Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer - Right-click on WHAT, please?

@TS_Mind_Swept 5 ай бұрын

1:20 I think my main question then is "can you view and control the printer remotely?" like if you check in on it and see the thing exploded, can you stop the print from ur fone? 🤔

@thenextlayer 5 ай бұрын

Yes but if you want to do it truly remotely you need Octoeverywhere

@TS_Mind_Swept 5 ай бұрын

@@thenextlayer Hmm 🤔

@Hanzi2u Жыл бұрын

Orca slicer doesn't support that many printer i did find a bit lackluster.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

:( sorry to hear

@pepsicolaboy7280 Жыл бұрын

prusa slicer has infill setting

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yep

@logicalfundy Жыл бұрын

OrcaSlicer does look interesting - but I'm kinda confused as to why you'd want to monitor your print from the slicer. Sure, it saves a step, but other monitoring software like OctiPrint give you so many features and control, and allow you to monitor the print from any computer or even on a cell phone. It sounds like it just distracts from the primary reason for a slicer, which is to prepare the 3D model for printing.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

It works with Octoprint, too. It shows whatever interface you put on the printer

@poepflater 9 ай бұрын

CHecked it out, but it doesn't do Sailfish.

@ppBizU 11 ай бұрын

"hot wheel łącznik" - how come?

@technicallyreal Жыл бұрын

Am I crazy or is Sli3r most likely pronounced simply as "Slicer"? Back from the leetspeak (1337) days where letters were substituted with similar looking numbers (3 is a backwards E) in order to increase the cool factor or something.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s kind of a joke poking fun at people who pronounce it that way lol

@jamesreynolds8838 7 ай бұрын

Him: "Filing your holes" "Get your head out of the gutter guys" Me: What the heck is the gutter version of "Filing your holes"?

@RusakovLA Жыл бұрын

there is no "Close Holes" in PrusaSlicer.

@travistucker7317 Жыл бұрын

There is towards the bottom of slicing or layers tab on newer version anyways. There's also even/odd or something i believe.

@Kendor67 6 ай бұрын

You know not to be a jerk or anything I haven't subscribed to your page yet and it says the first thing I saw you have given so little information for anybody that you can't do what you're telling them to do maybe you ought to think about putting out a video telling people specifically how to download from the software and how to compile it as a software engineer. This was a stupid ridiculous video it gave me no help pointed me in no directions and you gave no links to download any of that stupid software all you gave a link to which I still don't understand is a page that has multitudes of release information but I have yet to find a download link. It would be nice if you would make a video and then give reference links to the ship you're talking about you gave really no information and I can't understand where all of these people are giving you thumbs ups on your comments about how this was such a great video you gave no information you wasted 20 minutes of my time and then trying to find that software couldn't find it wasted another hour so thank you very much I will not be subscribing to your channel and this is a video. Sorry for being so rude but when you put out a video and you tell people this is how you should do it you need to give them all the information about it.