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Changes for page Slicing

Last modified by Josh McGee on 2025/11/19 10:13
From version 3.1
edited by Josh McGee
on 2025/10/20 02:47
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To version 4.1
edited by Josh McGee
on 2025/10/20 03:14
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1 -3D printers take ```.gcode``` files as input. The purpose of the slicing is to convert your 3d model (commonly in .stl format) into .gcode that the 3D printer can understand.
1 +3D printers take (% class="mark" %)##.gcode##(%%) files as input. The purpose of the slicing is to convert your 3d model (commonly in (% class="mark" %)##.stl##(%%) format) into (% class="mark" %)##.gcode##(%%) that the 3D printer can understand.
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3 3  There are many different kinds of slicers. If you're using a Creality brand printer you will need to use Creality Print, however for all other machines the most common slicer at MCI is Prusa Slicer.