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Slicers can make or break your 3D print - quite literally. Over time, there have been many slicers, but two have remained favorites for the 3D printing community—Orca and Prusa. 

What happens when you have to choose between these two slicers? Let’s dive straight into it the right way!

What Is a Slicer?​

3D printing works layer by layer. Each layer is printed on top of another, and a 3D printing slicer converts your 3D part into 2D layers for the printer to follow and print.

A slicer also sends numerical code which positions the extruder, adjusts layer height, printing parameters, and supports. This makes the choice of slicer important, and switching to a new slicer is often a worthwhile upgrade.

Why Is Orca Slicer So Popular?​

Orca slicer is based on Bambu Studio (slicer for Bambu lab printers) and gives the best of both worlds. It’s an enhanced version of Bambu studio based on Prusa slicer with a more user-friendly interface, wide support for printers and regular updates.

Stringing can be a very frustrating print problem to troubleshoot. It can depend a lot on the geometry of your print; some models may have problems with stringing while others may not even if you slice using the same settings. In this article, we'll go over the causes of strining, and what you can do about it.

If you've ever done any metal machining, you already know that rigidly attaching your stock material to the machine is one of the most important steps in the process. In 3D printing, this is also true. Rigidly attaching the base of your part to the print bed, also known as bed adhesion, is one of the most critical parts of the printing process.

When this fails, it can be difficult and frustrating to debug. The reasons why bed adhesion fails are sometimes not obvious and can be finnicky to reproduce and rectify.

Season Two of the popular Netflix show Squid Game recently introduced international audiences to the Korean game of Gonggi: a fun, simple game similar to the classic American schoolyard game Jacks. The game involves throwing stones in the air, but the stones are often substituted for colorful plastic pieces - plastic pieces that could be made using a 3D printer! In this post, we'll walk you through the basic rules of the game, as well as how to 3D print your own set of Gonggi stones.

How to play​

At it's core, the game consists of throwing one stone into the air and picking up varying amounts of other stones off a surface. At level one, the player repeatedly throws a stone into the air, picking up a single stone off the surface before catching the thrown stone. At level two, the player does this with two stones per throw. This continues until level four, at which point the maximum number of stones is reached. At level five, the player throws the stones into the air and catches them on the back of their hand, often performing tricks like clapping their hands before catching the thrown stones. Early versions of this game used actual stones, but modern players use plastic sets instead.

For more variations on this game, see here.

Popular Model Sets​

Gonggi by PIETROMULLER on Cults3D​

Since this game was featured in Squid Game, many users have created model sets that match the aesthetic of the pieces shown in the show. This design is great because, since the symbols on top are raised, users without multi-material support can swap their colored filament for white to get the desired symbol contrast.

Einführung​

Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie warten stundenlang auf den fertigen 3D-Druck und stellen dann fest, dass er unerwartete und unerwünschte Streifen oder Linien aufweist. Dieses Problem, bekannt als Z-Streifen, ist ein häufiges Ärgernis beim 3D-Druck. Es ist, als würden Sie eine gerade Linie zeichnen, aber Ihr Lineal rutscht ständig ab, sodass Sie eine zackige statt einer glatten Linie erhalten. Z-Streifen lassen Ihre 3D-gedruckten Objekte gestreift aussehen, anstatt eine glatte, ebene Oberfläche zu haben.

Aber warum sollten wir uns überhaupt darum kümmern? Nun, diese Linien sind nicht nur ein kosmetisches Problem. Sie können Ihre 3D-gedruckten Objekte instabiler und weniger funktional machen. Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie bauen einen Turm aus Bauklötzen: Sind die Klötze nicht richtig ausgerichtet, ist der Turm nicht so stabil. Deshalb ist es wichtig, dass jeder, der einen 3D-Drucker benutzt – ob Hobbybastler oder Profi –, weiß, wie man dieses Problem behebt. Dieser Leitfaden hilft Ihnen genau dabei, diese störenden Linien der Vergangenheit angehören zu lassen und optimale Ergebnisse bei Ihren 3D-Druckprojekten zu erzielen.