Beginners guide to 3D printer slicers

Are you new to 3D printing? Have you printed the demo file from the SD card and want to start your own 3D prints? This video will explain to you what a slicer is and cover all of the basics to get you started. Start simple, experiment and branch out. Before you know it, you’ll be printing like a pro!

0:00 Introduction

0:49 File formats - STL & Gcode

3:47 What is a slicer?

4:25 Popular slicers
Links for slicers mentioned:

7:11 Layer height & extrusion width

9:32 Perimeter/walls/skin/shell

11:15 (Solid) infill

12:37 Start and end gcode

13:43 Temperatures & part cooling

14:55 Speed vs acceleration

16:04 Retraction

17:45 Support material

19:16 Vase mode

20:10 Conclusion

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[MrDanikr]

I have been 3D printing for over 2 years now I still watch your begginer videos because they are so good and I always learn something new!

[samj]

cannot thank you enough. Clear language at the right speed without waste of time. thumbs up.

[AerialWaviator]

Most excellent ... in content and in timing. Love that you touched on the same feature set across the most common/popular slicers.

[kellyjean]

Thank you Michael! I’m am FAR from tech savvy, but really want to get into 3d printing. I appreciate this video and will check out more of your beginner friendly videos

[neil]

Thanks for the comparison and run through of the software side. Great info as always!

[tasmedic]

Incredible information density in this video!
I've been 3d printing for a while but learned a lot from this video, so thanks!

[IllumFusion]

I bought a 3d printer recently after watching your videos and this slicing topic timing is perfect thanks for the inspiration in starting this new hobby bro and awesome video

[fimishaqua]

freaking awesome video. Though it was very basics of the 3 different slicers, u gave a great overview explaining what each setting does and how it effects the prints. Great work. I love watching your videos as they are clear and quite detailed and easy to understand.

[matthewweinberger]

thank you for all this valuable information, ive been in the hobby for a year and didnt know all of this stuff

[musicteacherengel]

Thanks for this video. I'm a total novice with 3D printing, and this video was very helpful. Thank you!

[richardgracews]

Thanks my first printer arrives on Thursday. Great timing I'll watch this a few times

[alejandrocavazos]

This is an underrated video, wish this was here when I started

[barbaraparker]

Great video! Extremely helpful! Your videos as so easy to follow (love the pause button) and clearly explained. Thank you!

[mikehardie]

Was looking for a video for slicing yesterday! Impeccable timing 👍🏼

[gamesvrtech]

This is highly interesting and very helpful, thank you! 👍🏻
I will have to check out your guides and expect them to be as useful and easy to follow as all your other videos, great work.
I didn't 3d print for quite some time now but with your content as a little refresher I guess tweaking will be fun and results should be better than before 😎

[FranklyPeetoons]

Great refresher.
It would be nice to see you explain the program/plugin Arc Welder a little better than some of the smaller YouTube channels have done. I'm sure you know about it. It instructs the printer to make normally linear linear movements as arcs, which can shrink GCode and result in slightly smoother prints. Your presentations often make clear what others muddle a bit.

[rpiazza]

Perfect timing I was looking for just this type of video today!

[mrselenio]

legend, thank you so much! bought a cr10s pro v2 a few days ago, didn't even assembly it yet, this will be useful, thanks again!

[aaronazz]

Great video Michael. A mate has just got his first 3d printer and this explains the basics very simply (saves me a heap of dodgy unqualified explanation). The calibration page is a game changer having everything in one wiki with the videos linked 🤯... It's as if you're a trained educator 😉

[christopherblanco]

You are brilliant mate. So professional and helpful