Should I use the slicer that came with my 3D printer? 3D printers often come with their own branded slicer and, more often than not, they're based on the open-source Cura platform.

Free 3D printing software FreeCAD is a free and open-source 3D printing tool for designing 3D models ready for 3D printing. It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux and utilizes a parametric design ...

Cura is a free open-source 3D printer slicer for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is compatible with most common FDM 3D printers, and the printer profiles have been tested for thousands of hours to ...

Open source and free Ulitimaker Cura is a powerful, open source slicer, suitable for any hobbyist or newcomer to 3D printing but still needs to work on advanced settings like supports.

The slicer for 3D printing is functional, but probably won’t be replacing our regular slicer soon. It places heavy emphasis on manually adding supports, and belt printers like the Ender CR30 are ...

This article is the third part of a four-part series that examines some of the changes in 3D printing that have occurred in the past three years since my first articles on the subject. Because this is ...

One of the things that has interested me most as I've followed the 3D printing industry is just how similar it is to the story of Linux distributions. In my articles from three years ago, I discussed ...