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Setup PrusaSlicer

Tiago Conceição edited this page Jun 11, 2021 · 12 revisions

Why use PrusaSlicer?

  1. Good slice quality (Less problems and accurate)
  2. Good auto support system
  3. Good manual support placement with painter tool
  4. Advanced options and freedom
  5. Easy to use
  6. Free
  7. Opensource
  8. Good community support
  9. Regular updates
  10. Stable

Setup

  1. Download: https://www.prusa3d.com/prusaslicer
  2. Install and start
  3. On configuration wizard select:
    1. Prusa MSLA: Original Prusa SL1
    2. SLA Materials: Select all or only the ones you want to have (You can come back to select/deselect others)
    3. View mode: Expert mode
    4. Click Finish and close PrusaSlicer
  4. Open UVtools
    1. Go to: Menu -> Help -> Install profiles into PrusaSlicer
    2. Select all print profiles
    3. Select the printers you wish to use
    4. Click install selected profiles
  5. Reopen PrusaSlicer and confirm if selected profiles are there
  6. Go to Printer Settings:
    1. Select your printer
    2. Confirm the settings
    3. Go to Notes and configure as you wish after the START_CUSTOM_VALUES placeholder
    4. Save printer under diferent name to keep the UVtools original printer unmodified
  7. Go to Print Settings:
    1. Select the layer height you need from the Universal profiles
    2. Check configurations and change if required
  8. Go to Material Settings:
    1. Pick a material to use, if not present just grab a similar
    2. Confirm the settings and if required change the perameters based on your printer and resin
    3. Save the new material
  9. Import object into plate and prepare your print
  10. Export the file to print as .sl1
  11. Open the .sl1 generated file in UVtools
  12. Convert the .sl1 file to your printer correct format: https://github.com/sn4k3/UVtools/wiki/Sliced-File-Conversion (Note: Currently the .sl1 files are auto converted to the correct output once open on UVtools so this step is not required)