Sliced File Conversion

File conversion allow convert from a format to another format. Think like you have a JPG file but want to convert to PNG.

Most printers only accept a single file format, and if you use the recommended slicer for the printer it will output the right format that you need. Most of the time this is enough for most of the people and they don't need anything else, but the problem is when the compatible slicer is bad, feature-less or you want to use other anyway.

There are "generic" slicers that work with a bunch of formats and the specific slicers that will work only with a brand printer, if you want to use another slicer that don't cover your printer needs then you just can't use it.

UVtools made that possible, unlocking the freedom of slicer choose. So you can use your favorite or best slicer to prepare the slices from the 3D object, export the file, open and convert with UVtools and print.

How to convert

1. Open the sliced file on UVtools
2. On Menu -> File -> Convert -> (Target Format)
3. (Open the target file to verify)
4. Put the output file on a pen and print

Compatible formats

See: https://github.com/sn4k3/UVtools#known-file-formats

How it works internally

1. An empty target format is created with the default structure
2. The target format is populated with all information based on input format
   • Any missing information by lacking of parameters from any end, UVtools tries to complete it based on calculations, but when not possible the field will set empty and most of the cases are not required
3. Preview images are imported and rescaled for the format standard
4. Layer images (slices) and properties are copied over
5. Target file gets encoded and saved as the final file with the selected filename and extension (format)