Preview of Slices

Tool-path Preview

After clicking the slice button, the current view of model will switch to display the toolpaths/layers of the print job.

Adjust the scroll bar below to select the range of layers that will be visible.

Full View

Sectional View

Single Layer

Preview Modes

3D - Volumetric rendering of the paths. If the computer does not have an independent display card, the 3D mode may cause software to become very laggy.

Contour - Display tool-path in 2D, the path and its width are defined by lines.

Lines - Only display the tool-path as a line. This mode consume the least computational power, so if 3D mode is laggy, switch to this mode to have a smooth preview.

Color Scheme

The preview mode allow marking different properties of path in different colors.

Line Type: Mark entities into different colors

Extruder: Mark tool-path by their corresponding extruders

Speed: Mark tool-path with colors representing different speed

Temperature: Mark tool-path with color representing temperature

User can click on the names of title to define custom colors, a color swatch will pop up for color selection.

Preview of Seams

It is recommended to set color of infill/infill perimeter and perimeter into contrasting colors.

So that it will be easy to spot the seams on the layers.

Switch between model view and tool-path view

User could click the "Model" or "Layer" buttons to switch between views showing model or the slice or even let both of views overlap each other.