Welcome to the OrcaSlicer Wiki¶
OrcaSlicer is a powerful open source slicer for FFF (FDM) 3D Printers. This wiki page aims to provide an detailed explanation of the slicer settings, how to get the most out of them as well as how to calibrate and setup your printer.
- Printer Settings
- Material Settings
- Process Settings
- Prepare
- Calibrations
- General Settings
- Developer Section
Warning
This wiki is community-maintained.
Some pages may be outdated while others may be newer and present only in nightly build or latest release.
Note
Please consider contributing to the wiki following the How to contribute to the wiki guide.
Printer Settings¶

Settings related to the 3D printer hardware and its configuration.
- Basic Information
Machine G_Code
- Multimaterial
- Extruder
Motion ability
Material Settings¶

Settings related to the 3D printing material.
- Material settings
Material Cooling
Setting Overrides
Advanced
Multimaterial
Dependencies
Process Settings¶

Settings related to the 3D printing process.
Quality Settings¶

Settings related to print quality and aesthetics.
Layer Height Settings
Line Width Settings
Seam Settings
Precision
Ironing
Wall generator
Walls and surfaces
Bridging
Overhangs
Strength Settings¶

Settings related to print strength and durability.
Speed Settings¶

Settings related to print speed and movement.
Initial Layer Speed
Other Layers Speed
Overhang Speed
Travel Speed
Acceleration
Jerk (XY)
Advanced / Extrusion rate smoothing
Support Settings¶

Settings related to support structures and their properties.
Multimaterial Settings¶

Settings related to multimaterial printing.
Others Settings¶

Settings related to various other print settings.
Prepare¶
First steps to prepare your model/s for printing.
- STL Transformation
- Toolbar
- Basic
Auto Orient
Auto Arrange
Object Set
Variable Layer Height
- Object Manipulation
Cutting Tool
Mesh Boolean
- Painting/Marking Tools
- Assembly Tools
- Right-Click Menu
- Work In Progress...
Calibrations¶
The Calibration Guide outlines Orca’s key calibration tests and their suggested order of execution.
General Settings¶
Developer Section¶
This is a documentation from someone exploring the code and is by no means complete or even completely accurate. Please edit the parts you might find inaccurate. This is probably going to be helpful nonetheless.