A better real world example, the first layer of the famous 3DBenchy, sliced with PrusaSlicer using archimedean infill is shown below: Before: GCode generated by PrusaSlicer. The results above are not typical since the source file is almost entirely circular. Detailed statistics are created and stored for each GCode file processed: Statistics of the arc-welded file, showing a substantial reduction in file size and extrusion/retraction moves. The processed GCode is 76.1% smaller with 96.4% fewer extrusion/retraction commands than the original file. You can see that the After GCode above has far fewer moves. View the Full Sized Image.Įach dot in the image above represents the start or endpoint of an extrusion.
Here is an example of the before and after of a single layer of a cylinder with archimedean infill produced by PrusaSlicer: Before: GCode generated by PrusaSlicer.
This can substantially compress many GCode files and may reduce stuttering caused by sending many tiny movements in rapid succession over a slower serial connection. What Arc Welder DoesĪrc Welder attempts to replace G0/G1 (linear move) GCodes with G2/G3 (arc move) GCodes. Plus, it always makes my day! If you cannot afford to leave a tip or just don’t want to, that is fine too! Arc Welder is free and open source after all. Almost all of the donations go towards offsetting the cost of development, which is substantial. Please consider supporting my work by becoming a patron, a Github Sponsor, or by sending me beer money via PayPal. This is detailed in the prerequisites section of the readme file linked to above.
#Repetier server work with other slicers install
Please note that if you are using Python 3, you may need to install the python3-dev package before Arc Welder will install. I am planning to add a complete wiki for the plugin in the near future and will link to that here when it is complete.
Please read the readme file in the Github Repository for installation and usage instructions.
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