Nesting capabilities of slicer (overview)
Short overview of how good the nesting capabilities of various 3D slicer are.
The task is simple: placing as many of these shapes on a 200x300mm printed as possible.
Manual (quick and dirty for reference): 6 pcs.
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/cfa27fb8-0912-4720-8e02-6706d06398ee.png
Ranking:
- Ultimaker Cura: 7 pcs.
- human (me): 6 pcs.
- Orca slicer: 5 pcs.
- PrusaSlicer & BCN3D stratos: 4 pcs.
By switching (for this particular part) from the worst (Prusa) to the best (Cura) slicer the nesting performance improved by a whopping 75%!
Ultimaker Cura:
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/9293a3ce-2ddd-4284-9d66-489875f44cf8.jpeg
Prusa:
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/20a78b39-8e20-480a-ad06-4eef92a0f979.jpeg
BCN3D Stratos (forked from an old version of Cura):
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/ca7144db-b518-4ca7-b54e-75b27ecce10a.jpeg
OrcaSlicer:
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/71d29899-ade1-416f-9862-5d22035e4f9c.jpeg