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Open Source toolpath generator for 3D printers
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New name for Slic3r C++ and pre-compiled binary ? #5132

Open HolgiB opened 2 years ago

HolgiB commented 2 years ago

Hey there, I am not really following the Sli3r project too intensely but work with it for cutting & combining STL objects under Linux. Quite a while ago I came across the Wiki for Slic3r for using the CLI when watching out for a solution to do mass conversion from 3MF to STL. It took me quite a while to understand that the Wiki entry for CLI is not really meant for the Perl / C++ Version which is around for Linux, Mac and Windows but the C++ version of Slic3r.

I haven't found a pre-compiled version of Slic3r C++ but was able to compile it using a provided Docker Build container and installing a whole lot of libs related to some Boost stuff IIRC. The Wiki for Slic3r links to non-existent containers.

Ok, my questions so far: 1) Wouldn't it make sense to "relabel" Slic3r in the C++ to a somewhat different name for this CLI stuff ? It seems to make less sense to me providing a CLI description for a tool which is essentially a different tool which everybody uses ? May be slic3r-cli or slic3r-c++ ? 2) Wouldn't it not also make sense to provide a pre-compiled package for slic3r-cl (or whatever once calls this) ?