Lychee Slicer Pro Free Download
Sumiko Fagnoni
been using lychee slicer for awhile, so far i like it, very intuitive if you have 3d experience, using freebie version 3.6.6. i'm having a problem with an object though. i originally cut it up in Blender to fit in my print area. the object has printed fine a couple times. now i'm doing a version where it's rotated about 20deg and when lychee barks about problems when i bring the edited .stl in, i hit fix, and it closes some parts i don't want it to. but, the weird thing is the shadow cast in lychee is correct and still has the portions i want not showing. it's a window, and i can see from the shadow, lychee somehow still thinks there are holes in the window panes, which is how it should be?
Quick note on the scale value of a model.
It can have a negative impact on the tools and the stability of the slicer.
Try to keep the scale around 100% and avoid extreme values like 0.01% or 10000%.
When importing a model Lychee Slicer will import it based on the values and unit in the file and give it a 100% scale value. More information here.
Tips: Once imported you can change the scaling of your model before starting the support step, export it and reimport it back into Lychee Slicer to have a new model with the desired size in mm/inch and a 100% scaling value.
The scale tool, located in the layout workspace let you change the scale of your model on the X, Y, and Z axis at once or independently.
Click on the tool icon to launch it or S on your keyboard.
A manipulator will appear at the center of the selection, offering different actions. (You have no way to change the manipulator placement)
This happens randomly and with no apparent cause, and all efforts to recreate this issue fails, however I can see that when the computer goes haywire after using the slicer, Windows has suspended the process for consuming too much memory space, and there are 13 LycheeSlicer.exe processes that weren't closed when I exited the slicer. Many programs will crash when the memory leak happens, so I cannot tell when it happens.
I tried changing to lychee slicer, make the supports, adjust the settings, save as PWMO ( have a photon mono) but the printer doesnt read the sliced files. If I make the same file on anycubic software it print fines, what Im doing wrong?
So I've been printing with a Mono X2 for a few months now, have my settings all dialed in and everything that completes has been coming out really nice. I'm using Lychee slicer to build my supports. On multiple occasions lately, I've run into "damaged file" errors when printing.
I've ruled out a bad USB drive as the cause. When I generate a sliced file, I export that to my PC first, so I've taken a couple models that failed and simply copied the slicer file from my hard drive to another USB stick and it stops with the damaged file message at the exact point in the print.
Hello, I've been trying to use lychee slicer with my creality Halot One printer and I've tried using both v2 and v3 on the .cxdlp filetype version, but no matter what I use it comes up saying "There is a problem with this model data!" When I try to load the file. I've done the thing where you use lychee for the supports and then save it as an .stl to finish in Halot box, but this is annoying and Halot box doesn't work nearly as smoothly as lychee and sometimes it doesn't do what I want it to do. And if I want lychee to save the .stl with the hollowness and drain holes, I have to pay for pro so I have to use halot box for that step. Has anyone figured out a sure way to get lychee slicer to work with the halot? Both lychee and the printer have been updated to the latest versions.
- Chitubox / Photon File Validator : I use Chitubox to slice, however the File Validator only supports .photon files, and I find I can't use Chitubox easily to add supports to correct the islands since my supported models are fused with their Prusa supports... So I have to redo the whole PrusaSlicer -> Chitubox -> File Validator thing a lot. Also, I realised Chitubox doesn't support anti-aliasing for the Photon S. What the heck ? I could use Anycubic's slicer for this, but at this point, juggling four software just to print is.... yeeeeesh. Also, I read it's kinda crap, any truth to this?
I just received my 3d Anycubic Photon Mono 4K. Before start printing my models I wanted to do some calibration tests (cones of calibration and 3DRS starship test). For this calibration test, I used the photon slicer and I nailed down the right exposure times however when I try to do the same test using Lychee Slicer, all my prints fail... I copied the same slicer settings (I had to use the advanced settings from photon slicer because of the fields asked by lychee slicer). The prints are failing after the first layers are cured, it seems that they are not getting attached to the plate.
So this is going to provide an overview of what is the current best slicing software to use with Resin 3D printing, Lychee Slicer, and go through the workflow to create a recipe from a CAD model by using it. Lychee Slicer is a completely free software and is a great and intuitive software to get yourself up and running create custom resin prints. Everyone knows about Chitubox slicer (and for good reason, it is a good slicer) but the Lychee Slicer has provided me with better tolerances, size accuracy, mesh repair features, a more modern UI and many more options so this will be the focus of this guide. Also of consideration is that both these slicers have premium paid options, and the Lychee Slicer is cheaper, however I have not used or had a need to use either paid options. Lychee Slicer even allows me to compare my future 3D print with a banana!
3D File formats that Lychee Slicer (and most slicers) will be compatible and work with are as follows: STL, OBJ, 3MF, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG. Once you have a file on hand use the top-down menus on the top left of the screen and click import 3D file or simply click and drag it onto the window to get your desired file into the centre of the virtual build platform.
Lychee and most slicers software can be broken down into three distinct sections which are as follows: Arranging the Model, Preparing the Supports, and Producing/Exporting the Sliced File. In Lychee the stages are situated prominently in the top middle section of the window, can be accessed between at any time, and are labelled Layout, Prepare, and Export.
Unlike FDM 3D printing, which uses slicers like Cura to generate G-code for the 3D printer to follow, resin 3D printing requires a specific type of slicer that can produce a stack of images corresponding to each layer cured instead of G-code. This is because resin 3D printing works by curing a liquid resin layer by layer with a light source.
To download the slicer, go to the Mango3d website and choose the version compatible with your computer. Once you've downloaded it, run it as an administrator and then select Install. After launching Lychee, you will need to wait a few seconds for it to load.
Lychee is popular among users of resin 3D printers because of the simplicity of the interface and the support it offers for a wide variety of 3D printers. Regardless of the complexity of your 3D model, you can easily prepare it for 3D printing with this slicer.
The supports in arborescence, I practice them for a while in resin printing, with Lychee slicer. Very practical.So, these tree-supports, I wanted to see what it could look like in filament printing.Quick test with a file grabbed from Printables.com, and scaled down to 30mm height
I find that Prusa has well studied algorithms. For resin printing, I often go through Prusa Slicer to determine the correct orientation and place supports by auto. I export in stl with the supports and in Lychee slicer, I adjust if necessary by reinforcing in places.
The primary difference between these print methods is how the material is deposited onto the build surface: most SLA printers print models section-by-section rather than along a single-layer line, like FDM printers. Because of this, SLA 3D printers typically are not compatible with positional-based slicers that utilize G-codes. SLA print makers have to work with specialized software to slice an object and prepare it for printing.
Mango3D has created Lychee Slicer, which incorporates the functions of basic FDM slicers. Lychee Slicer is an efficient, easy-to-use, and robust slicer that is compatible with many different brands of SLA printers and suitable for use by both hobbyists and professionals.
ChiTuBox is a community favorite SLA slicer. It is functionally quite similar to Lychee and includes automatic support generation, object arrangement, and object hollowing, among other great features.
Here's a screen capture taken from the downloaded file, unmodified on my end. Using Analysis, Inspector, this is the result. In my experience, using auto-repair often destroys the model. In this case, it didn't! I also noted that the tree supports have been removed. What slicer are you using to add the supports? You can use Lychee Slicer (free, with 30 second advert nag) and get useful results. It's possible (likely) that the supports were causing the main trouble. I loaded it into my Lychee Slicer and it is hollow (and unsupported, of course).
If you aren't using a resin printer, what slicer do you use? If your objective is to have tree-type supports, you could create them in a different slicer and export the STL as a complete model. Some slicers allow this, to include supports when exporting.
I could not have been more wrong. The Meshmixer created supports fail the inspector, but when brought into my slicer, it slices fine. I'm using Simplify3d for my filament printers. The largest bed in my resin printer is too small for this rather large model.
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