Releases: Helio-Additive/OrcaSlicer
Releases · Helio-Additive/OrcaSlicer
v2.3.0.1-rc3
✨ What's Changed
- Automatic generation of PAT keys ; no need to go through the dashboard anymore
- Better UI: Click Helio Action after slicing to trigger a simulation
- Improved ETA estimates for simulations
- Added simulation facts and guides to the Orca tooltip
- Added support for Bambu Lab materials
- Fixed the known issue where simulation results would reset after loading.
🎯 Feature Scope
This version supports thermal simulation only.
G-code optimisation will be introduced in a future release.
💡 Tooltips
- When saving a new filament preset for a supported filament, keep the original name and append
@followed by any custom text to ensure the supported filament still works. - If you have any previous versions of Orca Slicer with simulations installed, please clear old app data before reinstalling to ensure everything works correctly.
📖 How to Use
Check out our detailed set-up guide here
⚠️ Known Limitations
- For multi-plate setups, only the first plate can be simulated.
- H2D is fully supported on our backend, but Orca doesn’t support it yet — hoping the community can help make it available.
ℹ️ Support
Need help or have questions?
Full Changelog: v2.3.0.1-rc2...v2.3.0.1-rc3
v2.3.0.1-rc2
What's Changed
- 🐛 Fix linux build by @maikeriva in #4
- 🔧 Updated printer and filament profile integration: Helio-specific IDs are now directly embedded into existing Bambu printer and filament profiles. No manual importing is required to activate Helio functionality.
New Contributors
- @maikeriva made their first contribution in #4
Full Changelog: v2.3.0.1-rc1...v2.3.0.1-rc2
Contributors
maikeriva
Assets 7
v2.3.0.1-rc1
🧪 OrcaSlicer Helio inside (Pre-release v0.1.0-beta)
Welcome to the first pre-release of our Helio-enhanced OrcaSlicer – a customized fork of OrcaSlicer with cloud-based thermal simulation built right in.
🚀 New in this release
🔥 Thermal Simulation Integration
- Slice as usual or toggle on "Slice with Helio" to generate a full thermal simulation of your print.
- View layer time dependent temperature directly in the Preview panel, alongside standard slicer settings.
- Get insight into thermal consistency, cooling behavior, and critical hotspots in your model.
🌐 Cloud-Based Processing
- Simulation is offloaded to the cloud for fast processing – no local compute needed.
- Requires internet connection and a personal api key for usage.
- Simulations are offered for free
🧪 Experimental Features
- Integrated thermal overlays in the Preview tab.
- Thermal results viewable layer by layer, road by road or across the full print.
⚠️ Notes
- This is a pre-release, expect occasional bugs and UI limitations.
- Feedback is highly appreciated – help shape the future of temperature-aware slicing!
🔧 How to Use
- Slice your model as usual.
- Enable “Slice with Helio” before slicing.
- Once slicing and simulation completes, view the thermal results in the Preview panel.
- You can toggle between regular preview parameters and thermal simulation overlays.
💬 Known Issues
- Simulation data will take a few minutes to load after slicing. Time depends on model size
- Results are dependent on valid material, printer and ambient temperature settings.
- Some material or printer ids in the presets package may have errors - let us know if something looks wrong.
- UI/UX for thermal overlays is in early stages – improvements and suggestions for changes in future versions.
- A guide on how to improve process parameters using thermal analysis can be found here: https://www.mermaidchart.com/raw/f6c0d8fc-0b20-47f3-9c65-ce39f1604a09?theme=light&version=v0.1&format=svg
📩 Feedback & Support
Got questions or bugs? Open an issue in the GitHub repository.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Helio-Additive/OrcaSlicer/commits/v2.3.0.1-rc1