A correction, I saw a file uploaded from Cura to a snapmaker printer and
thought that it was natively supported. It requires a plugin:
https://wiki.snapmaker.com/en/Snapmaker_Luban/cura_plugin
I'm not aware of a Snapmaker Plugin for PrusaSlicer - OpenBSD's only slicer.
My Sovol SV06 Ace runs octoprint and I was able to connect, via
Octoprint, to it and use the camera in OpenBSD. Octoprint appears to be
an HTML/Web interface that I assume if the reason for the webkitgtk
dependency in PrusaSlicer.
Snapmaker is making a foray into OrcaSlicer:
https://www.snapmaker.com/en/snapmaker-orca
On Nov 24, 2025: 12:09, Andrew Hewus Fresh wrote:
On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 07:46:48AM -0800, Heppler, J. Scott wrote:
I can't speak for SuperSlicer or Cura, but PrusaSlicer and OrcaSlicer
have that capability built in and I have tested it on OpenBSD's
PrusaSlicer.
I'm not sure I follow, but yes PrusaSlicer (in ports) and OrcaSlicer
(that I'm working on) can both send files to an Octoprint server. This
new port is a "proxy" for sending files to Snapmaker printers by being
an Octoprint server, doing some minor fixups to the gcode, and then
sending it to Snapmaker printers.
This package would be useful for BambuLab printers with Bambuslicer -
the default LAN upload goes through BambuLab's cloud based in China.
People doing potentially patentable work on BambuLab, disable the LAN
wifi, except for firmware updates, and mule their print job over on a
USB flash drive.
This would not be useful for BambuLab printers as I don't believe they
are supported. A similar software for those printers would be useful,
but I don't plan on having one, so it would be useful for someone else.
My 3D printer came with OrcaSlicer and the code is a mess. I ended up
making my own Klipper based profile for PrusaSlicer.
Cura, I have not used, but it is OpenSource and is a maintained package
for both Debian and Arch Linux. For Snapmaker printer owners, it should
be a reasonable port.
I'm not quite sure I understood the entirety of this email, but as owner
of a Snapmaker printer, I do find this software very helpful.
--
J. Scott Heppler
Penguin Innovations
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