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slicer

6.6

A program that turns a 3D model into thin layers and makes printer instructions

noun
/ˈslaɪsər/

Specialized

: slicer

I've got a mop-o-matic, a digital zucchini slicer, a turbo charged beet saucer, and a country twanging toast timer! -

Examples

So I think between Kira and Simplify, those are the slicer, slicer, slicer that we like using well, and slicer and slicer.
J = polar moment of inertia measured by the Slicer program

Academic text (1997)
And there's actually more slicer configuration to do in just a little bit.
Its first major technological innovation was the development of a slicer for meiboku ceiling panels.

Academic text (1997)
Other firms adopted the slicer, so to hold off an ensuing price war, Odaka looked for ways to use wider and longer pieces of veneer.

Academic text (1997)
Previously when we come over to Slicer to combine those those parts for printing, we'd have used the menu option that says Combine multi material STL files.
To prepare the 3D print, I opened the slicer software and set the layer height for better detail.
The slicer generated the G-code needed for the 3D printer to create the model accurately.
After designing the model, I adjusted the settings in the slicer to optimize the printing speed and quality.

Compounds

cheese slicer

1 1.8

A tool with a flat blade for cutting thin, even slices of hard cheese

Surface Forms

slicer singular

slicers plural

Morphology

slicer = slice (transparent) = slice + er

The software's function is to 'slice' a 3D model into layers; naming it with '-er' (tool that performs slicing) is a direct and productive formation.

Etymology

Slicer in 3D printing is named after slice ('a thin layer') because the software cuts a 3D model into many thin layers and makes the printer instructions for each one. So a slicer is the program that creates those printable layers.