I made some mistakes learning how to use the $300 Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D printer, but it didn't take me long to make my first part.

There’s one that gives you a simple drawing program for making your 2D image, and then produces G-Code so that your 3D printer can extrude the drawing as a single plastic layer.

At this point, you can basically track any G-Code command and also insert arbitrary new G-codes, for example G1 printing moves (for wipe towers) or M280 commands to control a servo.

3D printers are controlled with G-code, a program custom-generated by a tool called a slicer that controls how the printer moves its print head and print platform, heats up, and feeds and retracts ...

This is where slicer software becomes essential. It acts as the bridge between the digital CAD model and the physical printing process. Slicer software converts the 3D model file into printing ...