Reply To: 3D Printing For A Potential Buyer

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To prepare the file for the printer you need a slicer software (which literally slices the object into the many layers that will print one after the other).

I have no idea if Blender comes with this functionality but I make use of Chitubox personally, only becuase it’s free and simple which works for me. This let’s you open the files and arrange them on the plate before it goes through and produces the file you’ll put on the USB and your printer will use (exactly what file format depends on the printer but it will tell you when you get you printer). Most of these, Chitubox included, let you tell it what printer you have and sorts out the plate size and file settings for you.