KISSlicer
(Keep It Simple Slicer)
Download
The program is the same for the FREE and PRO
versions. Simply select your Operating System and download
the zip file. Updating is as simple as overwriting the
executable with the latest version (your settings and PRO Key
are kept in different files).
Tip: Under Windows, put a link
to KISSlicer.exe in your 'Send To' folder.
Download Links
- Main Program (version 1.1.0)
- Machine Starting Profiles (Coming soon!)
- Translations (Work in progress)
- Documentation (Outdated! Updating in progress!)
- KISSlicer Quick-Start Guide - English (Feb 15, 2012)
(PDF) (HTML)
Special thanks to Massimo De Marchi!
Place in the same directory as the main program for [Help]->[Quickstart Guide]
[Work In Progress]
- KISSlicer Quick-Start Guide - French (Apr 3, 2012)
(PDF)
Special thanks to Ambroise!
Place in the same directory as the main program, and remove the '_FR', for [Help]->[Quickstart Guide]
[Work In Progress]
- KISSlicer Anleitung V1.0a - German Manual
(PDF)
Special thanks to Jörg Schnyder!
- Sample Setting Files (Outdated! Updating in progress!)
- KISSlicer 3D Logo - Printable STL!
KISSlicer FREE License
- Has NO time limit
- Has NO model size limit
- MAY be used for commercial applications
- MAY be shared freely
- MUST NOT be reverse engineered
Changelog
- 2013 May 9 (v1.1.0)
- Note: there were too many changes...this list will only have the major points
- New more generic G-code support (you will want to try the [Defaults] button)
- Distinct G-code for Extruder select and deselect
- Can add M101/103 on 5D firmware
- Can add G-code includes per material type (to be accessed using the 'MATL' token)
- X,Y,Z,E tokens for current machine state
- % token for how far through the print
- Every-N-Layers G-code include
- User Interface updates
- Translations! Use KISSlicer in your native language (with Labels & Tooltips, or Tooltips-only)
- Settings level (Beginner, Medium, Expert)
- The settings are now a pop-up on the bottom of the window
- Bed STLs let you preview how the model will look on your print bed
- Rotate parts
- Re-orient parts
- Settings are auto-updated, and saved on program exit
- Per-Extruder gain setting (instead of the old [mm/rev])
- Timing estimates take machine acceleration into account
- More responsive with large models loaded
- [Slice] / [Save] on the same button, slices when necessary, preview paths, then save when happy
- RAM usage warning
- Can change 3D window background color
- Added a Mesh Error Key (pops up when a mesh may have issues)
- Various re-wordings of the settings and tooltips
- Various re-wordings of the settings and tooltips
- Added Control
- Can do sparse infill Straight / Octagonal / Rounded (octagonal)
- Can set fan duty cycle
- Can Z-lift (lift head before travel)
- More control over destring/wipe events
- Can jitter the start point per layer
- Added a "Delta Speed Limit" to smoothly transition up to full speed
- Generic Improvements
- Improved Packer
- Improved Crowning (adaptive speed and thickness)
- Improved the path simplification
- Disallow invalid characters in profile names
- G-code comments wrapped to not overflow some G-code interpreters
- Improved the loop ordering algorithm
- Faster slicing when using sparse infill
- 2012 June 13 (v1.0.9)
- Vase Mode - bottom N layers are solid, and only loops printed above that
- Rounded Sparse Infill - less shaking (optional - may overwhelm serial link for infill of 50%)
- Force CR LF line endings for G-code on all platforms (Macs can slice for BfB again)
- Optionally call a post-processor on the output file
- Can use unicode chars in STL export filenames
- Minor GUI changes (Ctrl+O/S)
- Optionally strip comments from output G-code
- Added easy Inch->mm function
- "Support Z Max" - disable support above a certain height
- On BfB printers uses M227 again instead of M229 for destring (should be transparent)
- Notes the Operating Sysyem in the G-code comments for better support
- Under Mac, can drop STL files on the icon in the dock
- BUGFIX: can now slice with sparse infill and 0 skin thickness
- 2012 April 25 (v1.0.8)
- 5D firmware updates
- don't output Z if unchanged
- Added minimum jump length...no destring if the jump < threshold
- Destring feedrate setting
- Filenames are not truncated to 8 characters
- Optional extruder axis (E A B C) for Mach3 controllers
- Support updates
- Thinner Interface paths
- Adds interface paths at the bottom of the support base, if on top of a model...mostly for multi-head prints
- Support inflation (try this one!)
- Mac updates
- Native Main Menu
- Possible fix of "extra triangles" problem
- Added "Skirt" as a Raft option
- Support Gap setting sets space between support extrusions and the model
- Native file dialogs (under Windows and Mac)
- Bulk Key
- Better degenerate triangle support
- Improved the path optimizer
- Speed limit for the 1st layer
- Fattened up the 2nd raft layer a bit
- added Path Color Key
- Slicing requires less RAM
- Cleaned up the main screen a little
- Added a delete [X] button per model
- Added most recent slice time as a tooltip in the text box
- 2012 March 9 (v1.0.7)
- Support
- if using a raft, use dense bottom support layer in cross direction
- disable stacked support on base layers (better adhesion)
- More unified support (no random reversals) for easier removal
- Sheathed Support (perimeter around the support base, strengthens and adds material for upper support to bond)
- Shows filename when extension check fails
- Removed clamp on flow tweak
- Improved timing estimate (still doesn't handle acceleration)
- Loops always go CCW now
- Solid / Loop overlap is now a setting
- All adaptive layers (support and infill) use the fine setting
- Use a "sleep(1)" instead of yield to hopefully allow other apps to run simultaneously
- No exit while slicing or exporting G-code
- Allow transparent view before paths are generated for model error checking
- Added "Raft Inflation" to expand the raft area
- KISSlicer advanced settings tab is now available in FREE mode
- on Mac
- Put the configuration INI files in the same directory as the .app bundle
- Handle "-psn_*" on command line
- Added Mac icon (Thanks, setar!!)
- 2012 February 25 (v1.0.6)
- Breakdown of estimated extrusion time by extruder and path type (in G-code)
- Can optionally extrude loops from inside to outside
- 1st layer temperature only happens after the raft if the material is different from the raft
- Changed the name "Wipe Pillar" to "Prime Pillar"
- Changed the name "Bed Flatness" to "Bed Roughness".
- Changed the math for solid infill
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- to remove overlap with loops
- to account for material in short connecting pieces
- NOTE: you will probably need to change your "Flow Tweak" in material settings (close to 1.0)
- Allows a 0mm wipe (will still trigger destring on 5D firmware)
- Added a "Scale by X" right-click menu option to each object tab
- Added an "All Models Menu" (to scale, revert, or delete)
- Added an option to *NOT* rotate the model on load or packing
- Fixed grid raft thickness bug
- On Drag-n-Drop to 3D pane, can now handle filenames with spaces in them under Linux & Mac (was changing space to %20)
- 2012 February 15 (v1.0.5)
- Can handle unicode characters in filenames and paths
- Opening STL files can now sort by date
- Fixed Z-speed not saving
- Keep original filename when changing save directories
- Sped up the support pass
- Added more descriptive message if STL fails to load
- Updated 'Close Settings Window' button text
- Report extra settings and build info in output file
- Clamp some user settings to resonable values
- Remove very short paths (< 2 * extruder width)
- 5D firmware:
- Use M104 for cool or keep-warm temp
- No default purge code after extruder change
- <EXT> replacement uses numbering 0,1,2
- Clamp wipe to >= 0.01mm (for destring...temporary fix)
- 2012 February 4 (v1.0.4)
- Default prime after extruder change now works under 5D firmware
- Used new time and cost estimates in the output G-code file
- first layer temp now occurs on the first layer after the raft as well
- "T0" only happens on 5D firmware if > 1 extruder
- Wipe Pillar now works under FREE version as well as PRO
- G-code includes (prefix, postfix, extruder change) now have an 8KB limit (instead of 512 bytes)
- 2012 January 31 (v1.0.3)
- 5D firmware can select M104 or M109 for setting temperature
- Improved settings handling (especially deletion and creation)
- Fixed flow-rate errors on 1st layer (especially raftless)
- Support extruded at the same speed as solid paths (not sparse-infill)
- Remember window size & location
- Added tooltips to main GUI
- Infill density slider buttons now advance by 1
- Added machine cost per hour (for cost estimates)
- Fatten the base layers of the wipe pillar
- Added Mac support
- 2012 January 28 (v1.0.2) - unreleased
- 2012 January 23 (v1.0.1)
- Added website to [About] box.
- Fixed Drag-N-Drop files under Linux.
- 2012 January 20 (v1.0.0)
