One file, multiple printers#398

Currently, one has to seperate files for each printer type, when operating multiple printers, this becomes a hastle quick. Example;

I want to print part “alpha”, which fits on both a bambulab a1 mini, a regular A1, a creality k1 etc.
I do not care which printer prints it, so being able to add part alpha to the print queue, printer agnostic, would be useful.
To enable this, the ability to add different .3mf’s to a ‘printfile’ for each printer type would be needed.

Thanks for your time.

Are you suggesting auto-slicing - so that we can slice for any given printer model of yours - or that you would slice multiple versions, but would need a way to store / “link” them as “variants” to a file, so the item in the queue isn’t necessarily a file for a specific printer, but a set of variants for any given printer?

Thanks for your quick reply! I am not suggesting auto-slicing; I don’t think auto-slicing is viable, as each printer and filament has its own properties that require careful tweaking (at least for my models) in orcaslicer. I did mean the latter: the ability to link variants.

Additionally, being able to link different filament types to the same file would be very helpful. For example, I currently produce a product using both the A1 and A1 Mini, with 4 different filaments (different brands, different temperatures and slicing profiles), which means I have to manage 8 files for a single product. If I need to tweak the geometry, I have to ensure all 8 files are updated, easy to make mistakes!

Now imagine having 10’s - 100s of products!