Perhaps someone with the relevant experience would care to explain the relative merits of SnOrca and vanilla Orca, now Orca seems to have the U1 in its machine definitions. Thanks.

I use both. SNAPMaker Orca is supposed to be the better option since SNAPMaker developed this software specifically for the U1 and updates it regularly. However, I prefer the Vanilla OrcaSlicer because it does a better job of syncing the filaments installed in the printer (or at least it works at al…

Reading back through the forum, that was one of the concerns about a Snapmaker fork of Orca – the fork was needed to get U1 support into it ASAP, but as a result would lag developments in Orca.

[image] Manfredo52: Vanilla Orca is developed by Softfever in Singapore. Snapmaker are coding their slicer in China. Vanilla Orca is developed by Softfever in Singapore. Snapmaker are coding their slicer in China.

Derzeit bevorzuge ich den original Orca-Slicer, da der Snapmaker-Orca (Snorca) inzwischen 4034 commits (Stand heute) dem Original hinterherhinkt. Dabei sind auch einige wesentliche commits, die mir schon Drucke versaut haben. Bspw. ändert Snorca bei Multimaterial-Drucken (bei mir PETG und PLA) die B…

So, just to confirm, you have no difficulty with U1 compatibility using mainstream Orca?

As if I don’t send the jobs directly to the U1, but save the gcode-files on my Hdd before and upload to the U1 via the Klipper-interface, I haven’t any issue by now.

Yes, I can see the main issues are likely to be on the device tab.

SnOrca vs. Orca – Pros & Cons for a U1 user?

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So what?

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