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Lychee Cleaner: Your Solution for Quick Resin 3D Printer Tank Cleaning!

Lychee Slicer Team — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:13:16 +0000

Introducing the Lychee Cleaner:
Your Solution for Quick Resin 3D Printer Tank Cleaning!

Resin 3D printing is amazing, but when things go wrong, the cleanup process can be a real hassle. To make this task more enjoyable, we proudly present the Lychee Cleaner! This nifty printable tool is designed to effortlessly remove the resin layer created by your printer’s “Clean Tank” function, which is responsible for capturing stuck bits at the bottom of the resin tank.

At Lychee Slicer, we perform numerous tests, and naturally, we frequently have to clean our resin tanks. The Lychee Cleaner, crafted with care, is here to make this step quicker, easier, and (hopefully) less frustrating.

Below, you’ll find usage instructions, helpful tips, and of course, the download link.

The Lychee Cleaner in Lychee Slicer, on the left, in printing orientation, on the right, ready to be used to clean your resin tank.

Printing the Lychee Cleaner

It’s a breeze, and the design is meant to be printed directly on the build plate. The Lychee Slicer 3D scene offers multiple instances of the same object. Feel free to print extras!

1. Download the 3D scene below and open it in Lychee Slicer.

2. In your resin settings, choose layer heights of 100 microns / 0.1 mm. Or even better, load a community resin profile).

If you’re using Lychee Slicer Pro, enable grey compensation with -0.4mm and 30% grey to minimize the elephant foot effect.

The important resin parameters: layer thickness at 100 microns and optionally, the resin compensation.

The small notch, to help you easily remove the Lychee Cleaner from the Build plate.

3. The Lychee Cleaner is disposable (sniff!), so there’s no need to use high-quality resin.

4. No anti-aliasing during export/slicing – it’s unnecessary, regardless of your 3D printer’s resolution.

5. Start the print… bzz bzzzz bzzzz bzz (x411 layers!).

6. Carefully remove the Lychee Cleaner from the build plate: there’s a small notch underneath, facing outward, to insert a spatula and gently pry it off.

7. Cure it under UV to ensure the Lychee Cleaner becomes rigid and its textured pads maintain their shape over time.

8. Now it’s ready to be used… for your next failed print (hopefully in the distant future, or never)!

3. The Lychee Cleaner is disposable (sniff!), so there’s no need to use high-quality resin.

4. No anti-aliasing during export/slicing – it’s unnecessary, regardless of your 3D printer’s resolution.

5. Start the print… bzz bzzzz bzzzz bzz (x411 layers!).

6. Carefully remove the Lychee Cleaner from the build plate: there’s a small notch underneath, facing outward, to insert a spatula and gently pry it off.

The small notch, to help you easily remove the Lychee Cleaner from the Build plate.

7. Cure it under UV to ensure the Lychee Cleaner becomes rigid and its textured pads maintain their shape over time.

8. Now it’s ready to be used… for your next failed print (hopefully in the distant future, or never)!

Using the Lychee Cleaner

Follow these simple steps for successful resin tank cleaning using the Lychee Cleaner:

1. Raise or remove your build plate to prevent interference.

2. First, locate the corner of your screen at the bottom of the tank. This is crucial! Use a flexible silicone spatula (like a kitchen scraper, flat with an angle, it works better) to scrape a corner and find a screen corner gently. It’s usually NOT located at the tank’s corner but slightly offset (more or less).

The arrow indicates the corner of the screen.

As you can see, the small pads are on top of the screen AND outside of it at the same time.

3. Place the center of the Lychee Cleaner on this screen corner. The goal is to have pads over the screen and some extending beyond.

4. Apply only gentle pressure to insert the Lychee Cleaner; a light press is sufficient. Pressing too hard could potentially scratch the film (that’s not the intention!).

3. Place the center of the Lychee Cleaner on this screen corner. The goal is to have pads over the screen and some extending beyond.

As you can see, the small pads are on top of the screen AND outside of it at the same time.

4. Apply only gentle pressure to insert the Lychee Cleaner; a light press is sufficient. Pressing too hard could potentially scratch the film (that’s not the intention!).

5. Activate the tank cleaning function, often named “Clean”, “Clean Tank”, “VAT Cleaning”, or “Screen Exposure”, for 20 to 30 seconds. All resin 3D printers feature this function.

The VAT Cleaning command on the Anycubic 3D printer.

6. If the Lychee Cleaner is properly positioned, it will fuse with the solidified resin layer at the bottom of the screen. Tilt it towards the screen center while gently lifting upwards – the corner should detach, leaving the solidified resin layer ready for removal.

Tilt and lift!!

7. And there you have it! Before discarding, expose the resin layer to UV light to render it inert. Your tank bottom should be free of any adhered debris!

Tilt and lift!!

7. And there you have it! Before discarding, expose the resin layer to UV light to render it inert. Your tank bottom should be free of any adhered debris!

Download the Lychee Cleaner

We encourage you to share these instructions rather than the download file itself with others (especially as updates may occur)!

Lychee Cleaner For Lychee Slicer

By downloading and/or 3D printing the Lychee-Cleaner.lys file, you release Mango 3D / Lychee Slicer from all liability regarding its usage and any potential consequences it may have on your 3D printer if it is used improperly or if you fail to perform proper resin tank cleaning.

Important Notes on Resin Tank Cleaning

While the Lychee Cleaner is incredibly useful, it doesn’t do it all, and in some cases, it might not be sufficient on its own. Please read these notes carefully:

For prints with extensive debris at the tank bottom (not just flat bits), we strongly recommend using a paper paint filter to strain your resin. If solidified resin chunks remain in the tank that the “Clean Tank” function hasn’t captured (perhaps located outside the screen area or in suspension), they might get pressed against the screen during the next print, causing damage to the screen and the bottom film.
If you have substantial debris adhered over larger areas, consider using multiple Lychee Cleaners for different corners.
Feel free to gently slide a soft plastic / silicon spatula under the layer as you detach it; this can enhance effectiveness.
Never use hard plastic or metal spatulas inside your resin tank!

If you want to discuss these topics with us, join our Discord server and chat with the Lychee Slicer team and community.

Lychee Slicer is available for all users, either as a free version or with a Pro with a Premium Option. Download the latest version from our download center right now or update directly from Lychee Slicer.

Don’t forget to share with us your feedback on this newest version in our Discord server and interact with the Team 🤩

Several thousand users exchange ideas and share their 3D printing experience with Lychee Slicer every day.

Happy Printing!
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Lychee Slicer Update – Projection Support, Hole Caps, Wi-Fi Support and more!

Lychee Slicer Team — Tue, 16 May 2023 08:22:01 +0000

Lychee Slicer Update – Projection Support, Hole Caps, Wi-Fi Support and much more!

Here is our latest update for Lychee Slicer! This update includes updates to both the Lychee Resin and Beta Filament Slicers and is jam packed with new features, bug fixes and support for new Resin printers. As usual, we are doing a recap with all that is included in this new release, so you will be ready to use Lychee Slicer! There will also be a livestream to show you all the features and some tips and tricks, all the details are at the end of this post!

If you wish to follow our development more closely and access our betas, we invite you to join our Discord server.
Our Discord community is very active and most of the team is present daily alongside our users.

Major features additions to Lychee Slicer Resin and Filament

We are now working on adding new features, for both the Resin and the Filament Slicers. There are some innovative features we have been secretly working on, alongside some features that have been requested from our community!

We would like to thank you all for your feedback, and your features request, as it is always helping us building a better Lychee Slicer and improving 3D Printing everyday!

Projection Support

[Resin – Pro and Premium]

Prepare your 3D model surfaces to be supported in a few clicks with the new Support Projection tool. It’s pretty easy and is especially suitable for flat or mechanical surfaces.

Define the surface to be supported via 3D painting or automatic surface detection, choose the structure of the outline and fill supports… and magic! Your supports have been created in seconds!

The cherry on top is that you can use your own Support Presets for outlines and infills, with the added bonus of creating the associated tags. Of course, if you have holes, the tool takes them into account to carefully avoid them.

Fast, simple, and efficient!

Converting Hollowings and Holes

[Resin – Pro and Premium]

Until now, Lychee Slicer only allowed you to export the model with its 3D hollowing and 3D holes. Now this operation can be done directly in the Prepare workspace to generate the holes within the 3D structure. This lets you, for example, put your supports through the newly created holes.
As an added bonus, you can keep the hole cap to print it and then more easily reseal it during the post-processing of your print.

Tip! You can continue to keep a 3D hollow and the associated holes dynamically and create the cap as a separate 3D object. This way, you can continue to have a non-destructive workflow for the recess and holes while printing the cap.

Copy and Paste Supports and Holes Settings

[Resin – Free, Pro and Premium]

If you like to tweak your advanced support settings to meet specific needs, you may be tempted to save a preset.

But when it’s just a one-time thing, there’s now a very quick and easy way to propagate those changes to other supports:
Select your support, do a Copy via the usual shortcut (CTRL/CMD+C), select the other supports you want to change, then do a Paste again via shortcut (CTRL/CMD+V).
You will then have the same parameters, such as the size of the tip or the type of base.

And it works the same with dynamic holes: select one, copy it, select other holes, then paste.
They will all have the same size and penetration parameters.

Fast, simple, and efficient! (Yes, again)

Wi-Fi support for Octoprint and Klipper with Webcam Support

[Filament – Free, Pro and Premium]

Lychee Slicer adds the ability to export via Wi-Fi your GCode files directly to your printer running Octoprint and Klipper. Say goodbye to temporary Gcodes and speed up your workflow!

Moreover, you will be able to control your printer and its web interface from within the application: access your Octoprint/Mainsail/Fluidd interface to launch your print, monitor it and even follow the process through your webcam connected to your printer.

And once again, fast, simple and efficient!

Other Improvements

Several minor improvements have been added in this version of Lychee Slicer

History now features a paging system, making it easier for users with a large history to navigate.
In the 3D Printer selection window, Printers are not separated between Resin and Filament.
Transform operations (Move/Scale/Rotate) on multiple objects are faster.
Loading scenes with many supports is up to 60% faster.
Improved the camera during extreme zooming in orthographic mode.
Improved support for some Linux distributions.

New 3D Printers and new files format added

We have added several new resin 3D printers with the arrival of machines from Elegoo, Phrozen, Peopoly, and Creality.

Anycubic Photon Mono 2
Anycubic Photon Mono X 6Ks
Anycubic Photon Mono M5s
Anycubic Photon Mono M5
Creality Halot Ray
Elegoo Mars 4 DLP
Elegoo Mars 4 Max
Nova 3D Bene 6
Peopoly Phenom XXL V2
Phrozen Mini 8Ks

The Creality Halot Mage and Halot Mage Pro will be supported soon too!

We are now supporting new file formats for 3D Printers, like the Goo and PRZ one!

For the Filament Slicer, we also added new 3D Printers:

Creality K1
Creality K1 Max
Sovol SV06 Plus
Sovol SV07

The full list of the 3D Printers supported is available here.

Bug fixes

We have addressed many bugs and issues, too many to list however here is a list of the most important ones.

Issues affecting rafts in the Batch Tool have been fixed.
Resin consumption in the Batch Tool could result in a value of -1mL and not the expected result.
3MF files are visible again in the Lychee Slicer, for Filament printers.
Solid Layers appeared randomly in some cases for Filament models.
Several corrections on the management of islands (display, number, etc).
The selection of the supports by click and drag in interior mode also selected the supports located outside.
The 3D hollowing was reloading many times when loading large scenes with several hollowings, causing long loading times.
Many other minor and intermediate bugs.

As always, we’ve made multiple quality of life changes and smaller additions throughout the application. Here are a few more of the numerous improvements we’ve added to this version of Lychee Slicer.

You can find the full changelog with all minor additions and bug fixes on our Downloads page.

We are going live soon!

We are planning a livestream to show you all the last features of Lychee Slicer!

What’s best to learn the new features and ask your questions to make sure you become a true expert of Lychee Slicer and 3D Printing! We will go through our new features and show you how they work, with some tips and tricks.
Our livestream will be held on Friday 2nd of June, at 9 PM CET / 12 PM PST / 3 PM EST. Don’t worry if you won’t be able to make it on time, there will be a replay available on our YouTube channel!

Watch the Livestream

Don’t forget to share with us your feedback on this newest version in our Discord server and interact with the Team 🤩

Several thousand users exchange ideas and share their 3D printing experience with Lychee Slicer every day.

Happy Printing!
The Lychee Slicer Team

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Lychee Slicer Resin and Filament – Latest Update

Lychee Slicer Team — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:19:51 +0000

Lychee Slicer new Major Release : Filament and Resin!

You’ve waited for it, and here is the big reveal! Here is our new major version of Lychee Slicer, internally numbered 5.0. We have major additions, introduced a month ago through multiple public betas, that now come as stable… but we added the support of filament 3D printers as a public beta! And that’s a big change!

But Lychee Slicer remains the same: one application, but for two types of 3D printers, still in Free and Pro, with a Premium option. However, Pro is now specific to each type of 3D printer.

Below are all our latest additions for the resin features, but let’s talk about the 3D filament printers.

Lychee Slicer new release : Filament and Resin updates!

Here is our latest update for Lychee Slicer! There have been many improvements from the previous auto-update.
In case you missed it, we compiled all the latest improvements and new features in this post, so you can keep up to date and fully enjoy Lychee Slicer!

Lychee Slicer for Filament 3D Printers

In case you missed it since the last auto-update on Lychee Slicer, we have now a specific version for the Filament 3D Printers! As the Resin Slicer, it is available in a Free or Pro subscription.

Lychee Slicer for Filament 3D Printers have been release in November 2022; it is still brand new and many new features, updates and improvements are already on their way! We released this new update through a livestream, so if you missed it, you can rewatch it here!

Watch the livestream

Batch Tool

[Pro and Premium]

The Batch Tool is here to help you save time. With this feature, you can automate actions and tasks in order to focus on what’s really important for your 3D model preparation process.

Custom Filament 3D Printer

[Free, Pro and Premium]

Are you affraid of feeling stuck if you created your own Filament 3D Printer, or bought a new 3D Printer not yet supported and not being able to use it? With Lychee Slicer, you can create a Custom Filament 3D Printer easily in a few clicks. Just dial in your 3D Printer specifications and let’s print with Lychee Slicer!

Learn more about Lychee Slicer for Filament 3D Printers

Features and improvements for Lychee Slicer Resin

We are putting a lot of efforts in developping both Lychee Slicer Filament and Resin! In the last past releases, we developped new features and put a lot of efforts in improving and optimizing Lychee Slicer.

Currently, we are focusing a lot on improving Lychee Slicer in general. It means working a lot on the overall speed, stability, and any other kind of issues that are being faced by our users. We worked a lot for it, and it is only the beggining of theses improvements, so we hope you will like them!

Better Anti-Aliasing

[Resin – Free, Pro and Premium]

Anti-Aliasing has been enhanced and now provides better results along the XY plane. Also it improves the Blur antialiasing option that can be a good option for clean surfaces on models that don’t have tiny details.

Nothing changes on the interface. It’s simply a better result for your 3D print. It is only the beginning of these improvements, and there will be more in the future, this is just the first stage.

We now have two Anti-Alliasing: the “HD Anti-Alliasing” and the “Normal Anti-Alliasing”. They are both giving good results, please note that the HD Anti-Alliasing takes more ressources, so make sure your computer can handle it!

3D Model by Blackthorn Miniatures

Major features additions to Lychee Slicer Resin and Filament

Suction Cup Detector

[Resin – Pro and Premium]

Have you ever said, “oh no, I think I forgot to add drain holes to my 3D print?” Well not anymore!
With this new feature, you can now detect if your print has suction cups that could lead to a print failure. Then, after adding holes to avoid this effect, you can reanalyze your model to ensure there won’t be any suction cups.

Planar Cut Tool

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Wait, your 3D model is too big for your 3D printer? We’ve got your back!

With our new Planar Cut tool, you can define the position of the cutting plane then select the parts you want to split. Easy!

Split and Merge Tools

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

How many times have you needed to separate individual parts that are combined into a single model? Now separate them with a single click… Or if it’s the opposite and you want to merge multiple items into a single model, same process, a single click!

Better supports

More features have been added to give you more control over your support preparation

Inline Supports

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Create supports on a line with simply a few clicks. A real time saver (dice creators will love that)!
[Watch the video]

Support Presets

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Create and save your own support presets. No need to create them every time!
[Learn More on Lychee Slicer’s documentation]

Support Painting with Max Angle

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Define angles to ensure you don’t draw the sides or border of your model. This is helpful for bases or to prevent you from going around a border!
[Learn More on Lychee Slicer’s documentation]

Other Improvements

To keep it short, we also made many other improvements in Lychee Slicer.

Support Painting and Inline supports are now avoiding holes while placing supports [Resin Only]
Auto Arrange tool now better considers the shape of the model and is more effective. Magic features take advantage of this feature. [Resin Only]
Mirror tool is now in the World orientation and not anymore in the local one. [Resin and Filament]
We made various performance improvements. They boost reactivity and process speed in multiple tools. Duplication, Arrange tool, supports addition, file loading, objects animation, and many more are benefitting! Stay tuned for our next update, which will improve even more!
We also added some optimizations and fixes: batch tool fixes; G-Code improvements; and many other fixes which will help you during your 3D printing!

New 3D Printers added

Following some community requests, we have been adding more and more 3D Printers, for Filament and for Resin! The list is quite long, so you can directly see the full list of our latest additions in our changelog! And more to come in our next updates!

See the list

The Dino Chair project revealed! Free 3D Models at the end!

Lychee Slicer Team — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:27:27 +0000

Here is the big project we have been working on!

These past weeks, you have probably seen some hints on our social media posts. We have been working hard on a unique project: printing our own custom office chairs! We completed everything in-house, from the design to the final sculpt and assembly! The good news is: it is scalable and printable in Filament and Resin! And we are now ready to release the pre-suported files for you!

Why did we decide to do this project?

Here at Lychee, we love being creative! You wil often see some of our creations on our Creative Fridays at the office posted on social media. However, we wanted to push that further to challenge our 3D printing creativity and originality in a project we can share it with our community!

Being creative has huge importance here in our offices. It makes us constantly search for new ideas and new horizons. Most importantly, it allows us users of our own product Lychee Slicer just like the community does on a daily basis. Because of this we have grown to love 3D printing and as such are always looking for ideas on how to improve Lychee Slicer for ourselves and our users.

Also, some team members are real dino lovers; we even have a former paleontologist on our team (can you guess who?😉)! This is why we first came up with the idea of of using dinosaurs as our design theme for this project.

2D Designs of the T-Rex

2D Designs of the Hungrysaurus

So how did we get there?

Creating and printing these 3D chairs was a long creative process!

First, we needed to develop an idea to fit our office and be fun for our community to try too! We had some renovation work done in our offices in Bordeaux and Liège, and we wanted to add more fun and practical things to the office! Also, we often switch places in the office when we need to discuss things with each other, so we need to have something easily transportable, stackable, and amusing! As we said, we love dinos! So we quickly decided to go with some dino inspirations for the designs!

Then, we needed to sketch the first drafts. Daniel, our Artistic Director, made various drawings in 2D about how we could design our chairs. Here came the idea of the T-Rex and the Hungrysaurus! But there are also more designs we are working on!
We are fans of the art toy and cartoon culture, so going with this kind of design for our model was obvious! Also, it was easier to design and match the print constraints of this big print.

After the 2D design, let’s go to sculpting the models! Thomas, our CEO, who loves sculpting, turned Daniel’s drawings into 3D sculpts! If the choice of the Art Toy inspiration, it was pretty fast! But we needed to keep in mind the constraints exposed earlier! The chairs had to support the weight of adults who could sit on it.

Once the 3D sculpts were finished and validated, we moved on to the printing! We first tested on the model smaller prints to ensure the final result matched our expectations. Then, we started printing them their required full practical size! The final size of the chair is 42x42x50, so it’s a pretty big 3D print!

And now, we have our nice stools sitting in our office! Pretty cool, right?

Hungrysaurus 3D Sculpt

T-Rex 3D Sculpt

Hungrysaurus in Lychee Slicer

T-Rex in Lychee Slicer

So what challenges did we face?

To ensure the 3D sculpt could be successfully printed, we needed to create the 3D models while also keeping in mind the constraints of the 3D print, including whether it will be printed in Filament or Resin.

Another challenge was to design a model strong enough so we could sit on it, as its primary purpose was to have a chair. Jonathan and Thomas completed various tests during the design and development stages of the project. We also printed the 3D models in different sizes to limit the Resin or Filament waste if there were design issues.

After validating the 3D models, we needed to split the model up so it could be printed in different filaments colors or painted separately.

Finally, our biggest challenge was to print this big model! We did several tests to find a filament colour we liked and ordered huge spools to avoid running out! We printed for many hours on the giant 3D printer we had at the office: the Neptune 3 Max! To speed up the process, we also printed the separate parts of the model on different 3D printers.

It was challenging, especially for Jonathan, who was responsible for the printing, but we are thrilled with the result! These two models are only the beginning of our long list of chairs, with more already in the making!

T-Rex print test in resin, on supports and painted

Close up to the Hungrysaurus print test on resin, painted

What are our printing recommendations?

These models were designed to be printed in different sizes, in Filament or Resin.

If you want to print this model in a big size like us then don’t hesitate to print a test model to make sure your printing parameters so the final 3D print gives you the expected result.

Also, this model can be adapted and scaled in many ways: adult chair, kids chair, art toy, decoration… You can simply use the scale function to adjust the model to your needs or your 3D printer.

The model has been designed and sculpted in a specific way to fit the 3D printing constraints of Filament and Resin printers. We do not recommend splitting or modifying the model to ensure that all the 3D printing constraints and outcomes are respected.

If you want to print with a Filament 3D Printer, you can directly print it on the plate; you don’t need to add supports. If you prefer to print it in Resin, we have provided 3D models we prepared ourselves. These models are pre-supported, hollowed, and we tested the files here at the office to ensure the prints are successful!

Finalized small versions of the Chairs, the T-Rex on the left and the Hungrysaurus on the right

Where can you get the 3D files?

You can directly download the 3D files by clicking on the button below.

As you may not wish to print the 3D model as a chair, we scaled these models to a smaller size of around 15x15x15 centimeters or 4x4x4. The Chair size is only available for Filament 3D Printers

You will get different LYS 3D files:

Filament: one-block model, no supports needed
Filament: split model, no supports needed
Resin: one-block model, pre-supported
Resin: split model, pre-supported

Get the T-Rex files here

Get the Hungrysaurus files here

We can’t wait to see your prints and how you print these models! Please share your final prints with us on our social media so we can enjoy it too!

Enjoy your prints!

Note: please, when you download the files, take time to read the document attached.

Lychee Slicer is available for all users, either as a Free version or with a Pro subscription. Download the latest version from our download center right now or update directly from Lychee Slicer.

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Lychee Slicer : new update!

Lychee Slicer Team — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:45:21 +0000

Lychee Slicer new Major Release : Filament and Resin!

But Lychee Slicer remains the same: one application, but for two types of 3D printers, still in Free and Pro, with a Premium option. However, Pro is now specific to each type of 3D printer.

Below are all our latest additions for the resin features, but let’s talk about the 3D filament printers.

Lychee Slicer new update!

Here is our latest version of Lychee Slicer, for Resin and Filament 3D Printers. This version, which is numbered 5.1, includes new features and many improvements. Our main focus for this version, besides the new features, is to improve the workflow and speed of Lychee Slicer. This new version is the beginning of this work, it will be a continuous improvement!

Now let’s talk more about this new version! Here is a summary about what’s new in this new major update (and a recap of what was released in the minor releases, in case you missed it):

Custom Filament 3D Printers
Batch tool for Filament 3D Printers
Overall Lychee Slicer improvement in performances and speed
Filament profile parameters optimization
New 3D Printers supported for Filament and Resin

Download Lychee Slicer

Did you miss the release?
Lychee Slicer is available for Filament 3D Printers!

In case you missed it, Lychee Slicer is now available for Filament 3D Printers along with Resin 3D Printers! Lychee Slicer for Filament 3D Printer was released a few months ago, and it’s already continuing to grow.

Many more features and improvements are already being worked on! We are already excited to see all your feedback and enthusiasm around it! 🥳

Learn more

Resin and Filament: What about the future?

We have got this question from our community and we wanted to make it clear: Lychee Slicer Resin and Filament will both continue to grow!

There are many new features that are planned, whether it is for Filament, Resin, or for both of them! The team is already working on more developments including: new features, feature requests from the community, and some other big surprises! 😉

Psst… you want a hint? Some major new features for the Supports are on their way!

Now let’s talk about this new update! What’s new?

Here are features from this update and the minor previous one, to gather all the information in one place!

Custom Filament 3D Printer

[Filament – Free, Pro and Premium]

If you created your own Filament 3D Printer, or if you purchased one that is not yet listed in Lychee Slicer, you will now be able to add it in just a few easy steps! Then, it will be ready to print with Lychee Slicer!

Batch tool for Filament 3D Printers

[Filament – Pro and Premium]

If you are managing several models at the same time, you can now use the Batch Tool feature. Using this tool you can complete common tasks with your 3D models in just a few clicks, including: add suffixes, repair objects, rotation, support, island analysis… and much more!

Improvements in Performance and Speed

[Resin and Filament – Free, Pro and Premium]

We worked on some fluidity and speed improvements for some aspects of Lychee Slicer. Now, the “Arrange All” tool is more than 40% faster!

The file loading is faster, support placing is smoother, and many other aspects of Lychee Slicer are now also improved. This is an on-going process, and we will continue to work on these aspects for every future release.

Translations

[Resin and Filament – Free, Pro and Premium]

We added a new translation for our Chinese friends: Traditional Chinese! Simplified Chinese has also been massively improved! Thanks to Sam for his massive translation work!

Also included in this release, it will now be possible to have a multilanguage version for the Filament part of the slicer.

Filament Parameters Improvements

[Filament – Free, Pro and Premium]

It is now possible to edit new parameters in the filament settings: nozzle size, filament diameter.

We also added the ability to add custom GCode on changing layers, perfect for time lapse creation.

New 3D Printers added!

[Resin and Filament – Free, Pro and Premium]

For the Filament, a lot of new 3D Printers were added, we have additional Elegoos, Anycubic, Creality, and more! We added as well the long requested Voron printers.

For the Resin, the Peopoly Forge is now supported by Lychee Slicer!

If you are wondering if your printer is included check out the full list of 3D Printers supported in Lychee Slicer now!

Bug improvement and optimizations

We also worked on some improvements and bug fixes in Lychee Slicer including:

Improved overall stability of Lychee Slicer. It is a continual focus for us and more improvements are planned.
We fixed some Batch issues. Now, everything should run as normal!
Fixed an issue with the revocation of licenses when switching computers.
Some UI and UX bug fixes.
Some fixes for Mac issues (interface had to be resized to work again).
ALT key issue has been fixed for Windows and Mac OS.

You can find the full changelog with all minor additions and bug fixes on our Downloads page.

From everyone here at Lychee Slicer thank you! We appreciate your continued support and feedback, especially with the release of the Filament Slicer. Without you this amazing community we would not be able to release these continued updates.

Don’t forget to share with us your feedback on this newest version in our Discord server and interact with the Team!🤩

Happy Printing!

The Lychee Slicer Team

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Publication date: January 25, 2023

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Lychee Slicer new Major Release : Filament and Resin!

Lychee Slicer Team — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 14:13:24 +0000

Lychee Slicer new Major Release : Filament and Resin!

But Lychee Slicer remains the same: one application, but for two types of 3D printers, still in Free and Pro, with a Premium option. However, Pro is now specific to each type of 3D printer.

Below are all our latest additions for the resin features, but let’s talk about the 3D filament printers.

Lychee Slicer new Major Release : Filament and Resin!

But Lychee Slicer remains the same: one application, but for two types of 3D printers, still in Free and Pro, with a Premium option. However, Pro is now specific to each type of 3D printer.

Below are all our latest additions for the resin features, but let’s talk about the 3D filament printers.

Filament 3D Printing

A dedicated interface, shared tools, and tools that are necessarily specific to the world of filament 3D printing. Lychee Slicer adapts to every 3D printing world.

There are hundreds of printers supported, and more to come. Is yours missing? Contact us!

We have integrated a concept of master printing profiles and child parameters to adapt to your objects to avoid tweaking the profiles as much as possible. And all this with graphics allows you to understand these parameters’ impact better.

Preview certain settings in real-time using the clipping bar, such as shell width modifications or infills, and visualize better the layers to be printed.

Easier 3D file preparation

Of course, the supports are not left out, with automatic or completely manual management. Pro users can go even further with the 3D manipulation Gizmo or the in-line supports.

Lychee Slicer filament is available as a Free version within Lychee Slicer resin, Pro or Free version. Add the Pro filament version to your Pro resin version, or have the filament version in Pro and the resin in Free. It’s à la carte!

Users of a Pro version have a discounted price for the other Pro version. Log in to your account to have the adapted prices.

As a reminder, this is a Public Beta version. As such, there are for sure some bugs, some are known to us, and we are working on these currently. However, there may also be some issues that we are unaware of. We always appreciate your continued testing of these beta releases to help us deliver a better final product.

Learn more about Lychee Slicer for Filament 3D Printers

Major features additions to Lychee Slicer

Oh, by the way, as we now have filament 3D printer supports,
some of these features are also part of both resin AND filament versions!

Suction Cup Detector

[Resin – Pro and Premium]

Planar Cut Tool

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Wait, your 3D model is too big for your 3D printer? We’ve got your back!

With our new Planar Cut tool, you can define the position of the cutting plane then select the parts you want to split. Easy!

Split and Merge Tools

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Better supports

More features have been added to give you more control over your support preparation

Inline Supports

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Create supports on a line with simply a few clicks. A real time saver (dice creators will love that!)!
[Watch the video]

Support Presets

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Create and save your own support presets. No need to create them every time!
[Learn More on Lychee Slicer’s documentation]

Support Painting with Max Angle

[Resin and Filament – Pro and Premium]

Better Anti-Aliasing

[Resin – Free, Pro and Premium]

Nothing changes on the interface. It’s simply a better result for your 3D print. It is only the beginning of these improvements, and there will be more in the future, this is just the first stage.

3D Model by Blackthorn Miniatures

Other Improvements

To keep it short, we also made many other improvements in Lychee Slicer.

Resin and Filament

Auto Arrange tool now better considers the shape of the model and is more effective. Magic features take advantage of this feature.
Mirror tool is now in the World orientation and not anymore in the local one.
We sped up a lot of tools and processes, like the application startup, scene loading, auto arrange, supports bracing and even the copy tool that had been sped up quite a lot in the previous update.

Resin Only

A lot of cleaning has been made in the Community Resin tool. We still have some cleaning to do, but we are in the process of providing you with a great tool to help you find the best parameters for your 3D printer and resin combo.
CTB based 3D printers using the V4 format can change the LED power in the resin settings.

New resin printers added

You have been waiting for them, here is a list of the latest additions!

Anycubic Photon D2
Anycubic Photon Mono X2
Anycubic M3 Premium
Elegoo Saturn 8K
UniFormation GKtwo

And more to come in our next updates!

Bug fixes

We have addressed many bugs and issues, too many to list however here is a list of the most important ones.

3D printing time estimation with printers using two stages movements (CTB V4 and recent Anycubic printers)
Resin estimation included support resin consumption even if the scene didn’t have support. This has been fixed.
Supports were ignoring drain holes when located inside of a hollowed model.
Visual artifacts and slicing issues when having too many supports (and bracing) on top of each other.

You can find the full changelog with all minor additions and bug fixes on our Downloads page.

Don’t forget to share with us your feedback on this newest version in our Discord server and interact with the Team 🤩

Happy Printing!

The Lychee Slicer Team

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Publication date: December 20, 2022

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Top 10 3D models to print for your Christmas decorations

Lychee Slicer Team — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:18:26 +0000

Want some new and unique Christmas decorations?

Are you passionate about 3D printing and want something new, original, and funny for your Christmas decoration this year? Don’t go any further!

We have selected our Top 10 3D models for your Christmas decorations and tree ornaments!

Whether you are a Resin or Filament lover, download your favorite 3D models, import them in Lychee Resin or Filament Slicer and print your 3D designs quickly!

Find out what we have selected for this year’s Christmas! We’re also sharing our tips so you can get the best result out of your 3D prints!

Have fun everyone! And keep printing for the Christmas Holidays!

Your new Christmas’ Santa

During Christmas time, we always see the same Santa figurines and miniatures. If you want to have an original and very different-looking Santa… Then here it is!

Get this Gnome version of Santa! So cool and cute to put among other Christmas decorations. You can even print this 3D model in Resin or Filament. Choose the one you prefer. Or print both (so they can keep each other company)!

Tips: Use different Filament colors or paint Resin to make your Christmas Gnome look like Santa!

Design by Body3D

No need for wrapping paper anymore!

Presents are usually under the Christmas tree, brought by Santa himself while everybody’s asleep (obviously!). Well, the Lychee Slicer team found the perfect 3D model to put your presents in under your tree this year. But don’t use wrapping paper for this one! Use beautiful colors of Filament.

Tips: Print this 3D model in different colors and sizes to make it look like a real present!

Model by Thudbuzz

It’s not snowing everywhere…

Did you ever get Snowballs as Christmas decorations? But is it really snowing where you live? In the Lychee Slicer offices, here in France and Belgium, it is definitely freezing but not snowing yet… We haven’t even seen snow for a few years now.

So why don’t we print something different for once? Print colorful snowballs with the Filaments you like! You can also print snowflakes if you like.

Tips: this is also the perfect Christmas decoration if you have kids wanting to play with it. It won’t break like regular glass Snowballs.

Model by Sconnie

“Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas.”

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the famous Grinch! Every generation knows and watches the Grinch. It’s a classic Christmas movie!

Why don’t you get eccentric this year with a Grinch ornament for your tree?

We found out the best one and had to put it in our Top 10. Get the 3D model, slice it in Lychee Slicer and print it with your best Resin. Add some paint to it… And get yourself a Grinch for Christmas!

Tips: Using Resin will give you the best result to see every little detail in the Grinch’s face. Have fun painting it as a Christmas activity during the Holidays!

Model by Vlado

Get some more lights into your Home

Okay… maybe we’re cheating a little bit for this one. But we couldn’t choose! Both models are too good not to be shared!!

We also have two different models for Resin and Filament lovers! So everybody’s happy on Christmas!

These tiny houses are so cute as decorations or even as lights for your kids’ bedrooms. You just need to print it and get LED candles to put inside.

Tips: Find rechargeable LED candles in different stores like Amazon.

1st model by Jan

2nd model by Etno

It’s not Christmas if there is no Raindeers!

One again… We couldn’t choose only one 3D model for this Christmas decoration! You can get both Deer designs because they are slightly different. Print it with your favorite Resin, paint it and add some glitter to make it pop that extra little bit. Christmas(sy)!

Tips: Print these 3D models a little bit bigger so the Deer’s Woods prints easily without being too fragile and breaking.

Model by Yeg3D

Make your 3D print the star of the show!

Get a new tree topper ornament for your Christmas tree!! If you want some changes and don’t want the classic Star topper ornament on the top of your tree… This 3D model is perfect for you! It’s a very unique design and it’s super easy to print with Filament. Choose the color you want to see on top of your tree, or choose multiple Filament colors to add your own personal touch.

Tips: Make sure you print this 3D model at the right size for your tree, so it’s big enough to see it and make it the star of the show, but not too big so it won’t fall off the tree.

Model by Dazus

Who wants to have new and unique Christmas baubles?

These 3D models are so cool to print and decorate your Christmas tree with your kids and family! All the models are slightly different and give you designs to put in your tree that you won’t see anywhere else!

These models are super easy to print with Filament, choose the color and the design you like and start printing!

Tips: These designs are also great if you have dogs and/or cats that have the tendency to play a little bit too much with your Christmas tree ornaments (… and sometimes even make the tree falls down!).

Model by Dazus

Transform your traditional Christmas tree into a 3D print!

If you haven’t seen our recent posts on social media, you may have missed these super cute Christmas trees 3D models! We printed each one super easily with the Free version of Lychee Filament Slicer. All the processes we used are explained in the video, so go check it out (add a link to the youtube video).

You’ll get beautiful designs very quickly to add to your collection. Find all the informations on this page here (add the video’s landing page).

Tips: These 3D models are empty inside, which allows you to put a LED rechargeable candle and create a lighting Christmas tree. This adds such a cozy ambiance on Christmas night!

Model by Steve

Put some (different) lights on your Christmas tree

We love this 3D model, here at Lychee Slicer, because it can be used as a decoration alone or as a Christmas tree ornament. And that is such a fun and new way to add some light to your Christmas tree or to your home!

Print this 3D model to create a cozy vibe in your home on Christmas Eve! It’s the cutest little house you’ll see in a tree.

Tips: Print all the house’s parts, then glue them together. But don’t forget to add a small LED light inside you can turn on and off…

Model by Mess

Switch on you printer, open your Lychee Slicer, and let’s start!
And don’t forget to share with us the final results of your print!

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Model 1: Jumping Frog by Jonathan K1906

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Christmas Gift Ideas to 3D Print – Lychee Slicer

Lychee Slicer Team — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 11:07:36 +0000

Are your Christmas Gifts already done?

Finding the perfect Christmas gift idea for someone can be really tricky!

Looking for something special for someone? Have a small budget? Wanting to create something? We know the struggle!
We have collected a selection of gifts you can print and gift to your loved ones (or to yourself!).
And the good news is, as Lychee Slicer is now for both Filament and Resin 3D Printers, we have provided a selection of 3D models from both types of printers so you can print and put them under the Christmas Tree this year!

To warm your interior (and your heart)

This fire camp light is perfect for cozy winter evenings. Grab your hot chocolate, your plaid sweater, and switch on a good Christmas movie. Enjoy your night!

Tips: you can use a transparent or orange filament for the “flame” part.

File by Yohann Tony

For the wine lovers

We all know someone who likes to enjoy a good bottle of wine! You can print this 3D model to be a perfect match with your bottle of wine.
As a big part of the team is located in France (and near Bordeaux!), we can also validate this gift!

Tips: use changing filament color or paint it in the color of the wine you will offer to have a “wow effect”!

File by The AndrewSink

Big project for the hard core printers

This big lighted house is a really huge project, but it was too beautiful not to be in our selection! It can be gifted as a kit, or directly assembled, it’s up to you!

Tips: choose different filament and a good light set to have a beautiful effect on the house

File by FULV

Kids fun games!

As we couldn’t decide, we selected 3 ideas for children! Choose the one you prefer and settle in for some good fun!

Tips: use a variety of colors or filaments to make it even more playful!

Model 2: Finger Toys by Ammar20

Model 3: Pet Bowling by Shira

Cat + decor = best combo

These cute bowl cats are perfect for an even cutter interior. Scale the 3D model for different bowl sizes, and create a cute collection!

Not a fan of cats? The creator made another version with rabbits!

Tips: you can print it with different filament colors or print it in resin to paint it the way you want!

File by AndrzejG

For the Marie Kondo ones

You know that one friend, colleague or relative who loves having a tidy and organized desk? Stop searching for a gift for them, we have it! With this desk organizer, you will “spark joy” in their life!

Tips: even if you are a beginner in 3D Printing, it can be a really easy project! Be creative with the colors to bring more fun at the office!

File by Yehia

For watering plants, with water and cuteness

This watering cloud is really cute and funny! It can be a nice gift for children and grandparents to have a fun activity together!

Tips: you can print it in resin or in filament. Use the scale function of Lychee Slicer to make it as big as you want!

File by Z3DUS

For the clever ones

For the smart relatives you have, here is a 3D puzzle to light their brain on fire!

Tips: use different colors, or not, to make it more complex!

Evil tip: remove one piece and wish good luck!

File by Hyper3D

For football fans

Need to entertain the kids during the Christmas dinner, or simply a fan of football? This is a good and original idea for every football fan.

You can also print it in pieces and let the person you are giving it to build it themselves. A good family project!

Tips: you can print the players in a tough resin (to handle some strong games!) and the structure in filament! Let your imagination go with the colors!

File by Kronosrey

Always be on time (or for your always late friend)

This modular watch holder is the best way to please a watch lover. With this they can now display them in a convenient way!

Tips: You can print it in Filament or Resin! Don’t be shy about the color or painting choice!

File by Lakisan

Bonus 1: Gift box!

Are you one of those people always struggling to wrap a gift? Forget the gift wrapping and all the tears and struggles with this gift box! Simply put your gift in it and voilà, let the magic happen!

Tip: use the scale functions to make sure you have enough room to fit your gift!

File by Dehapro

Bonus 2: Cute Christmas Card

This cute Christmas card has a purpose: wish a merry Christmas to a loved one, and be transformed as a Ginger house!

Tip: pause the printer at a certain height to switch filament and have a two color result!

File by Nakozen

Here is the end of our selection for Christmas gift ideas! Which ones did you choose to print?
Feel free to share with us and tag us on social media or on our Discord!

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Introducing Filament 3D Printers to Lychee Slicer – A word from the CEO

Lychee Slicer Team — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:19:39 +0000

A new chapter in Lychee Slicer’s story!

At Lychee, we like to communicate. You probably know this if you are part of our Discord or Facebook communities, where many team members and I interact daily with you.

This is an important time to update you on what’s been happening here at Lychee.

Firstly, we would like to thank you. Lychee Slicer has transformed, strengthened, and become a leader in the past two years. Maybe not in terms of the number of downloads, but clearly in terms of popularity and feedback from you all on social media. And it is only possible with this feedback, interactions, pictures of your 3D prints, and requests for new features that this has been possible.

If you have been following our recent announcements on social media, you may have noticed some exciting changes here at Lychee. We hope these updates will change the way you print too. If you have however missed these announcements, then today I am happy to fill you in on a major evolution of Lychee Slicer, which in addition to bringing lots of great new features to resin 3D printing, will now also bring support to filament 3D printing too.

The first two prints I did with Lychee Slicer, with the first build. It was not perfect, but not too bad for a first print! (Artillery Sidewinder X1 @200 microns)

But why on earth did we do this when there are already many (free!) slicers for filament printers? The question deserves to be asked, especially since there are currently other very popular and quality solutions available; let’s not hide it.

The answer is simple: we wanted to!

Throughout the team here at Lychee, there are fans of all types of 3D printing and the Maker space. The team has figure sculptors, painters, electronics fans, videographers, illustrators, and so on. We work in this universe because we love it above all. And we’ve been printing in both resin and filament for years.

To best explain this, let me talk about Julien and myself a little so you can see our vision for the Lychee and to better understand our software.

Julien is our Chief Technical Officer (CTO), but above all co-founder of the company and creator of Lychee Slicer. Before founding the company, he worked for a filament 3D printer manufacturer and created his own resin 3D printer in his spare time. He didn’t just assemble components, he designed the entire machine top to bottom, including developing the motherboard, the operating system and of course, developing the slicer to go along with it. With this, ‘The Moka’ was born… and this in 2017!

The Moka First and last prototype. Full custom acrylic cover, 2K screen, touch screen (one of the first), also with a magnetic resin tank, running Mango OS.

On my end, I’m first and foremost a 3D sculptor/modeler who drifted into marketing and then management. After moving on from working at the leading publisher of 3d sculpting software, I became the CEO of Lychee Slicer. However, I’m not primarily a businessman. My passion is still sculpting, training, and sharing with others.
Thankfully I have the luxury of running, with the help of Julien and Clement, our president, a company that makes software that can convert designs, including mine, into real-world models and largely according to our vision. It couldn’t be better!

With this in mind, the addition of support for filament printers was just the logical next step in the evolution of Lychee Slicer.

So yes, we have work ahead of us to match other slicers. Now, do we want to take them on head-on? Not necessarily, as there is plenty of room for us all in the market. There is currently an impressive number of 3D printer users, and this number grows by the day. Many of these users just want to print without spending years tweaking a profile and just want their slicer to work from day 1. Or others, who want more control, but not too much, because the most important thing to them and many others is just being able to enjoy printing while not getting too frustrated by things becoming too technical. With this in mind, we integrated the filament slicer straight into the existing Lychee Resin slicer. Allowing for seamless transitioning between Resin and Filament slicing.

Before anyone asks, no, Lychee Slicer resin development will not stop, far from it. We will slow down a little bit in the immediate future to make the filament version stable and to integrate your first feedback as soon as possible. Both are equally important to us, and because of this, we have recently, thanks to your continued support, grown the team here at Lychee. With these extra team members, we have been able to bring you all these latest changes and will continue to do so into the future.

I want to thank the entire Lychee team, including those behind the scenes who keep the company moving forward. A lot of work has been done in the last two years to get us to where we are today. But also our families, who sometimes don’t see us too much, we thank them too.

I also want to thank the creator of Kiri:Moto, the slicing engine we use in Lychee Slicer, for his work and involvement. He is a person who is just as passionate as we are and who has done a phenomenal job and given us all his support. Now that the project has been announced, we will start publishing our changes and adding bricks to the building.
Don’t hesitate to look at his tools; there are some gems!

Now that the year 2022 is slowly ending and us announcing this big change, we are also getting ready to move on to other big projects while still actively continuing the development of Lychee Slicer, now both resin and filament!

Please take this opportunity to give us your thoughts on Discord and Facebook, we eagerly await your feedback.

Thanks to all of you for being a part of the Lychee family!

Thomas – CEO

If you want to discuss these topics with us, join our Discord server and chat with the Lychee Slicer team and community.

Lychee Slicer is available either as a free version or with a Pro subscription, for Resin and Filament 3D printers. Download the latest version from our download center or directly from the software.

Join our community now on our Discord server. It’s free and we are already several thousand to exchange and share around 3D printing with Lychee Slicer.

Publication date: 11/23/2022

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