Anycubic Slicer

Usage Instructions

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Team ANYCUBIC
 Contents

01 Installation ---------------------------------------------------------3

02 Overview ----------------------------------------------------------- 6

03 Settings ------------------------------------------------------------- 7

1. Import ----------------------------------------------------------- 7

2. Print Configuration Manage ------------------------------------ 8

04 Introduction to Functions ------------------------------------------ 11

1. View Changing -------------------------------------------------- 11

2. Model Edit -------------------------------------------------------12

05 Export Sliced File --------------------------------------------------- 26

1. Slice -------------------------------------------------------------- 26

2. Preview----------------------------------------------------------- 29

3. Export------------------------------------------------------------- 34
 Installation

Anycubic Slicer installation package is located in memory stick, please install

the software as following steps.

1. Installation

• Windows
Close the anti-virus software before installation. Open the suitable package
and then follow the guide as shown below.
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• Mac

Double click the installer and then drag Anycubic

Slicer to the applications as shown above

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 Installation

Anycubic Slicer System Recommended Configuration

Windows

CPU Intel® Core™ i5 6600K or higher

AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600 or higher

RAM ≥ 16GB

Free Disk Space 2GB

Display Resolution ≥ 1920*1080

≥ 2560*1440 (suggested)

GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 or higher

AMD Radeon RX480 or higher

GPU RAM ≥ 1GB

Mac OS

CPU Intel® 4-Core (OS version 10.15) or higher

Apple M1 4-Core (OS version 13.0) or higher
RAM ≥ 16 GB

Disk Space ≥ 64 GB

Display Resolution ≥ 2560*1440

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 Installation

2. Language
Click “设置”-“首选项”-“语言”to switch the language to English if the
language is set as Chinese.
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Windows

MAC

Mac

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 Overview

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⑤
③

① Import file, save file, undo/redo

② Functions to edit objects
③ 3D model view
④ Configuration of printer, filament and printing settings
⑤ choose printer, filament, print settings
⑥ Object list
⑦ Slice and Preview button

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 Settings

1. Import

Import your own 3D format model, i.e. STL or OBJ file, etc.

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Select model file

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The object is imported

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 Settings

2. print Configuration Manage

① Printer settings

Click add the type of your printer in the interface.

Different printer types have different parameters, please choose the printer
you use to avoid print failure.

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Select your 3D printer then

click finish
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 Settings

② Filament Settings

Add and edit filament parameters for different filament or models

requirements, as shown in the following:
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Select your failment then click finish

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 Settings

③ Printing Settings

The system has preset printing settings for each type of printer, you can
choose corresponding printing settings as needed.

You can create custom printing settings by copying the preset printing 0

settings:
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Enter the print setting name then click ok to finish creating

custom print setting

Set the slice parameters of print settings according to your requirement in print
setting interface. Then close configuration manage window to apply it.

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 Introduction to Functions

1. View Changing

• Mouse: Scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in/out; right click the platform
and drag to move it; left click the platform and move to change view
angle.
• View menu: Switch to different views.

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 Introduction to Functions

2. Model Edit

Move: Input a number or manipulate the controls to move the model.

Rotate: Input a number or manipulate the controls to rotate the model.
Scale: Input a number or manipulate the controls to scale the model.
Place on face: select a face to align model to the build plate.
Layout: Place the models according to the settings of model spacing.
• The Bigger the model spacing, the less the models can be placed.
• Enable rotations to increase the space utilization.
Cut: Input a number or manipulate the controls to set the height of the
cutting plane parallel to the build plate to split the model into upper and
lower parts.
Paint-on support：Paint on the model to mark areas where support
generation is required or prohibited.
• The left mouse button marks the area that enforce support.
• The right mouse button marks the area as forbidden support.
• To take effect the paint-on support, you should enable the generate
support material option and meanwhile Select the support option to
something other than None

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Paint-on support：

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Select an option other than

None

No paint-on support

Enbale paint-on support

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2. Model Edit
Seam Painting: Paint on the model to mark location where the seam point
of each layer.

Draw seam points on corner

Draw seam points on face

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 Export Sliced File

1. Slice
When the setting is finished, click Slice Now.

2. Preview

In the slice file view interface, you can see printing paths by feature type

①：Drag the vertical slider to preview different layers

②：Drag the horizontal slider to preview the moving path of the nozzle
③：Preview the estimated printing time and filament usage

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 Export Sliced File

3. Export
• Return Editor: If some other manipulations of model are needed, click
“Return Editor” and go back to editing interface.
• Export G-code: Export G-code file to a local device then use touchscreen
to start printing

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