Open in your slicer
Every model page has an Open in … button. It hands the model to the slicer on the computer you’re using, without saving a download first.
Pick your slicer
Section titled “Pick your slicer”Each computer picks its slicer under Account → This computer. The choice is stored in that browser, so your laptop and your desktop can use different slicers. The default is Bambu Studio.
| Slicer | Opens from the site | Opens the local copy |
|---|---|---|
| Bambu Studio | 3MF only; asks once whether to trust the site, answer Yes | yes |
| OrcaSlicer | yes; set a download folder in OrcaSlicer’s preferences | yes |
| PrusaSlicer | no: it only downloads from Printables and Thingiverse | yes |
| UltiMaker Cura | yes | yes |
| Creality Print | yes | no |
| ElegooSlicer | yes | no |
“Opens the local copy” needs a small helper on your computer; see Open the local copy. When neither route works for a file (an STL with Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer without the helper), the button isn’t shown.
How it works
Section titled “How it works”The slicer downloads the file itself, without your login cookie. So the button first asks the site for a link that
works for 15 minutes and only for this one file, and passes that link to the slicer through its own link scheme
(bambustudioopen://, orcaslicer://, cura:// …). Nothing else of the library is reachable with it.
The first time, your browser asks whether it may open the slicer. Tick “always allow” to skip that next time.
Phones and tablets
Section titled “Phones and tablets”The button isn’t shown on touch devices: there’s no desktop slicer there, and the phone apps (like Bambu Handy) can’t open 3MF files from a link. Use Download instead.