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Looking for a self-hosted web-based slicer application
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I don't have specific advice, but I am genuinely curious about what your circumstance is that you:
Legit question, because knowing the situation might prompt better feedback. Or if this is a case of "it would be cool to do so, just because I can..." then carry on and ignore my post lol!
Very fair question and I'll admit that a part of it genuinely is "because I can!" But that's not all of the reason. I work across several machines and soon due to reasons that at the same time both make sense and are somewhat frustrating some of the machines I use most frequently are about to be locked down and my ability to instal software removed, so that is part of it. Web apps allow me to sidestep this issue. I'm a bit of a forgetful person that has to act when inspiration hits me or I forget to deal with it. Sometimes that's probably for the best but other times a moment of inspiration has turned into something wonderful (both in the 3D printing scenario and wider life) Most of my homelab setup is web-based already and I have most of my files synchronised around to allow me easy access no matter where I am or what device I'm on, I also work long days away from home now and then and like the idea of having an idea, processing the stl file and then kicking off a print job so it's complete by the time I get back home. In the end I guess my big motivator here is due to my own personal failings, I'm an impatient and forgetful person that would rather just get stuff done than improve my memory and patience ;)
So would it not be useful to attack this a different way?
Something that you can upload files to that triggers a job that sends it to a slicing machine, or something like that?
What I mean to say is have you thought of skinning this cat any other way?
Gotcha! I'm curious to hear what others have to say, because a web-based slicer does sound like a neat idea. I could see it being challenging due to the processing power required to slice more complex jobs. And also if you're anything like me, you often slice a job a half dozen times or more while tweaking settings to get it just right, while flying around the model and checking tricky areas closely. If you're self-hosting, maybe the processing power is not an issue, but it would require a decently advanced interface to ensure you don't come home to a pile of spaghetti because you weren't able to check the slicing job adequately.
The best I can come up with is to remote in to your main slicing machine and do the work that way, but I'm hoping I can learn something from this thread!
Hanging out in bed browsing Thangs on mobile.
I can get STLs, my slicer settings are pretty set and forget, I should be able to just upload an STL or a few, say “fill the plate” and go, without pulling out mg laptop.
It might be pretty lazy, but it isn’t crazy.