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If you’ve ever heard “set active thumb left” or “set active thumb right” and had no idea what it meant, this one’s for you. We’re breaking down what the thumb actually is, how the vertical and horizontal sliders in Preview mode work, and how learning to control them with your keyboard instead of your mouse […]

If you spend any time on Printables, you've probably noticed a button next to compatible models labeled EasyPrint. It's Prusa's answer to a problem that's existed since the first desktop 3D printer showed up in someone's garage: slicing software is powerful, but it's not always convenient.

If you’ve spent any time around me, my channel or this site, you know I like to take something I figured out the hard way and turn it into something that saves you the trouble. This time it’s PrusaSlicer’s keyboard shortcuts. I’ve been chipping away at them for a while, and I’ve put everything I […]

When you slice a model in PrusaSlicer, the slicer has to decide how your printer will draw the walls of the print. Those walls are called perimeters. They control the outside shape, the surface quality, and many of the small details that make a print look clean. This lesson goes with the video above. Watch […]

The right side of PrusaSlicer contains one of the most important tools in the entire program: the Object Panel. At first glance, it may look like nothing more than a list of names. In reality, it acts as a roadmap for your entire project. It shows every model you have loaded and how all of its pieces fit together. Once you understand how to read this panel, navigating even complex projects becomes much easier.

When most people think about PrusaSlicer, they think about layer heights, supports, filament profiles, and getting a print ready for the printer.

What many users never realize is that PrusaSlicer has an entire ecosystem hidden behind the scenes that stores years of tuning, customizations, backups, and printer knowledge.

On macOS, understanding this configuration folder can mean the difference between recovering from a failed update in minutes or spending an entire weekend rebuilding profiles from scratch.

Recently I spent some time digging through the current PrusaSlicer configuration structure on macOS and discovered that several folders are far more important than most users realize.

Let’s take a tour through the eight areas every PrusaSlicer user should understand.

Supports are one of those settings most people either ignore completely or crank up to maximum and hope for the best. Neither works. Get them wrong and you’re either scraping fused plastic off your model with a chisel or watching a tall print slowly lean over like it gave up halfway through. Get them right and they practically fall off in your hand. This guide walks through every support setting in PrusaSlicer that actually matters — from threshold angles and pattern types to the two distance values most beginners never touch. By the end you’ll know exactly what to change, why it matters, and how to preview it before a single gram of filament moves.

The PrusaSlicer Cut Tool tutorial enhances 3D printing with precise slicing and advanced features.