OrcaSlicer

I Added a Feature to OrcaSlicer to Show Travel Distance and Moves

OrcaSlicer is a powerful and popular slicer for 3D printers, known for its rich feature set and active development community. In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at a new feature I proposed and implemented that provides more insight into your prints: the display of total travel distance and the number of travel moves. See the feat: Display travel distance and move count in G-code summary for more details.

How to Build OrcaSlicer from Source on macOS 15 Sequoia - A Step-by-Step Guide

Building OrcaSlicer from source on macOS 15 (15.6.1 Sequoia) can be straightforward, but recent changes in macOS, Xcode, and CMake require some extra care. This guide updates the official instructions with important tips and fixes from this GitHub issue to avoid common build issues.

For this article, we will be using this build system:

Apple MacBook Pro M1 (Apple Silicon)
macOS 15.6.1 (Sequoia)
Orca Slicer 2.3.1 from https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer

Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure you have the following installed: