In fact, when it comes to 3D printing in particular file sizes can get awfully large. Partly to address this, Prusa have proposed a new .bgcode binary G-code format.

This is where slicer software becomes essential. It acts as the bridge between the digital CAD model and the physical printing process. Slicer software converts the 3D model file into printing ...

G-code and M-code are the foundational languages that drive CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machinery and 3D printers.

For example, it would be nice to have a subroutine process_printing_move() in which you may specify how you want to process every printing move in a G-code file.

3D printers are controlled with G-code, a program custom-generated by a tool called a slicer that controls how the printer moves its print head and print platform, heats up, and feeds and retracts ...

A printer is essentially a sophisticated plotting machine that moves to certain coordinates told to it by the slicer in the programming language G-code. That's why slicer software is so important.