3DPrinterOS is an easy way to use complete software packages for 3D printers (Firmware, Software, Cloud platforms etc.). The system covers every aspect of 3D printing and advanced manufacturing workflows, solving the fragmentation of many disparate 3D printers and their associated software. 3DPrinterOS is like Android for 3D printers. Users can go directly from CAD to STL/OBJ/Step, prepare a build tray allocation, slice for 150+ types of desktop 3D printers or queue for 1200+ industrial 3D printers. The system can also monitor real time prints and share projects and printers with your colleagues or friends.

Is 3DPrinterOS a cloud software?

3DPrinterOS can be deployed in the cloud and on local servers. Its deployment depends on its intended use. 3DPrinterOS has successfully deployed private internal instances within F2000 companies and government institutions without an internet connection.

Is 3DPrinterOS a slicer?

3DPrinterOS is an operating system that allows you to run multiple slicers and software on one platform. It supports many different 3D printers, and firmware.

How secure is 3DPrinterOS?

3DPrinterOS has the highest security levels for end-to-end encrypted 3D printing workflows in the industry. It is also partnered with cloud solution providers like Microsoft, Google and Amazon, in order to offer a pre-approved IT solution that can easily be deployed in any enterprise. For example, Microsoft’s Azure cloud is internationally recognised as being a secure cloud private platform, and it is installed in over 90% of Fortune 500 companies.

Raspberry Pi 3 Support for 3D Printing

To support the Pi 3, we reworked our entire 3DPrinterOS cloud client image. The new image is based on Raspbian Jessie Lite and comes with 3DPrinterOS cloud client v5.9.10 installed. This image is backwards compatible and has been tested across the whole product line of Raspberry Pi’s (I.E.1B, 1B+, 2B, 3B). You can see the CPU load test results by clicking here.

Raspberry Pi 3 Support - Cloud 3D printing

Our CTO, Anton Vedeshin, has personally tested it for 50+ prints so far. The biggest one was FormTap3D wine aerator - it took 8.5h with strong settings.

What’s new with this Raspberry Pi Image?

We removed the buggy WiFi Access Point mode and configuration UI.
Being that Raspberry Pi has an amazing guide how to setup WiFi our image will now work great for the Pi 1B, 1B+, 2B, and 3B.
Total image size to download is now under 500Mb.
The raw image size was decreased from 3.5GB to 1.4GB. We achieved this by removing many unneeded packages, including apache previously used for ports redirection and WiFi UI. The new image is much faster now!
Linux distribution is updated to the latest Raspbian Jessie Lite with some additional cleaning to increase the speed.
Now there is an automatic expansion of the image to use all available space on the SD card.
We changed 3DPrinterOS services control to native systemd scripts (systemctl start/stop style) for advanced users.