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How to export G-code from OrcaSlicer

OrcaSlicer exports a sliced plate as a plain .gcode, or as a .gcode.3mf. Both hold the toolpath your printer follows, and Extrudio renders photoreal images from either.

Checked in OrcaSlicer 2.4.2 on October 8, 2026.

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  1. Slice the plate

    Slice it as you would to print it.

    OrcaSlicer 2.4.2 after slicing: the planter on the plate in Preview, with the line types and the time estimate.

  2. Export the file

    Open the menu beside the print button, and choose Export G-code file for a .gcode, or Export plate sliced file for a .gcode.3mf.

    OrcaSlicer: the menu beside the print button, open, with Export G-code file highlighted. The menu: Print plate, Print all, Send, Send all, Export plate sliced file, Export all sliced file, Export G-code file.

  3. Save it

    Choose a folder, and save the file.

    The save panel for the G-code file, a .gcode.

  4. Upload it to Extrudio

    Sign in, and drop the file on Home. The file check shows what we read from it: the slicer, the printer, the nozzle, the layers, the size and the filaments.

    The app’s file check for the OrcaSlicer file: OrcaSlicer 2.4.2, Bambu Lab P1S, 0.4 mm nozzle, 650 layers of 0.2 mm, 122 × 121 × 130 mm, 1 filament.

  5. Pick your pictures

    Start from a template, or choose the colors, the scene and the angles yourself.

What carries over from your slicer

  • The layer height, the line widths, and every wall, infill and seam, as sliced.
  • Support, brims and prime towers are left out of the render.
  • Vase mode is supported.

Files with several plates

A .gcode.3mf can hold several plates. Extrudio asks which one to render, and renders that plate.

The same steps in the app’s Help

Try it on your own prints.

Upload the file you exported, and see your print in photoreal images, with its real layer lines.

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