No Linux release

[hasufell]

I bought a printer and I can't slice anything, because there is no download for Linux.

[makefu]

i second that! i would love to see a linux release

[ole00]

Please make a Linux release or share the source code so I can compile PhotonWorkshop for Linux. It looks like it uses Qt5, so it should not be too hard to port it to Linux. I also tried the latest Wine (6.9 Staging) and PhotonWorkshop install and runs, but it can not load any .STL model (or the model is loaded, but not displayed).

[zeus86]

i'd really love to see some alternative to the more and more closing chitu-ecosystem available to linux. you'd do yourself a favor to release a linux-version at least in form of either a universal app (appimage or something alike) or just the sources, as the community will most probably pick this up very soon, when chitubox becomes more and more closed.

[ole00]

Or at least document the format of the .pwmx files, so we can make tools to slice 3d models on Linux (or to extend open source tools to export to .pwmx). Specifically, I'm stuck on how the image bitmap (?) for each slice is encoded. I think I figured out the rest, just that the slice shape is a mystery to me.

[damanbaird]

another for linux

[zeus86]

mailed the support that another day regarding a linux release. does not seem to be any plans there to release their slicer for linux...

[hepaestus]

Yes! A Linux version would be awesome.

[ranzig]

I've been able to run it through wine to get some sliced files for my printer, but there are a few issues:

• "slice model" doesn't work. The wizard comes up, but no plane comes up to see where the model's being sliced
• sometimes it crashes when auto-filling supports, or freezes at 50%
• when previewing a .pwmo, it'll crash if I tweak the slice settings and try to re-save

I'm running Debian bullseye, and using wine-devel (currently 7.0-rc4).

A native linux client would be nice... even if it's only provided through binary packages.

[zeus86]

I think anycubic has not understand yet, what github-repos are for. considering that the repo contains just a binary release, and the last update was 2+ years ago, i'd assume anycubis's github account dead, or abandoned at best.

[hasufell]

I think anycubic has not understand yet, what github-repos are for. considering that the repo contains just a binary release, and the last update was 2+ years ago, i'd assume anycubis's github account dead, or abandoned at best.

Prolly had contractors writing it and then fired everyone for profit.

[captainreptile]

so pity. we need to get a hand on the source files.
Perhaps the freelancers that worked on it can publish it?

[captainreptile]

I found an alternative that seem to support anycubic photon printers:
https://chitubox.com/

[zeus86]

I found an alternative that seem to support anycubic photon printers: https://chitubox.com/

Maybe you did not understand, that the reason why are people hoping, that anycubic releases it's software as opensource is, because chitubox is not an alternative beeing a closed source software, which is currently locking down it's ecosystem.

[hasufell]

Perhaps the freelancers that worked on it can publish it?

And risk a lawsuit? :D

[captainreptile]

I found an alternative that seem to support anycubic photon printers: https://chitubox.com/

Maybe you did not understand, that the reason why are people hoping, that anycubic releases it's software as opensource is, because chitubox is not an alternative beeing a closed source software, which is currently locking down it's ecosystem.

In its current state anycubic is closed code same as its alternative (that for now seems buggy with mono x).
some want it to become opensource so they can save anycube the hassle of making a linux version & maybe improve it, some demand their basic right to have linux version - as for now printer is useless without windows/mac.

[ole00]

A possible alternative is to use prusa slicer, configure it for Mono X, slice and export into prusa SLA format and finally convert the output into .pwmx file. The file output convertor seems to exist here: https://github.com/sn4k3/UVtools. The tool can be also used to analyse the .pwmx files which could be useful for somebody to add native .pwmx export directly to prusa slicer or other open source slicer.

[ole00]

I have added Photon Mono X and PWMX export to my fork of PrusaSlicer. If you are able to recompile the slicer from sources, please clone the following git repo:
https://github.com/ole00/PrusaSlicer
and checkout the "sla_pwmx_export_rebase01" branch and then build it.

At the start of the app a Configuration Wizard should pop up. Ensure to uncheck the default FDM printers, then when "Other Vendors" page is displayed select Anycubic, uncheck the first SLA printer (KOSSEL Family), continue to Anycubic MSLA and select Photon Mono X. Then finish the wizard (you may want to enable Expert options in the wizard as well) . That should give you a solid starting point for experimentation with Mono X in Prusa Slicer. Please report any issues in that repo's issues section.

NOTE: the PWMX exporting feature in my fork of PrusaSlicer is very new and may contain bugs. Please use with caution, only on smaller prints first!

Edit: I've also made a small tool to display some information of .pwmx files, mainly for me to verify the structure of the exported .pwmx files before I 3D print them. The tool is available here: https://github.com/ole00/pwmx_info