Questions about Scale & Cut 3D

You open a 3D model and tell it how big you want it. It scales the model, cuts it into pieces that fit your printer, adds alignment pegs and part numbers, and lays the pieces out on plates ready to open in Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer.

The slicer's Cut tool makes one cut at a time, placed by hand. That's fine for a few cuts. Scale & Cut 3D does every cut, every peg, the part numbers and the plate layout in one go, which matters when a model needs dozens or hundreds of pieces.

No. If you can open a file in your slicer, you can use this.

There's no set limit. A bigger print just means more pieces. The app shows the finished size in every direction before it cuts, so you can check it's what you meant.

Cutting usually takes seconds to a couple of minutes. Hollowing and generating plates take longer on big models, because your slicer arranges each plate.

Not yet. Cuts are straight and placed automatically to fit your printer, so look over the exploded preview before you print and check no seam lands somewhere you'll see it.

There's an Orientation step to stand it upright before you set the size, so the height you enter is the real height.

Yes. Hollowing is optional and you set the wall thickness. It saves a lot of filament on big solid models.

Every seam gets alignment pegs on one side and matching sockets on the other. Choose press fit for a tight, glue-free fit, or glue fit for a looser fit you glue. Pegs are sized down on small pieces and skipped where they won't fit safely.

Each cut face is engraved with the number of the piece that joins it, and the app writes an assembly guide listing every piece in build order: which plate it's on, which way it slides in, and what it glues to. Plates are filled in the same order, so you can start assembling while the rest prints.

Small slivers are merged into the piece next to them, as long as the result still fits your printer. You can set what counts as small.

For most props, yes, use pegs to line pieces up and glue to hold them. Heavy pieces also benefit from a rod or pipe through the middle.

Any FDM printer you can slice for in Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Presets are built in for Bambu Lab (A1 mini, A1, P1P, P1S, X1 Carbon, X1E, H2D, H2D Pro, H2S), Prusa (MK4S, CORE One, XL), Creality (K1C, K2 Plus, Ender-3 V3), Elegoo Centauri Carbon, Anycubic Kobra 3 and Qidi (Q1 Pro, X-Max 3), and you can add a custom bed size.

Yes. Cuts are planned around the biggest printer, then each piece goes to the smallest printer it fits on.

Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer, all free. The app uses one of them to lay out the plates. The finished projects also open in Orca-based slicers like QIDI Studio and ElegooSlicer.

STL, OBJ, 3MF, PLY and OFF.

Small problems like holes and flipped faces are fixed automatically. If a model is too damaged, the app tells you, and you can repair it first, for example with Fix model in Bambu Studio on Windows.

Windows 10 or newer, and Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or newer) on macOS 12 or newer. There's no Linux or Intel Mac version.

Only to activate your license and check it now and then. It keeps working offline for up to seven days between checks.

No. Models and the files the app makes stay on your computer.

$20, one-time. No subscription.

Yes. You get both downloads and can activate it on two computers.

They're emailed to you right after checkout. You can also get them any time from Lemon Squeezy's My Orders page.

Yes. Everything is emailed to you, so you can install it on your computer whenever you're ready.

So far every update has been free for existing customers. The app tells you when a new version is out.

Open the License window in the app and choose Deactivate this computer, then activate on the new one.

Email johnyprints@gmail.com. You'll get an answer from the person who made it.