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Slicing and Cura The process of creating program code (GCode), which are used as input for 3D printers, from 3D object files (STL) is called slicing, because the object is basically sliced into many very thin layers. Cura is an open source slicing software supported by Ultimaker for their 3d printers. Besides the official version from Ultimaker, many other 3d ...