Orca Slicer versus Bambu Studio

orca-vs-bambu.md

Differences between Orca Slicer and Bambu Studio

• With the Advanced toggle enabled
• Orca Slicer version: 2.2.0-beta (Sep 13, 2024, 9:45 PM PDT)
• Bambu Studio version: 1.9.7.52 (Sep 20, 2024, 4:21 AM PDT)

Sections

• Process settings
• Filament settings
• Printer settings

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Process settings

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Quality

Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Seam
Staggered inner seams	✅	❌
Seam gap	✅	❌
Scarf joint seam
- Scarf joint speed	✅	❌
Role base wipe speed	✅	❌
Wipe speed	✅	❌
Wipe on loops	✅	❌
Wipe before external loop	✅	❌
▶️ Precision
Elephant foot compensation layers	✅	❌
Precise wall	✅	❌
Convert holes to polyholes	✅	❌
▶️ Ironing
Ironing angle	✅	❌
▶️ Wall Generator
Arachne
- First layer minimum wall width	✅	❌
- Minimum wall length	✅	❌
▶️ Walls and surfaces (Advanced)
Wall loop direction	✅	❌
Top surface flow ratio	✅	❌
Bottom surface flow ratio	✅	❌
One wall threshold	✅	❌
Small area flow compensation	✅	❌
Smooth speed discontinuity area	❌	✅
Smooth coefficient	❌	✅
▶️ Bridging
Internal bridge flow ratio	✅	❌
Bridge density	✅	❌
Thick internal bridges	✅	❌
Filter out small internal bridges	✅	❌
Bridge counterbore holes	✅	❌
▶️ Overhangs
Detect overhang walls	✅	❌
Make overhangs printable	✅	❌
Extra perimeters on overhangs	✅	❌
Reverse on even	✅	❌

Strength

Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Seam
Alternate extra walls	✅	❌
▶️ Top/bottom shells
Top/bottom solid infill/wall overlap	✅	❌
▶️ Infill
Internal solid infill pattern	✅	❌
Apply gap fill	✅	❌
Filter out tiny gaps	✅	❌
▶️ Advanced
Solid infill direction	✅	❌
Rotate solid infill direction	✅	❌
Infill combination
- Max layer height	✅	❌
Ensure vertical shell thickness
- None	✅	❌
- Critical only	✅	❌
- Moderate	✅	❌
- All	✅	❌

Speed

Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ First/Initial layer speed
Initial layer travel speed	✅	❌
Number of slow layers	✅	❌
▶️ Other layers speed
Over 100% wall (not bridge)	❌	✅
Support	✅	❌
Support interface	✅	❌
▶️ Overhang speed
Slow down for curled perimeters	✅	❌
Bridge (Internal)	✅	❌
▶️ Acceleration
Bridge	✅	❌
Internal solid infill	✅	❌
Travel	✅	❌
▶️ Jerk (XY)
Default	✅	❌
Outer wall	✅	❌
Inner wall	✅	❌
Infill	✅	❌
Top surface	✅	❌
First layer	✅	❌
Travel	✅	❌
▶️ Advanced
Extrusion rate smoothing	✅	❌

Support

Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
First layer density	✅	❌
First layer expansion	✅	❌
▶️ Advanced
Bottom interface spacing	✅	❌
▶️ Tree supports
Tip diameter	✅	❌
Branch density	✅	❌
Branch diameter angle	✅	❌
Preferred branch angle	✅	❌
Branch diameter with double walls	✅	❌

Others / Multimaterial

Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Skirt
Skirt type	✅	❌
Skirt maximum extrusion length	✅	❌
Skirt distance	✅	❌
Skirt start point	✅	❌
Skirt speed	✅	❌
Draft shield	✅	❌
▶️ Special mode
Intra-layer order	✅	❌
▶️ Ooze prevention
Enable	✅	❌
▶️ Advanced
Use beam interlocking	✅	❌
Maximum width of a segmented region	✅	❌
▶️ G-code output
Verbose G-code	✅	❌
Label objects	✅	❌
Exclude objects	✅	❌
Filename format	✅	❌

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Filament settings

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Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Basic information
Soluble material	✅	❌
Support material	✅	❌
Shrinkage (XY)	✅	❌
Shrinkage (Z)	✅	❌
Idle temperature	✅	❌
▶️ Flow ratio and Pressure Advance
Enable pressure advance	✅	❌
Pressure advance	✅	❌
Enable adaptive pressure advance	✅	❌
Preferred branch angle	✅	❌
Branch diameter with double walls	✅	❌
▶️ Print chamber temperature
Chamber temperature	✅	❌
Activate temperature control	✅	❌

Cooling

Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Cooling for specific layer
Full fan speed at layer	✅	❌
▶️ Part cooling fan
Don't slow down outer walls	✅	❌
Support interface fan speed	✅	❌
▶️ Exhaust fan
Activate air filtration	✅	❌
During print	✅	❌
Complete print	✅	❌

Setting Overrides

Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Cooling for specific layer
Only lift Z above	✅	❌
Only lift Z below	✅	❌
On surfaces	✅	❌
Extra length on restart	✅	❌

Multimaterial

Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Wipe tower parameters	✅	❌
▶️ Toolchange parameters with single extruder MM printers	✅	❌
▶️ Toolchange parameters with multi extruder MM printers	✅	❌

Printer settings

Basic information

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Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Printable space
Z offset	✅	❌
Preferred orientation	✅	❌
▶️ Advanced
Use 3rd-party print host	✅	❌
Disable set remaining print time	✅	❌
Time cost	✅	❌
Use relative E distances	❌	✅
Use firmware retraction	❌	✅
Filament load time	❌	✅
Filament unload time	❌	✅
▶️ Cooling fan
Fan speed-up time	✅	❌
Fan kick-start time	✅	❌
Only overhangs	✅	❌
▶️ Accessory
Nozzle type	✅	❌
Auxiliary part cooling fan	✅	❌
Air filtration enhancement	❌	✅

Machine G-code

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Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Before layer change G-code	✅	❌
▶️ Time lapse G-code	✅	❌
▶️ Change extrusion role G-code	✅	❌

Multimaterial

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Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Single extruder multi-material setup	✅	❌
▶️ Wipe tower	✅	❌
▶️ Single extruder multi-material parameters	✅	❌
▶️ Advanced	✅	❌

Extruder

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Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Size / Type	✅	❌
Type	❌	✅
▶️ Retraction	✅	❌
Extra length on restart	✅	❌
Traveling angle	✅	❌
▶️ Lift Z Enforcement	✅	❌
On surfaces	✅	❌
▶️ Retraction when switching material	✅	❌
Length	✅	❌
Extra length on restart	✅	❌

Motion ability

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Feature	Orca Slicer	Bambu Studio
▶️ Advanced	✅	❌
Emit limits to G-code	✅	❌
▶️ Acceleration limitation	✅	❌
Maximum acceleration for travel	✅	❌