App Profile: Pikaslice

Alexparducci

Rating: 4/5

First off, I am beyond thrilled that there is finally an, affordable, 3d slicer app on the App Store; this looks to be the first and only. The app itself is great, I love the UI and actually prefer it over using the Chitubox slicer on my PC. There are some minor things that need tweaking. Moving your meshes can be kinda wonky at times and some minor moving of buttons might be nice, like scooting the auto-supports button to a more accessible area, and maybe also having an option where you can use auto-support, parent supports, and bracing at the push of one button rather than hitting all three separately. From looking at the update history, the developer is very active with improving this app. My only issue, which very well might be my own fault, is that I’ve copied my normal exposure settings I use in Chitubox over to Pikaslice but was getting print failures (print was falling off of supports and becoming fused to the FEP sheet). I ended up boosting my exposure time and that remedied the issue. Chitubox still works with the original, unboosted, exposure times though. So I’ve been trying to figure out if this app is missing something or if Chitubox hides settings from its users.

Sniper Cartman

Rating: 3/5

I have been waiting for a iPad slicer for years and this app is the beginning of something amazing. However, there are a few bugs that I’ve run into that has haunted my use. 1. I can never get the file to print, machine shows a file but no preview and it will act like it’s about to start but then stops. 2. Rafting, I notice that when I add a file the cursor and the file are far apart, I thought it was weird but continued on. Once I added a raft, it showed under the part but then all the way across the screen to the cursor that is out of the printing area. I’ve have tried for ever to figure out a fix but I haven’t been successful. I’ve been talking with the creator on Reddit so I’m hoping that these can be address because I really want this app to succeed.

SiriusBlack_isBack

Rating: 5/5

I’ve been using this slicer for about 6 months and have been using it exclusively. Between Shapr3D and PikaSlice and my iPad Pro I’m all set with all my 3D resin printing design and slicing needs. I hate desktop computers with a passion, so PikaSlice does the trick. I’ve found some minor frustrations around the manual placing and deleting of supports…sometimes it places, sometimes it deletes or moves them. Also the supports being visualized immediately puts them in the way when placing additional supports. I think a cool update would be to only show a tiny half-sphere nub that’s the diameter of the support tip at the model entry point for all supports that are either auto-generated or user placed. Then we could basically place nubs instead of long thin stalks that get in the way of remaining support work. Then just have a button that allows “visualize supports” and then show all the stalks and bracing etc. I’m pretty sure this would make placing custom supports a whole lot easier and draw more customers to this great platform. Makes sense, right? I also seem to recall updating the app once and losing my printer and resin profiles. That sucked as I had several dozen to rebuild. Hasn’t happened again…yet. Still…this is a great iPad compatible slicer. Many thanks to the developer.