3D Laboratories · Additive manufacturing solutions
PEEK, PEKK, PEI 9085, PPSU, PC and carbon-fiber nylons demand more than geometry. PrintSlice Pro models the heat in every layer, predicts bonding and warp before the print starts, and shapes the toolpath around the polymer.
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Built for production parts
Manufacturing engineers, R&D labs and service bureaus print high-temperature polymers because the parts have to perform. The slicer has to know the material as well as the geometry.
Material thermal classes for PEEK, PEKK, PEI, PPSU, PC and carbon-fiber nylons drive the thermal model, so the toolpath and the temperature schedule are shaped around the polymer before the first layer goes down.
Substrate temperature, layer bond quality, time to solidify, crystallinity and warp risk are predicted per layer from the real toolpath timeline, and shown on the model in Preview.
Adaptive Walls fill thin sections without resizing the outer wall, Adaptive Solid Infill finishes edges flat, and every solid region is anchored to the layer below.
The 3D Labs HTX is configured out of the box. Any Marlin- or Klipper-based machine is set up once in Machine settings, and every operation carries that configuration with it.
Material thermal classes
Engine features
Each feature reads the geometry, the material and the thermal history of every layer, and shapes the toolpath and G-code around them. Features marked in orange are algorithms of 3D Laboratories' own design.
Every inner bead is sized to the exact local thickness of the wall, so tapers, fins and thin sections fill completely with no gaps and no overlaps. The outer wall is never resized, so visible surfaces stay smooth and uniform.
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Narrow ribs, webs and thin bridges are filled with shape-following rings right into the narrowest point. Solid ends exactly at the wall edge, and flow eases off on short lines and into tight corners so edges finish flat.
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PrintSlice looks ahead to where a solid top surface will begin over sparse infill and grows a supporting ring in the layers beneath, so the first solid layer lands on a firm edge.
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Where a solid region sits on sparse infill, its lines run crosswise to the lattice and weld onto it. Every line end lands on material, so the deck stays flat and anchored.
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Top and bottom skins are printed as separate lines in one sweep order with no connector segments crossing the surface, for a flatter, cleaner, uniform finish.
Surface
Seam Track tucks each seam into a corner or aligns it along a clean line. The scarf joint tapers the loop start and end into an angled overlap, and weld-matched scarf sizes that overlap to how quickly the material cools.
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A transient heat-transfer model of the whole build, driven by the real toolpath timeline, predicts interface weld temperature, softening and sag, crystallization and warp, per bead and per layer.
Novel algorithm · 3D LabsSeven predictive preview views grounded in published polymer physics: interface and substrate temperature, layer bond quality, sag risk, time to solidify, crystallinity and warp risk.
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A closed-loop nozzle-temperature planner that uses the thermal model as its plant, scheduling setpoints ahead of the hot-end's lag and verifying each step before it is written.
Thermal
Refine turns the thermal analysis into decisions. Every recommendation is evaluated as a counterfactual, re-solving the model with the change applied, and shown with before/after numbers. Nothing is applied until you accept it.
Analysis
An end-of-print thermal schedule for semicrystalline and high-temperature polymers: hold warm to complete crystallization, then step down through the glass transition at a controlled rate. Runs on any firmware.
ThermalWhere each control lives, what to look for in Preview, and the research each thermal view is built on.
Read the full engine referenceThermal Intelligence
A transient heat-transfer model of the whole build, driven by the real toolpath timeline, predicts interface weld temperature, softening and sag, crystallization and warp, per bead and per layer. Seven views in Preview show the result on the model.
Workflow
Contour supports follow the outline of the part instead of filling a block beneath it: a single-direction 45-degree body with one shell that you can squeeze off by hand, a dense crossed interface under the overhang, full-column expansion beyond the overhang edge and solid footing pads on the plate. Overhangs are shaded on the model at your chosen angle, and a placement editor adds or removes support by Point, Surface, Single Surface or Area, with every edit listed and reversible.
Every setting, machine configuration included, lives in an operation. Give each object its own operation, or split a part at the heights where its settings should change with the Height Range Wizard: each range gets its own operation, a copy of the current one, ready to edit.
Printer compatibility
Machine configuration lives inside the operation, so a fleet of different printers can share one set of process settings.
Bundled printer profile and HTX material profiles for PEEK, PEEK-CF, PEKK, PEKK-CF, PEI, PSU, PA-CF, ABS/ASA, PP, TPU and PLA, with the heated chamber, part-cooling fan and HEPA filter channels already configured.
About the HTXAny Marlin-based machine: set the build volume, heaters, fans and start/end G-code once in the Machine settings, and every operation carries it.
Any Klipper-based machine, with a Klipper-style start sequence and temperature waits written for its firmware.
Duet support is in development.
3D Laboratories
3D Laboratories is an additive manufacturing solutions provider. The know-how from building the HTX high-temperature printer now ships as software, control electronics and services, and every installed HTX stays supported.
The controller platform for industrial and OEM machines, designed and manufactured in North America. V2 adds an onboard M.2 slot for AI accelerator modules and 10 stepper drivers.
Starforge Mainboard V2
PrintSlice Pro under your brand, with your machine profiles, your materials, custom features and integration, and agreed update and support arrangements.
White-label slicer services
Dual 500 °C nozzles, a 220 °C build plate and a 100 °C actively heated chamber. No longer in production; supported in PrintSlice Pro with bundled printer and material profiles, parts in the store.
About the HTXHeadquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, with US-based engineering and support. Read where we come from and where the solutions are heading.
About the companyPrintSlice Pro runs fully offline, with no account, cloud or internet connection, and the Starforge controller computes on the machine. Offline license activation for secure sites.
Air-gapped deploymentsResearch foundations
Talk to 3D Laboratories
Bring a part and a material. We will slice it with you, walk through the thermal analysis and the Refine recommendations, and set up your printers.
PrintSlice Pro beta program
The beta program is for engineers and labs printing PEEK, PEKK, PEI and other engineering materials. Members receive early builds as they are cut, talk directly to the engineers who build the slicer, and see their findings shape what gets built next.
What beta members get
Places are limited to what the engineering team can support directly. Signing up registers your interest; we confirm each place by email.
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