SoftFever

I'm a 3d printing enthusiast and DIYer. I share 3d printing related stuff.

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@gonecozycrafts Oh, that happened to me too! I’m not even sure if I’m the one to blame for accidentally clicking the unfollow button. It’s just some strange stuff.

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

We do!

[OrcaSlicer @real_OrcaSlicer]

We probably undersell OrcaSlicer features too much.

Did you know OrcaSlicer supports printing with different nozzle sizes?
This feature was first introduced by @fever_soft in v2.2.0-beta back in 2024 (!!). In v2.4.0-alpha, IanAlexis fixed a regression, and now it works even better.
More enhancements are coming soon!
Pro tip: use percentages for line widths.

Video below 👇

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

Check out the new OrcaSlicer v2.4.0-alpha release!

[OrcaSlicer @real_OrcaSlicer]

OrcaSlicer V2.4.0 Alpha is here 🐋

This one's packed!

Orca Cloud is the big new platform — centralized profile sync, preset bundles, and community sharing at https://t.co/tWJs5DbsXh. Your profiles on every machine, no more config-file juggling.

Z Anti-Aliasing (ZAA) brings micro-non-planar contouring for noticeably smoother curved top surfaces.

Fuzzy skin gets a Ripple mode — tunable patterned textures that finally look intentional.

Non-crossing tri-hexagon infill — stronger, more isotropic infill with no line intersections.

Plus: optimized Gyroid infill, combined brims, Machine Input Shaping, Expert user mode, native Wayland support, a redesigned printer selection dialog, and a mountain of bug fixes.

Free, open source, and better than ever.

🧵 1/7

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@3dmellow Badass! Does it require an extra motor?

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@lost_in_tech @Mojee3d I was just being sarcastic about that AI touched photos ;) I'm not a typical PC gamer, so I don't really know much about the sentiment there among gamers.

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@lost_in_tech @Mojee3d Cough cough — PC gamer here. AI gives you more shadows with no performance loss, and people are complaining?🤣

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@MarlinFirmware I read the first two words and my brain instantly predicted the tweet was about rewriting Marlin with rust. 😂

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

This is what happens when you use Copilot in Outlook. Microsoft forces AI into every Office application, and this is the experience. I can't understand their company culture.

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@WeShallPai Thank you Vishal👍 They can DM me here if interested.

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@AzzyDesignWorks @reprinted3D Seems this is rather a design issue. It’s not optimised for 3D printing

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@MakersMuse nails how to get super strong prints out of OrcaSlicer. Highly recommended watch 👇
https://t.co/VeeX18eNzd

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

And we will ship more amazing features together with the incredible community :)

[OrcaSlicer @real_OrcaSlicer]

Hey everyone — a quick note from the OrcaSlicer team.
A few of you have asked whether we're connected to a recent legal notice from Bambu Lab. Just to clear things up: that notice went to the developer of a separate, independent fork — not to OrcaSlicer or anyone on our team. Forks are a normal and healthy part of open source, and we wish that developer the best. Thanks to everyone who pinged us about this — it means a lot that you cared enough to check. Back to slicing.

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@TheAhmadOsman The truth is uglier than that unfortunately: https://t.co/nBnGTCb68X

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@TheAhmadOsman The truth is uglier than that unfortunately: https://t.co/nBnGTCb68X

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

@joeltelling It’s quite good. My experience is mainly with large C++ projects, so my use case might differ from most people’s today. So far, DS performs worse than Opus at full quality, but it outperforms Opus when Anthropic subtly degrades its quality.

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

I'm trying it in Claude Code, so far I'm impressed!

[DeepSeek @deepseek_ai]

🚀 DeepSeek-V4 Preview is officially live & open-sourced! Welcome to the era of cost-effective 1M context length.

🔹 DeepSeek-V4-Pro: 1.6T total / 49B active params. Performance rivaling the world's top closed-source models.
🔹 DeepSeek-V4-Flash: 284B total / 13B active params. Your fast, efficient, and economical choice.

Try it now at https://t.co/GCdiMzk1Dl via Expert Mode / Instant Mode. API is updated & available today!

📄 Tech Report: https://t.co/drlDrxkYtp
🤗 Open Weights: https://t.co/T13Y8i7SDM

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[SoftFever @fever_soft]

Impressive cache hit rate too — some clever engineering in DeepSeek's caching algorithm there :)

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

GitHub Copilot has been going rogue lately—it's adding itself as a co-author on every commit I make in VS Code, even if I never used it at all. I knew nothing good would come from Microsoft taking over GitHub 🤦‍♂️

[ComfyUI @ComfyUI]

We just raised $30M at a $500M valuation, bringing our total funding to $47M.

Led by @craft_ventures , with @PaceCap , @chemistry , TruArrow, and others.

But before anything else: this belongs to the community.

ComfyUI started as one developer and one open-source repo. No roadmap. No company. Just creators who wanted real control over how they built with AI.

That community is now:

→ 4 million users
→ 60,000+ community-built nodes
→ 150,000+ daily downloads

Every number traces back to people who built in the open, for anyone to use.

Here's where the funding goes:

→ Comfy Cloud: for teams and studios that need security and scale
→ Collaborative workflows: versioning and iteration built for how studios actually work
→ A better local experience: more seamless, more stable
→ Ecosystem reliability: making 60,000+ community nodes more dependable
→ Day-one model support: every major release, compatible at launch

We are not building a walled garden.

We are building open infrastructure, built to last.

Thank you genuinely,
The ComfyUI Team

[SoftFever @fever_soft]

A big shout out to @QIDI_3dprinter and @BigTreeTech for their genuine and consistent support of the OrcaSlicer project. Kudos to both teams. Their support has meant a lot to both the project and the community.
As of today, they are the only two companies sponsoring OrcaSlicer through recurring monthly donations. We hope more companies that have benefited from OrcaSlicer’s work will also contribute back. Donations help our volunteer open-source contributors buy machines, materials, and other resources needed to keep the project moving forward.