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Bambu Lab shutting out 3rd party slicers

by thatBilly on 1/17/25, 9:49 AM with 2 comments

• by like_any_other on 1/17/25, 10:47 AM

  > unauthorized third-party software will be prohibited from executing critical operations

  "Unauthorized" of course means unauthorized by Bambu, not by the actual owner of the printer.

• by thatBilly on 1/17/25, 9:49 AM

  Bambu Lab’s network plugin API will now be off-limits to third-party slicers. You will have to use Bambu Studio or slice, save the gcode then upload it using a separate Bambu Connect application.