I run a small 3D printing operation based in Austria and got tired of the same loop: customer emails a file, I open it in the Slicer of choice, do the rest of the math in my calculator spreadsheet, then reply, just to find out they've moved on. So I built something to make this less tiresome, and honestly, I'm pretty proud of how it turned out.
What it does:
Customers upload an STL or 3MF directly on the WooCommerce product page, see a nice live 3D preview rendered in the browser, pick material and quality, and get an instant price quote which is based on actual slicing data, not guesswork. Then they just add to cart like any normal product.
Most quoting applications I’ve tried are browser based and estimate model volume. Results are inaccurate and cannot replace data from an actual slicer for many reasons.
Most quoting applications I’ve tried are browser based and estimate model volume. Results are inaccurate and cannot replace data from an actual slicer for many reasons.
This quote is real: filament usage in grams, print time in minutes, run through your pricing rules (markup, minimum price, per-material rates). No estimating. It's the same result you'd get opening the file in OrcaSlicer yourself, just instant and fully automated.
Demo: https://slicepress.druckhochdrei.com/demo
Stack:
Plugin is open source (GPL) WooCommerce client only
Backend is a hosted slicer service (Heavily modified containered OrcaSlicer)
Three.js for the 3D viewer, works in any browser
Smart auto-orient so models are oriented correctly (It’s good but not perfect)
HPOS compatible, theme-adaptive CSS
Dark & Light Mode
Honest disclaimer: The slicer backend is now a paid service, over the many months it took me to build this I figured it might be useful to others like me. The plugin alone doesn't do the slicing, it's just an API client. I'm not trying to hide that, so I’d rather be upfront about it.
Happy to answer questions about the tech side, building a headless slicer that handles concurrent jobs reliably was genuinely the hardest part and I learned a ton doing it. Up next are more material profiles and support for multicolor models and multipart plates. Very interested in your opinions. Is this useful? How to improve it?
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