Sketch In 2D.Print In 3D.

Helix Slicer starts with a sketch and ends with a file your printer can run. In between, it generates the path in 3D from parameters you set.

Sketch to path, in one file

How it works

Three steps, in the order you do them.

Start in the sketch editor

Draw in 2D. A file holds more than one sketch, so you are not limited to a single profile.

Generate the path in 3D

Helix builds a continuous path from the sketches. You shape it with parameters — wavelength, amplitude — and with mathematical functions you supply.

Export to the printer

Send the finished path to your machine and print it. Printer support is limited for now.

Export works with a limited set of printers today, and that list is the thing I am extending first.

If you want Helix and your machine is not covered yet, say which one you run when you ask for access. That is how the list gets ordered.

Builds go to a small group of testers first. Leave an email and I will tell you when there is one ready.