Remote Slicer (Alpha)

Remote Slicer lets you do the slicing on a fast computer, while still using a slow/power efficient computer to control the printer! Remote Slicer is a Client-Server program that offloads the slicing of your models to a fast remote computer. This way, you can use a slow computer to control the printer, while still enjoying the fast slicing times from a state-of-the-art computer. Additionally, you can keep using the printer computer as a frontend, the remote slicing process is transparent to the printing host. Even better, the configuration on the printer computer is used by the remote slicer, you can still use the GUI to configure you printer, and have different configurations for each printer. Update - 2013-02-23 - Alpha4 -Connection Timeout raised to 60 minutes. Slicing times >1 minute are possible now XD Update - 2013-02-20 - Alpha3 Linux support! -Both client and service should run on Linux now... or pretty much anywhere where a recent Mono version is available... *nix, MacOS, you name it :-) -Service needs to be run as admin on Windows Update - 2013-02-19 - Alpha2 (Client only update) -Use multiple services to fall back to! (hint: use one local service for fallback to local slicing :-) ) -Config file changed. See comments in the .config file for how to configure multiple services -Use Alpha1 service with the Alpha2 Client Read the instructions for additional information. Roadmap Current features - Alpha3 -Linux, MacOS, Unix support via Mono Current features - Alpha2 -Use Multiple services to fall back to! Current features - Alpha1 -Remote Slicing -Client config is used by remote slicing services Planned features -Fall back to local slicing if no service is available (without local service running) -Configurability for the client & services -Live feedback from the slicing process -Support for more (all?) slicers -Make the service a windowless service / background program