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Printout3DPreviewer

is an option for Printout3D that specifies a previewer for generating outputs to print.

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Printout3DPreviewer

Printout3DPreviewer

is an option for Printout3D that specifies a previewer for generating outputs to print.

Details

  • Printout3DPreviewer is also known as a 3D print preview application or slicer.
  • Printout3DPreviewer is typically used to automatically hand off an STL file to a local 3D printer.
  • The default setting is Printout3DPreviewer:>$Printout3DPreviewer.
  • Printout3DPreviewer settings can be given in the menu Preferences ▶ Services ▶ 3D Print Previewer.
  • Possible settings include:
  • "service"a 3D print service listed in Printout3D
    templatea string template with `file` as key
  • With Printout3DPreviewertemplate, effectively TemplateApply[template,<|"file"…|>] gets executed.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Use a template to launch an application to preview and print out using a 3D printing service:

Wolfram Language code: ℛ = ExampleData[{"Geometry3D", "Beethoven"}, "MeshRegion"];
Wolfram Language code: command = StringTemplate["/Library/MakerBot/makerware `file`"];
Wolfram Language code: Printout3D[ℛ, "IMaterialise", Printout3DPreviewer -> command]

Scope  (3)

Use a default 3D printing previewer on your computer system to preview and to print:

Wolfram Language code: ℛ = ExampleData[{"Geometry3D", "StanfordBunny"}];
Wolfram Language code: Printout3D[ℛ, Printout3DPreviewer -> $Printout3DPreviewer]

Use StringTemplate with a slot named file to create a command to run:

Wolfram Language code: ℛ = ExampleData[{"Geometry3D", "StanfordBunny"}];
Wolfram Language code: command = StringTemplate["/Library/MakerBot/makerware `file`"];
Wolfram Language code: command[<| "file" -> "bunny.stl"|>]
Wolfram Language code: Printout3D[ℛ, Printout3DPreviewer -> command]

Use a 3D printing service:

Wolfram Language code: ℛ = ExampleData[{"Geometry3D", "StanfordBunny"}];
Wolfram Language code: Printout3D[ℛ, Printout3DPreviewer -> "3DHubs"]
Wolfram Research (2016), Printout3DPreviewer, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Printout3DPreviewer.html.

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Wolfram Research (2016), Printout3DPreviewer, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Printout3DPreviewer.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2016. "Printout3DPreviewer." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Printout3DPreviewer.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2016). Printout3DPreviewer. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Printout3DPreviewer.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_printout3dpreviewer, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Printout3DPreviewer}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Printout3DPreviewer.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_printout3dpreviewer, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Printout3DPreviewer}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Printout3DPreviewer.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}