# What slicer to send to?

**URL:** <https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/what-slicer-to-send-to/297>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [July 5, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/what-slicer-to-send-to/297 "2026-07-05T23:45:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![thaomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@thaomon](https://forum.thingiverse.com/u/thaomon)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/what-slicer-to-send-to/297/1 "2026-07-05T23:45:40Z")

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How do I designate which slicer to send the downloads to?

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**Author:** ![ksihota](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.thingiverse.com/ksihota/32/264_2.png) [@ksihota](https://forum.thingiverse.com/u/ksihota)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/what-slicer-to-send-to/297/2 "2026-07-06T04:07:03Z")

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Depends on the slicer you are using. I use Cura so I open my STLs in it, slice the file and then use the gcode file produced to send to my printer.

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**Author:** ![thingiro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.thingiverse.com/thingiro/32/12_2.png) [@thingiro](https://forum.thingiverse.com/u/thingiro)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/what-slicer-to-send-to/297/3 "2026-07-06T21:37:12Z")

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Which 3D printer are you using? Maybe go with the slicer reocmmended by the manufacturer?

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**Author:** ![ksihota](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.thingiverse.com/ksihota/32/264_2.png) [@ksihota](https://forum.thingiverse.com/u/ksihota)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/what-slicer-to-send-to/297/4 "2026-07-06T23:45:54Z")

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@thaomon you do not have to send an STL download to a slicer right away. When you download you could create a folder for downloaded STLs and then sub folders. Once you have a saved STL you can use it for slicing or open it in other programs as a mesh. Its just another file that you can use when you need it.

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**Author:** ![thaomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@thaomon](https://forum.thingiverse.com/u/thaomon)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/what-slicer-to-send-to/297/5 "2026-07-07T20:15:20Z")

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i just bought a centauri carbon 2 so i need to send the files to elegoo slicer, i have a neptune 3 plus which uses cura so all my files get sent there

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**Author:** ![ksihota](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.thingiverse.com/ksihota/32/264_2.png) [@ksihota](https://forum.thingiverse.com/u/ksihota)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.thingiverse.com/t/what-slicer-to-send-to/297/6 "2026-07-08T03:20:38Z")

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@thaomon I just checked Cura 15.13.0 and it has a profile for the centauri carbon already

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/thingiverse/original/1X/532a98c46ddab43b929ba989dde886dcfd770a88.png)

You can also add your own based on a specific machine. I did that when there wasn’t one for the MPMD or the Predator. I wanted to include some base information and also a little more in the background rather than a plain bed. If the Centauri Carbon is basically the same as the Carbon use the Carbon as your base printer and customize it.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/thingiverse/original/1X/75644592cbb0c9cd579ed5793538be74e2ba6282.jpeg)