#1 and #2 are dealt with if you use the IDE I built above, and #3 is a non-issue with Strawberry-Perl (which again, we use if you use the above IDE.)

For others who are doing this on linux etc, or just more adventurous, note the following issues and resolutiongs:

Yeah - I should probably just state for ease of avoiding the 'space in a pathname needs to be encapsulated with quotes on windows thing' - its probably better to just make this live in c:\ or d:\ or whatever.

So tip for everyone else: Don't move this into a pathname with a space in the name, such as "Program Files". I should have prepared for that better by making sure I escaped paths etc - but I didn't so sorry . I'm a unix guy so normally dont even entertain spaces in pathnames by habit lol

And yes - first time you run it, it can take a moment longer than usual as it updates stuff. Forgot to mention that.

Also - you *can* swap back and forth slic3r versions - even though the profile files get updated with the new config options, the older-current version (if that makes sense ) will ignore unknown option statements and thus continue to function. So just further tidbit for anyone who wants to test the waters so to speak...

And again for everyone: Get the latest Slic3r-master from Github I linked to a few posts up and replace the included Slic3r-master folder - a major bug is fixed.

So I tried a rebuild, via your directions, andddd, after a bunch of "up to date" reports, the perl script-thing said that it failed to compile. It suggested using --force. Instead, I tried to rerun the .bat "as administrator" even though this login is an admin. Before that I tried the distclean.

Distclean gave an issue that sounded like what Repetier reported when a slice would crash (due to my attempted update.)  "C:\ Program is not a recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file."  Worth noting that my strawberry is in the "Program (X86)" folder of my comp.

Since you mentioned you just left strawberry in root, I went back and moved it to there. That failed again, but I was willing to hope maybe it failed because there was nothing to clean. So then I tried the compile command again .

This time it went further.. THIS TIME IT WORKED. So, hey, I don't really know what I'm doing, but your instructions got me through it .

Thank you, sir adrian.

EDIT: Ok, it sorta works for me. Repetier 0.90C i can get to interface, not 0.90D. I must be doing something wrong for 0.90D
Edit2: WOOOoooh 0.90D just started responding too! Tales of a software noob...

Be sure to grab the very latest download from GitHub.

I'll go ahead and give it a shot.

Thanks Adrian!

This is why I did what I did

Alessandro has been fiddling with threading (again) - this caused an issue with the slic3r for the past week where it would slice first time fine, but subsequent runs with multiple threads on different random cpu cores caused Voronoi.pm to barf.

Long story short - Alessandro has *just* (25mins ago) pushed a patch to GitHub. I've tested at it would appear to have resolved the issue - hitting 'slice' 5 times in Repetier-Host got it to slice 5 times

Soooo... Go to https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r/archive/master.zip , delete the current Slic3r-master folder in the strawberry-perl folder, unpack the new one, open portableshell.bat and run:

cd %drivep%\Slic3r-master
perl Build.PL
perl Build.PL --gui

Done! You'll now have the patched and working fresh-from-30-minutes-ago Slic3r

If you try and rebuild and get lots of errors - Open 'portableshell.bat' and type:

%drivep%\Slic3r-master\xs\Build.bat distclean

This will clean out the working files from the previous build, which can cause issues *occasionally* ..

The above is ONLY an issue if you are rebuilding an existing Slic3r-master directory - if you replace it as is needed now (see below post that tells you to do this due to the new patch), don't worry as you have a brand new empty working directory at that point.

Then to rebuild again, just:

cd %drivep%\Slic3r-master
perl Build.PL
perl Build.PL --gui

Firstly, I recommend using the Repetier-0.90D 'dev' version of Retpier-Host, available here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ieez … WROemVTTm8

The Slic3r Development Environment is available here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ieez … WYxek5UWUk

Download the Slic3r file and install it anywhere - I personally use d:\strawberry-slic3r since its less charcters to type - It doesn't matter as its designed to be moveable.

The distribution is of the preferred Strawberry Perl 32-Bit v5.14.  Note - the slic3r recommendations are to use 32-Bit - EVEN ON 64BIT Systems! - I have also pre-cpan'ed all the required versions of modules for the slic3r builds (including alex's Math-Libm, and I've 'fixed' Alien-WxWidgets).

This IDE is the current one I used on my Win8.1 64-Bit system, and should work fine on 8.1 32-Bit as its a 32-bit perl binary and libraries. For Win7 - you *may* need to rebuild (see below).

Inside the top directory is a 'slic3r.bat' file - Consider this the replacement for your slic3r.exe BUT Do NOT move things around or it wont work

To 'use' the new Slic3r, configure Reptier-Host (any version) using the 'Setup' button on the Slic3r Tab. Set the 'Profiles' directory to be correct (usually your home directory\AppData\Roaming\Slic3r - I dont have RH loaded where I am typing this sorry)
Set the 'Slic3r App' (second field) to point to the slic3r.bat file.

Now save and click 'configure', and after a pause, you should see slic3r appear and the ton of new options. You may also get a dialog box from Alex regarding the new Support changes (as in Support in gcode - not technical )

To Rebuild this, or any other later version:

• Go to Github and download the latest slic3r from https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r and click on 'Download Zip' . Move your existing 'Slic3r-master' directory to a new name (when slic3r isn't running!) to say Slic3r-old, and unpack the NEW Slic3r-master you just downloaded.

• Open the Strawberry Perl folder, and run the 'portableshell' bat file.

• type the following:

cd Slic3r-master
perl Build.PL
perl Build.PL --gui

• If everything completes, you'll have a brand new version of slic3r.pl sitting in Slic3r-master and thats it! you're done!

You can run Slic3r directly as well by just double clicking on 'slic3r.bat' in the Strawberry Perl directory. This will also display then Slic3r's "Platter" tab.

I have tested this on a couple of Win boxes I have handy, and it worked - so do let me know how it goes for yourselves!

(Tip re Repetier-Host 0.90D - the 'Deep Analysis' button works well, but seems to only repair single failure vectors each pass - so if a model has multiple faults (intersections, faces, flipped triangles etc) clicking "Deep Analysis" multiple times will repair it more completly.)

*Please* let me know how it works out for you all either way.