> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.simplyprint.io/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # Plates, printer setups and slicing in a project Projects in SimplyPrint lets you print the same parts on every kind of printer you use: each kind is a setup, and every plate gets a print file for each setup. This guide covers adding setups, arranging plates, the plate editor and slicing. | Projects is included in the **Print Farm** and **Enterprise** plans. This guide is part of the [Projects documentation](/en/article/projects-everything-for-one-thing-you-make-from-parts-to-print-files-eoo337/). ## Table of contents - [Setups: the printers a project prints on](#2-setups-the-printers-a-project-prints-on) - [Adding and editing a setup](#2-adding-and-editing-a-setup) - [Slicing settings](#2-slicing-settings) - [Plates](#2-plates) - [Arranging plates](#2-arranging-plates) - [The plate editor](#2-the-plate-editor) - [Slicing](#2-slicing) - [Ready to print, and what is left to slice](#2-ready-to-print-and-what-is-left-to-slice) - [Opening a project in the cloud slicer](#2-opening-a-project-in-the-cloud-slicer) ## Setups: the printers a project prints on "A setup is a kind of printer this project prints on, with how it slices: nozzle, bed type, filament, and the process profile or any settings changed for it. Every plate gets a print file for each setup." So a project with 4 plates and two setups, say a Bambu Lab P1S and a Prusa MK4, has 8 print files. ## Adding and editing a setup 1. In the project, click **Add** > **Setup**, or **Add setup**. 2. **Pick a printer model**: "Pick the printers this project prints on; each one becomes a setup." **Browse all printer models** shows the full list. 3. Choose the **Nozzle**, **Bed type**, **Engine**, **Printer profile**, **Process profile** and **Filament profile**, or keep the defaults. 4. Click **Save**. On a printer with two nozzles, you can set which filament types each side keeps, or **Let each plate choose**. If cloud slicing can't slice for a printer model, the dialog says so: "Cloud slicing can't slice for this printer model. Pick another printer." Use **Edit setup** on a setup to change it. ## Slicing settings "Settings change how the slicer prints the project, a part or a plate. Pick a filament once, and every setup uses its own profile for it." Open them with **Edit settings** in the project's menu, or on a part or plate. Printer and slicing defaults for the whole account (process, filament, bed type) are in **Settings > Slicing**. ## Plates "A plate is what goes on one bed. Each plate is sliced once for every setup." A plate's own menu has **Edit plate**, **Arrange again**, **Set nozzle size**, **Set bed type**, **Filament…**, **Preview** and the slicing actions. ## Arranging plates When you [create a project](/en/article/creating-a-project-in-simplyprint-and-importing-stl-3mf-and-sliced-files-2kzfbp/) you choose **Keep my plates** or **Arrange for me**. Later: - **Arrange plates** arranges the parts onto plates again. - **Arrange again** on a plate re-arranges that plate. - With several plates picked: **Combine into one plate**, **Optimize plates**, and **How many on each plate** when the plates make one thing. Before slicing, SimplyPrint only says a part doesn't fit when it is larger than every bed it is for, in every rotation. Whether a part fits one particular printer is decided by the slicer, so a plate that doesn't fit shows when that plate is sliced. ## The plate editor **Edit plate** opens SimplyPrint's plate editor. Here you can see what is on each plate, **Add plate**, **Remove plate**, rename a plate (**Plate name**), choose which **Setups** a plate is for, and **Move (N) to a new plate**. **Preview how it arranges** shows the result before you save it. The editor flags anything that can't print: "Larger than the bed", "Doesn't fit", or "Can't print on (printer): (reason)". ## Slicing Slicing happens in the cloud. The main button in the project's header says what is left, such as **Slice 8 plates**: "AutoSlice slices every plate for each setup in the cloud. After that, slice again when you change something." - **Slice now** in the project's menu, or on a plate or print file, slices straight away. - **Slice again now** or **Slice again** when a print file is out of date. - **Retry** on a print file that couldn't slice, and **Cancel slicing** on one in progress. - **Preview** shows a sliced print file. Each print file shows whether it is waiting, slicing or ready. When you change something that affects print files, SimplyPrint says how many need slicing again, such as "2 plates need slicing again". Pre-sliced plates are never resliced. See: [Pre-sliced files in a project: sliced 3MF (.gcode.3mf) and G-code](/en/article/pre-sliced-files-in-a-project-sliced-3mf-gcode-3mf-and-g-code-2ulbhe/) ## Ready to print, and what is left to slice The project's header, and its card in Files, say **Ready to print** only once nothing is left to slice. Until then they show what is left, such as "3 plates to slice" or "3 plates to slice for Prusa MK4". If some print files failed, they show how many are ready, such as "6 of 8 ready". Once everything is sliced, the header's main button becomes **Add to print queue**, or **Start print**. See: [Printing a project: Add to print queue, Start print and AutoPrint](/en/article/printing-a-project-add-to-print-queue-start-print-and-autoprint-cxsj70/) ## Opening a project in the cloud slicer **Open in slicer**, in the project's menu, on a plate or on a print file, opens it in the SimplyPrint Cloud Slicer for slicer-level editing. See: [The Cloud Slicer feature: slice prints directly in SimplyPrint](/en/article/the-cloud-slicer-feature-slice-prints-directly-in-simplyprint-80qgxg/) ## Related articles ### Projects - [Projects: everything for one thing you make, from parts to print files](/en/article/projects-everything-for-one-thing-you-make-from-parts-to-print-files-eoo337/) - [Creating a project in SimplyPrint and importing STL, 3MF and sliced files](/en/article/creating-a-project-in-simplyprint-and-importing-stl-3mf-and-sliced-files-2kzfbp/) - [Pre-sliced files in a project: sliced 3MF (.gcode.3mf) and G-code](/en/article/pre-sliced-files-in-a-project-sliced-3mf-gcode-3mf-and-g-code-2ulbhe/) - [Sizes, colors and variants in a project: options, variants, sets and SKUs](/en/article/sizes-colors-and-variants-in-a-project-options-variants-sets-and-skus-1k299kb/) - [Printing a project: Add to print queue, Start print and AutoPrint](/en/article/printing-a-project-add-to-print-queue-start-print-and-autoprint-cxsj70/) ### Cloud Slicer - [The Cloud Slicer feature: slice prints directly in SimplyPrint](/en/article/the-cloud-slicer-feature-slice-prints-directly-in-simplyprint-80qgxg/) - [How to use multiple plates in the Cloud Slicer](/en/article/how-to-use-multiple-plates-in-the-cloud-slicer-19ck4v6/) - [Cloud Slicer error messages and what they mean](/en/article/cloud-slicer-error-messages-and-what-they-mean-2ceuez/)