Search every source at once
Type a model name and get every indexed listing in one grid, labelled with the site it came from, the license, and the creator. Nothing is hidden behind a source you would have to visit first.
In the slicer
MeshScout for OrcaSlicer
Bring the MeshScout catalog into OrcaSlicer. Search every source from one tab, check the license and price before you commit, and send the model straight onto your plate without hunting through a download folder.
Plugin version 1.5.3
Inside OrcaSlicer
A MeshScout tab next to Prepare and Preview
The plugin adds a real tab inside OrcaSlicer, not a separate window. It follows your light or dark theme and uses the same catalog and ranking as meshscout.net, so a search here returns the same models it does on the website.
- Search every source without leaving the slicerOne query across the whole MeshScout catalog, ranked the same way as the site. Browse and open a model without switching to a browser.
- See the terms before you downloadFree or paid, the license the source states, the creator, and the file list with sizes are shown before you commit to anything.
- It lands on your plate, ready to sliceGet Model fetches the file and loads it into the project you already have open. Multi-file models can be imported one file at a time or all at once.
- You stay in controlAnything that needs a sign-in, a purchase, or a CAPTCHA opens on the source page. The plugin never bypasses a login or a paywall.
What it looks like
Your own model catalog
Everything you download or import through MeshScout is kept in a catalog of your own, with folders, search, and source filter. It is separate from any site and stays after you close the slicer.
Set up from inside the slicer
The folders the plugin uses are created for you, and the settings offer this machine's real folders as one-click choices instead of asking you to paste a path.
Install from the Plugins dialog
MeshScout installs like any other OrcaSlicer plugin. Get it from the official plugin hub or the Install plugin button, then activate it in the Plugins dialog.
Install and set up
The docked panel installs as a wheel through OrcaSlicer's plugin system. Five steps, and no dependencies are installed at activation.
Run a build with the plugin API
Use an OrcaSlicer nightly / main build that includes the Python plugin API. Released 2.4.x builds do not have it yet.
Open the Plugins dialog
In OrcaSlicer, open the Plugins dialog from the menu, or use the Install plugin button inside it.
Get MeshScout from the hub
Install the MeshScout plugin from the official OrcaSlicer plugin hub listing. It ships as a pure-Python wheel, so it works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Activate the plugin
Tick MeshScout in the Plugins dialog. A MeshScout tab appears next to Prepare, Preview, and Calibration.
Sign in only if you want to
Search and printing work anonymously. Signing in adds collections, follows, and a For You lane, using a device code approved in your browser, so no password touches the slicer.
Straight answers
- MeshScout does not host or re-serve anyone else's files. It points you at the source and, where the source allows direct download (for example Printables and Thingiverse), fetches the file for you. Everywhere else the source page opens in your browser.
- The plugin never bypasses a login, a paywall, or a CAPTCHA. Accounts, payment, and downloads stay with the source, and the plugin notices the finished file and loads it onto the plate.
Get started
Install MeshScout in OrcaSlicer
The listing on the official OrcaSlicer plugin hub has the download, the changelog, and the current published version.
Get it on the OrcaSlicer plugin hub See everything MeshScout does