This webpage is a guide for setting up generic Orca Slicer on Ubuntu 26.04 with Flashforge WebUI as the plugin for the Device tab in Orca Slicer.
Go to website: https://github.com/OrcaSlicer/OrcaSlicer/releases/latest
Scroll down to bottom of page "Assets" section and click on the appimage that has "ubuntu" in the name (usually you will want the download WITHOUT the "aarch64" in its name).
Open the command line terminal on Ubuntu 26.04 and run the following commands:
```cd /home/gstanden/Downloads (or whatever your default Downloads directory where the appimage was downloaded)
chmod +x OrcaSlicer_Linux_AppImage_Ubuntu2404_V2.4.2.AppImage
sudo apt-get install libopengl0 libglu1-mesa
nohup ./OrcaSlicer_Linux_AppImage_Ubuntu2404_V2.4.2.AppImage > Orca-Slicer.log 2>&1 &```
Orca Slicer is now open (in this case 2.4.2).
Now you configure your Flashforge (or other makers) printer.
For Flashforge configure as follows.
Go to the Prepare Tab. Click on the Wifi Symbol near the top.The "Physical Printer" dialog box pops up.
Host Type: Flashforge
Printer Agent: Orca
Hostname, IP or URL: (ip address of your 3d printer) then press the "Test" button to the right of the IP address
Device UI: http://localhost:3000
Click OK to close the dialog box.
Go to website:
https://github.com/Parallel-7/FlashForgeWebUI/releases
On the left at the top of the page where it says "Release List" choose the release you want
For example, I have downloaded the latest stable version:
https://github.com/Parallel-7/FlashForgeWebUI/releases#release-v1.1.0
again as before scroll to bottom of page to "Assets" section and click on the ubuntu asset
Go to /home/gstanden/Downloads (or whatever your default download directory is)
chmod +x flashforge-webui-linux-x64.bin
nohup ./flashforge-webui-linux-x64.bin > Orca-Slicer.log 2>&1 &
Now go back to your Orca Slicer GUI
go to the Device tab
you should see the flashforge WebUI displayed waiting for a password
use password "changeme"
the flashforge WebUI is displayed
Connect your printer to the flashforge webui:
click the "Add Printer" button in the upper right
put in the ip address of your printer
put in your printer id (which you get from the printer control panel on the physical machine in wifi settings -> Network Mode then enable "LAN Only" mode and read your 8-character printer id
Now if your printer is on and your printer is an AD5M Pro with the flashforge camera, your video feed appears and all your controls buttons for fan, light, temperature settings appear.