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Requirements

System Requirements

Windows

MininumRecommended
CPUIntel® Core™ i5 6600K or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600Intel Core i7 4790 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
OSWindows 8 (64-bit)Windows 10 (64-bit)
RAM16GB≥ 32GB
Hard DriveLarger than 10GBLarger than 20GB SSD
GPUGPU RAM: ≥1GBGPU RAM: ≥1GB
Display Resolution≥ 1280x960≥ 1280x1024
InternetRequiredRequired
WARNING

Some Quadro Series graphic cards may not compatible with CHITUBOX, if you're facing this issue, you can report your graphics cards model to email 📧 support@chitubox.com, which might help us analyze the issue.

Required Environments

.NET Framework 4.5

Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2012

Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013

Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022

macOS

MininumRecommended
CPUIntel® or M1 processorsIntel® or M1 processors
OSmacOS Catalina (version 10.15)macOS Big Sur (version 11.6) or higher
RAM16GB≥ 32GB
InternetRequiredRequired
NOTE

Theoretically, you can run CHITUBOX on an Apple Silicon Mac by using Rosetta 2 (make sure your Mac version is updated to Big Sur). However, we can't promise that there is no performance issue when running CHITUBOX in this way.

Linux

MininumRecommended
CPUIntel® or AMD® processors with basic frequency higher than 2.0GHzMulti-core processors, maximum frequency higher than 3GHz
OSUbuntu 20.04Ubuntu 20.04 or later vesions
RAM16GB≥ 32GB
Hard DriveLarger than 10GBLarger than 20GB SSD
InternetRequiredRequired

Supported Files

Project File

File TypeFile Name Extensions
CHITUBOX Project File*.chitubox

Printable Sliced Files

File TypeFile Name Extensions
CHITUBOX slicer*.cbddlp
CHITUBOX slicer*.ctb
Halot One Series*.cxdlp
ZIP Compress*.zip
SLC*.slc
Fhd*.fhd
WoW*.wow
CHITUBOX General Format*.gf
Phrozen File*.phz
FlashDLPrint File*.svgx
fdg*.fdg
Goo*.goo
Prz*.prz
Photon Series*.photons
Photon Series*.photon
Photon Series*.pw0
Photon Series*.pwmo
Photon Series*.pwms
Photon Series*.pwmx
Photon Series*.pwma
Photon Series*.pwmb
Photon Series*.pmsq
Photon Series*.pwx
Photon Series*.pws
Photon Series*.pm3
Photon Series*.pm3m
Photon Series*.pm3n
Photon Series*.pm3r
Photon Series*.pm5
Photon Series*.pm5s
Photon Series*.pmx2
Photon Series*.px6s
Photon Series*.dlp
Photon Series*.dl2p
Plugin 1*.cws
Plugin 2*.lgs

3D Mesh / Model Files

File TypeFile Name Extensions
Import & Export*.stl
Import & Export*.obj
Import*.3ds
Import*.3mf
Import*.3dm
Import*.wrl
Import*.sat, *.sab
Import*.dae
Import*.ifc
Import*.igs, *.iges
Import*.jt
Import*.x3d