I made some mistakes learning how to use the $300 Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D printer, but it didn't take me long to make my first part.

The Problem Path planning goes on inside the 3D printer itself. It’s what the 3D printer’s firmware does with the received G-code that turns it into the physical motion of motors along the X ...

In fact, when it comes to 3D printing in particular file sizes can get awfully large. Partly to address this, Prusa have proposed a new .bgcode binary G-code format.