Terms of use
In short: the tool is free to use for any purpose, personal or commercial. It is provided as is: check every piece in your slicer before printing, because geometry can be wrong and you are responsible for what you print. The code is MIT-licensed; the printer dataset is CC BY 4.0; the guides are copyright but you may quote them with a link.
Using the tool
You may use splicestl and splicestl/mold without charge, without an account, for personal and commercial work, including models you sell. You keep all rights to the models you open and the pieces you export; nothing you process is seen or stored by this site (see the privacy policy).
No warranty
The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. Splitting, repair, hollowing and connector placement are automatic and can produce pieces that are not what you expect — a cavity that breaks through a thin wall, a connector that does not fit your material's shrinkage, a plate layout your printer cannot reach. Open every piece in your slicer, check the fit of the connectors, and print a test joint before committing a long print. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ned Walsch is not liable for failed prints, wasted material, damaged printers or any other loss arising from use of the site.
Acceptable use
Do not use the site to interfere with its operation, to scrape it at a rate that affects other visitors, or to process models you have no right to use. Models you open through /?model= links must be ones you are entitled to download.
Licences
- Code: MIT. You may copy, modify and redistribute it with the licence notice.
- Printer build-volume dataset (/printer-build-volumes): CC BY 4.0 — reuse with attribution to splicestl.com.
- Guides and documentation: © Ned Walsch. Short quotations with a link are welcome; republishing whole articles is not.
- Third-party components (Manifold, three.js, three-mesh-bvh, earcut, JSZip) carry their own open-source licences.
Advertising and links
The site shows no display advertising. Some links to Amazon are affiliate links (as an Amazon Associate splicestl earns from qualifying purchases); they are marked as such. Links to other sites are provided for reference; their content is theirs.
Changes
These terms may be updated; the date above changes when they are. Continued use after a change means you accept it. Governing law: that of the operator's place of residence. Questions: nedwalsch@gmail.com.
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