Nozzle temperature (nozzle_temp)

Nozzle temperature is a number in °C. Nozzle temperature for layers after the initial one.

What does each slicer call it?

Five slicers, five spellings of one setting. The scope column is which preset the key belongs to, which is what decides whether changing it follows the printer, the filament, or the print profile.

Slicer Key Scope
PrusaSlicer temperature filament
Bambu Studio nozzle_temperature filament
OrcaSlicer nozzle_temperature filament
Cura material_print_temperature filament
Creality Print nozzle_temperature filament

Where does it live in the file?

All five slicers file this under the filament preset, so its value follows the filament rather than the model. A .3mf is a zip, so unzip it and search for temperature, nozzle_temperature and material_print_temperature, or open the file in preslice and read the Raw tab, which searches every member at once.

Four of the five slicers write their settings into a sidecar part beside the geometry. Cura writes them into the model XML itself, so there is no config part to open.

Slicer Part Format
PrusaSlicer Metadata/Slic3r_PE.config INI, one key = value per line
Bambu Studio Metadata/project_settings.config JSON, one flat object
OrcaSlicer Metadata/project_settings.config JSON, one flat object
Cura 3D/3dmodel.model XML metadata inside the model part, under a cura namespace
Creality Print Metadata/project_settings.config JSON, one flat object

What values are valid?

Each slicer declares its own type, default, and bounds for its key. They do not always agree, and where they disagree the file is still valid in both: the slicer that wrote it is the one that enforced its own rule.

Slicer Type Unit Default Range
PrusaSlicer float °C 225 0 or more
Bambu Studio floats °C not declared 0 to 500
OrcaSlicer floats not declared 0 or more
Cura float °C 200 not declared
Creality Print floats °C not declared 0 or more

Cura declares no range for this key, so nothing in the file bounds it.

The slicers disagree on the type: PrusaSlicer and Cura as float, Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer and Creality Print as floats. preslice reads all of them.

Every type, default, and bound above is read from the slicer's own field definitions rather than from measurement: PrusaSlicer's PrintConfig.cpp, Bambu Studio's PrintConfig.cpp, OrcaSlicer's PrintConfig.cpp, Cura's fdmprinter.def.json and Creality Print's PrintConfig.cpp.

Can I read it from my own file?

Yes, without installing a slicer. Open preslice and drop a .3mf on the page. It unzips and parses the file in your browser, and shows nozzle temperature under its own name alongside the rest of the print settings. The file never leaves your machine, and nothing uploads.