Sovol does not leave SV08 owners to configure a stock copy of OrcaSlicer from scratch. It maintains its own build, Sovol-OrcaSlicer, currently at version 2.3.0 on GitHub, with the SV08 printer profile and a set of filament and process presets already bundled in. That is worth knowing before searching for a generic OrcaSlicer download: the manual profile import work a stock install would need, adding build volume, kinematics, and start and end gcode by hand, is already done in Sovol’s own build.
Setup, then, mostly comes down to picking the right combination once the software is installed. Sovol-OrcaSlicer ships presets for PLA, TPU, ABS and PETG, each available at 0.2, 0.6 and 0.8 mm nozzle diameters, so the first real decision is matching the preset to whichever nozzle is actually mounted and whatever material is loaded. Selecting the wrong nozzle diameter in the profile is an easy way to end up with under extrusion or over extrusion that looks like a tuning problem but is really just a mismatched preset.
Underneath the slicer, the SV08 runs on Klipper, and Klipper’s own tuning features, input shaping and pressure advance among them, work alongside whatever is set in the slicer rather than replacing it. For how Klipper’s approach compares to Marlin, the firmware many other printers still ship with, see our Klipper vs Marlin guide. There is no specific in app tuning wizard to point to here, so it makes sense to treat slicer presets and Klipper tuning as two separate layers to get right, not one that automatically covers the other.
One option worth knowing about but not rushing into: community projects exist for running mainline, non Sovol modified Klipper on the SV08 through KIAUH. Some advanced users take that route to move off Sovol’s stock Klipper build, but it sits well outside a first slicer setup, and there is no verified step by step here to walk through, so beginners are better served sticking with the bundled build until they have a specific reason to change it.
With Sovol-OrcaSlicer installed and a printer profile matched to the SV08, slicing decisions like infill still apply the same way they do on any FDM printer; the infill guide covers how pattern and percentage affect strength and print time. Once a plate is sliced and ready, the SV08 first print walkthrough covers sending that first job to the printer.