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by UlrichKliegis
Sun Jun 19, 2016 11:58 am
Forum: Troubleshooting and Bug Reports
Topic: Thin walls suppressed in new version
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Thin walls suppressed in new version

When comparing an ABS test print of this calibration object made yesterday, I saw that the most recent version of S3D suppresses the generation of thin walls. See the result here . The grey object is the older one, made in PETG, the black one was made yesterday in ABS. Same printer, same nozzle, sam...
by UlrichKliegis
Tue Jan 05, 2016 7:11 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting and Bug Reports
Topic: Brims and Skirts
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Brims and Skirts

Skirts and brims serve two very different purposes. While a skirt mainly provides a means to get a clean material stream from the nozzle and check for a correct bed leveling, a brim's mission is to hold the object down to the building plate, specially in cases of a small contact area of the object t...
by UlrichKliegis
Tue Jan 05, 2016 5:19 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting and Bug Reports
Topic: Brim - Global Z-height Bug
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Re: Brim - Global Z-height Bug

ccavanaugh wrote: You are correct.. I see it now. I did not think think to look under the bed for the skirt. Thanks! :oops:
Better than the other way around...

scnr,

Cheers,
U.
by UlrichKliegis
Fri Oct 09, 2015 9:41 am
Forum: General Discussion and Tips
Topic: Nuts and bolts - how to pause printing?
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Nuts and bolts - how to pause printing?

Hi, new here, but not to 3D printing, made my first 3D-objects some 30 years ago. Is it possible to program a printing halt at any (even multiple) layer height(s) to insert foreign material items like nuts, bolts, you name it, into slots and sockets provided and then continue the process? Ideally, t...

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