Boothy
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Joined: Wed May 27, 2020 6:52 am

Automatic reduction of layer height to top number of layers

I am not sure if this is gcode possible. I enjoy using large nozzles with large layer heights for fast large printing. If coding possible it would be really useful for several top layers to automatically reduce layer height to provide a better top finish. Clearly you can reduce via creating a new process at the moment but this only works for top surfaces at the same layer height, something more intelligent to the last immediate layers across the part would be brilliant for larger nozzle\larger wall printing. Likewise for steep overhangs which higher layer heights struggle with. Best Boothy
S3D-Jake
Posts: 1048
Joined: Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:45 pm

Re: Automatic reduction of layer height to top number of layers

If the part is organically shaped then the majority of perimeters will be top or bottom surfaces. I'd see the use of combine infill every X layers being pretty useful in that sort of scenario, and if the model isn't organic in shape then using an additional process for smaller layer height areas would be fairly easy to setup using the variable settings wizard.
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