eternalforge
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Left Extruder Infill

I set my RIGHT extruder for the print (does the shell, raft). And my LEFT extruder for the supports and infill. It is working for the supports, but
the infill is still using the right extruder. Is this a bug? And, is there a fix? I would really like to use my crap filament (left) for the infill and my right (good)
supply for the shell.

Thanks in advance.
JoeJ
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Re: Left Extruder Infill

Using my right extruder for the outline and left for infill works fine for me... How about you post a factory file so we can make sure you set it up correctly?
eternalforge
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Re: Left Extruder Infill

My assumption is this is a bug. It's all setup correct, and changing the infill to 99% instead of 100% allows it to work. I am fine with 99%.
It's the same using the opposite (left infill vs. right infill). It just doesn't want to do 100% infill with a separate extruder.
JoeJ
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Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:52 am

Re: Left Extruder Infill

That's how it's supposed to work, since if the infill is 100%, then it is the same as the 100% solid outer layers that are printed, so the entire thing is printed together (and thus you can't use different extruders). It would probably be best if they just limited the infill percentage to be 0-99% to avoid this.
eternalforge
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Re: Left Extruder Infill

For those who wish to make 100% infill objects, and use their crappy filament for the inside, and a high quality filament for the shell this wasn't a great idea. I am not so sure this is how it's "supposed to be", as I could see many people with this desire. The email I got from support at least didn't seem to think this was proper operations and didn't know why it was happening. Just posting this for anyone else with this problem. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets corrected in a future release. But until then, it's 99%

Thanks again everyone! :D

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