danielhenley
Posts: 37
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:27 pm

Adaptive Layer thickness should adjust top/bottom layer count

I love the new adaptive layer thickness feature, although there one annoying issue: the top and bottom layer count don't adaptively adjust as well.

This results in top/bottom surfaces on parts that can be too thick or too thin depending on what the adaptive process is doing.

This is a problem because in order to get quality top surfaces at 0.1mm layer count I typically use 12 layers, but this results in wasteful, extra thick top surfaces when the slicer adapts to 0.3mm layer height.
RetroDesign3D
Posts: 39
Joined: Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:55 pm

Re: Adaptive Layer thickness should adjust top/bottom layer count

+1 if this is a toggle-able setting. I can think of cases where I would want adaptive but not to adjust top layers
Menissalt
Posts: 36
Joined: Fri Jul 03, 2015 5:39 am

Re: Adaptive Layer thickness should adjust top/bottom layer count

I'd just like the option to define top, bottom, and shell by mm instead of by number. Most of my prints I use 1.2mm for all three so even though the thickness is the same I always have to change the number of layers and perimeters.
Trigger82
Posts: 8
Joined: Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:05 pm

Re: Adaptive Layer thickness should adjust top/bottom layer count

Yep, got caught out on the top the first time I used the adaptive layers on an 5 hr print

Having the option to specify the layer count and mm height's, then the software using whichever variable results in the thickest final result
Speedy64i
Posts: 1
Joined: Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:31 am

Re: Adaptive Layer thickness should adjust top/bottom layer count

+1 here, i'd love for the top and bottom solid layers be defined in mm instead of layers. would totally fix the adaptive thinning issue!

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