I have a model. its a vase mode (of course) model. it slices fine. no issues no defects. perfect slice.
but its PETG and it pulls from the bed. I don't want to add a brim its a serious PITA to get off with PETG and for one components I can't as the model is 300x300 on a 300x300 bed.
SO I made some "brim tabs" in cad to manually add ears to hold the parts down.
This does not work however as in vase mode only the outer perimeter of the "ears" is printed. I need them filled in. but I can't add a bottom layer as this will ALSO add a bottom layer to the model itself.
SO I made the brim tabs their own separate model/stl file. I create two processes in S3D one for the ears with a single bottom layer and one for the model with no bottom layers. looks great on the slice preview. then as I printed I realized it was printing layer by layer and NOT in vase mode. I got lucky and the retractions were the same spot and hidden and it did not break the model. that would have sucked I only have one roll of this filament to use. I need to print part 3 so I decided to check my slice. sure enough part 3 is ALSO layer by layer and NOT in vase mode ???
I have BOTH processes set to vase mode and the slicer flat out refuses to do vase mode. at all.
If I slice ONLY the model process? perfect vase mode. but as soon as I try to slice both processes together sequential or continuous it flat our REFUSES to do vase mode and does the entire model layer by layer.
I really have no idea whats going on. when I try V4 it refuses to print the model "AT ALL" ie the slice preview is EMPTY. again if I slice the tab process no problem. if I slice the model process no problem. slice them both? nothing. no print at all. does not matter which order the processes are or whether I do seq or con.
I HAVE DONE mutli process and sequential vase mode literally hundreds of times before. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong here.
in V5 it simply ignores my settings outright and reverts to retractions and layer by layer refusing to do vase mode at all in multi process. if I slice ONLY the model file it slices fine.
Suggestions? (factory attached)
For now I am going to have to export 2 separate gcode files and pray it homes exactly right both times. one for the tabs and one for the vase. I can not for the life of me figure out why it refuses to do this.
It definitely has something to do with multi process "breaking" because of something I am telling it to do. when I use one single process it works perfectly fine but of course now its putting a bottom layer on BOTH models which I really do not want.