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select area to prervent printer head from crossing

Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 1:21 am
by fastsmiles
It would be nice to be able to mark a volume where the print head does not cross.
This would allow for the placement of objects that can be trapped inside the print with a portion of the object protruding from the print, such as a metal bolt.
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Re: select area to prervent printer head from crossing

Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 2:20 am
by Lagbert
Adding on to fastsmiles' idea:

It would be nice to be able to assign a status of pre-exiting to the object and then have the print head navigate around that object.

Taking this idea a step further - Collision detection would be great. A user could import and STL of the print head with the origin of the STL file located a the nozzle tip, and then Simplify3D could use the print head to check for collisions between the parts and the head. This would allow for much more robust sequential printing.