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how does it decide how to fill walls? - avoiding gaps

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:12 pm
by moyesboy
I have been experimenting with wall thicknesses and wondering why I get separation with no infill and why it is unpredictable.

nozzle is 0.4mm, so one might imagine a 0.2 gap in a 1mm wall, no gap in a 1.2 wall.... number of layers on the outside affects this so that the gap re-appears when the wall gets thicker. it seems simplify 3D could be a bit more clever at avoiding printing two separated walls with no infill!

This test piece is stepping up from 0.8 mm to 2 mm in 0.2 mm increments.
https://ibb.co/dgDRhb
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Re: how does it decide how to fill walls? - avoiding gaps

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:12 pm
by streff
I have a similar problem, no matter what I try I can not get the walls to be laid down without a gap between each pass. I am trying with 100% infill but always the walls consist of separate lines. Using a 0.4mm nozzle in an Anycubic i3 Mega. Earlier versions of Simplify seemed to work but not version 4, however if I try a previous version still get problem.

Re: how does it decide how to fill walls? - avoiding gaps

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:57 am
by brian442
Might want to start by reading this:
https://www.simplify3d.com/support/prin ... thin-walls

It explains exactly what to do