FormerLurker
commented
2 years ago Interesting proposition. Perhaps a good way to do this would be to inject some additional information into the camera scripts panel shown here:
That way you can tweak the focus values based on your need. I know the focus can be adjusted via script, so you'd just need the current printhead coordinates to deduce a value, right? I'll add this to the milestones.
Set camera focus value based on X/Y position of printhead
First off, great plugin, it's fast and works great! Would you consider adding a feature to automatically set the correct camera focus value when taking a picture based off of the printhead X/Y location? If the user has predetermined where the optimal focus values for the closest (ex: 0) and furthest (ex:210) printhead location, higher quality snapshots could be taken if the scaled focus value was manually set for each picture based on the printhead distance from the camera. I am assuming the desired focus should always be where the printhead is but this could be useful for other needs as well.
Ex: I am using a Logitech C920 webcam that supports adjustable focus with values from 0-250. The webcam's autofocus doesn't use the best value especially with a fast printhead and busy picture details. If I determine on my camera mounting location, the best focus value for the closest printhead (0,0) is 20 and the furthest printhead (210,210) is 230, when taking a picture and the printhead is at (105,105), manual focus value should be set to 125 for that picture.
If the option to continually adjust the focus during the print (for normal webcam viewing) is possible, that would be very useful for print monitoring when you just want to see how the extruder itself is doing.
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