SEAMS OPTION

[Noname987654]

Is there an existing issue for this feature request?

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Is your feature request related to a problem?

The SEAMS settings are very frustrating in comparison with CURA which allows a lot more control with its ALIGNED option (left, right, back, back left, back right, front, front left, front right).

For example, if you print multiple same objects, and need to turn some in 180° rotation, the BACK for some becomes the FRONT for others, and since we don't have FRONT, we can't produce the exact same print regarding their orientation on the build plate.

Yes we can paint on the object, but in the case presented it's an insufficient hack.

THX for all the work !

Which printers will be beneficial to this feature?

All

Describe the solution you'd like

more control with its ALIGNED option (left, right, back, back left, back right, front, front left, front right).

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

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[tlhintoq]

If you paint the seam in place on the first object... Then clone and rotate as needed... Doesn't the seam stay in the same place relative to the part?

[kylek29]

If you paint the seam in place on the first object... Then clone and rotate as needed... Doesn't the seam stay in the same place relative to the part?

I think he's talking more about the automated seams generation. The system seems to align them orientated to the plate/3d-space, not the model's orientation.

Ideally, the same model shape using the same settings for each clone should be identical (outside of exterior forces like the fan air direction) regardless of their rotational orientation on the plate. There are times when you do need to rotate clones to get them to fit.

[tlhintoq]

Oh for sure he's talking about the automated seams. But come on, who really relies on those, past the first month of 3d printing? Certainly not someone that has moved forward in to doing batches of the same item large enough to fill the plate and require re-orientation to fit more. If you're doing batch production you should be past the rookie stage of just accepting the automated seams.

Either way he's got to accept that Back is back of plate not back of object. That's how it is in this slicer and stop trying to make Orca into Cura. If you want Cura, use it. There's two choices: 1 - Stop printing until someone decides to change a very fundamental concept of the program. Which won't happen because everyone else already using it the way its written will be upset. The developers are not going to change foundational items like this and piss off the existing user base. 2 - Find a way to adapt. And there is a way to do that today by moving past automated seams and taking 60 seconds to paint them in on your first object then clone.