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Open Source toolpath generator for 3D printers
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Feature request: Draft shield support #3440

Open alexxy opened 8 years ago

alexxy commented 8 years ago

It will be cool to have feature like a 'Draft shield' in cura. (currently its possible to set skirt height to needed value, but if it can be done in a automatic way...). This feature allow to print large objects in ABS without thermocamera...

https://ultimaker.com/en/resources/20426-experimental

lordofhyphens commented 8 years ago

So what you want is the ability to specify "skirt height equal to object height"?

alexxy commented 8 years ago

Right. I can do it manualy. But automatic way may be bettter =)

lordofhyphens commented 8 years ago

Set the skirt height to -1. Not very intuitive, unfortunately. I'll look into implementing this as a UI checkbox.

Patola commented 7 years ago

Not only that. A good warp shield / draft shield follows the vertical outline of the object closely (without the steep angles, of course). A good algorithm for generating that is described here: https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01141706/ (it is the algorithm used in the IceSL slicer).