[change angle for Top/Bottop?]

in the images below you see I'm experimenting with overhangs

my current problem is that Cura starts to add Top- and Bottom-Layers on overhangs (the yellow lines in picture 2)

when I set Top- and Bottom-Thickness to Zero I get the better overhangs but top- and bottom layers are missing :~|

 

suggestions? any option to change the min-angle for Top/Bottom?
is there any way in cura to set different settings for different regions on an object? (also wall-thickness would be great to change for areas with extreme overhangs)

[Solidworks to Cura - without STL?]

haha, great, I found this forum again 😄
guys, klipper is awesome, absolutely abesome!

 

@first request: the convert from curve to pixel to g1 to g3 became more complex ~~
so implementing step & arc direct into Cura would be great 😄

[Solidworks to Cura - without STL?]

okai, after 2 attempts I will not install Kipper on my Chitu3DV6 tonight..

 

but thank you all! 😄

 

sometimes I wondered why I bought a RSP 3 B+ just for a WebInterface and why my ordered board will not be shipped

 

now I found PandaPi (again) https://www.pandapi3d.com/product-page/pandapi-2-8 and ordered

 

so I'll give an update about the future of my chinese printer within 2-3 weeks 🐔

[Solidworks to Cura - without STL?]

7 hours ago, GregValiant said:

Only God can make a circle.

yess, that's the point 😔

I'm dreaming of an analog computer since over 25 years

 

8 hours ago, ahoeben said:

There's a plugin named "ArcWelder" in the Marketplace..

looks nice on the first view
first little test-cylinder got printed without explosions or a burning printer

the gcode-file of my model comes down from over 200MB to almost 70MB (6,607,713 lines to 2,048,472)
I'll have a look at the acr-settings in my marlin and will do a ~20h testprint

 

7 hours ago, wjbdesign said:

In my experience it is best to manually export files to STL within Solidsworks...

I'll check if there is any way to get it done with one click like SolidWorks-Plugin does - just i high-quality

here you see the diffrent resolutions:

right is 'coarse' - 0,05788cm and 30 degrees (450KB)

middle is 'fine' (:rofl) - 0,022304cm and 10 degrees (1.4MB)

left is minimum tolerance - 0.00241187cm and 0,5 degrees (235MB)

the SolidWorks-File (SLDPRT) has 1.1MB, the STEP has 5.5MB

so at this point thanks for your replies

I think we're a bit away from the point i wanted to reach

but first I have to try Klipper Firmware and learn about G2/G3 commands

 

 

@gr5

yess I'm unhappy with marlin somehow - so Klipper will come next as my board can handle it or the new will arrive

I'm unsure if a $500-dollar Tronxy 400 Pro is much better than an $200-printer but I needet 400mm and liked this coreXY-stuff (after I saw my fried's printer shaking) so I had to choose if I pay 7-8 hundret Euro for a chineese printer and some tuning or invest over 10 thousand for a project that is more like a hobby or a passion-test and may not be realisable at all 😉
and honestly I saw the diffrence between 200 and 500 or 900 dollar but I didn't saw the real diffrence to a 10k$ printer (except the case)
and yess, I'm a newbe in 3d-printing but I'm great in imagination and optimasition and as I see a world full of STL-Files I just wondered..

[Solidworks to Cura - without STL?]

 i thought my coreXY does beautiful roundings..

..and now I see none of my gcode-files contain a G2 or G3 command 😞

[Solidworks to Cura - without STL?]

hi there

I'm using SolidWorks since years and got a 3D-Printer some weeks ago

may I'm wrong but to me STL look like a bitmap-stack without knowing that curves exist
I don't know if Cura (internal) knows about curves and roundings but my printer does and my SolidWorks also!
sure I use the SolidWorks-Plugin but in background this also just creates an STL and not in best quality (event I didn't got it done with absolute minimum tolerance-settings)
if I export the STL from SolidWorks with minumun tolerace-settings it looks round in Cura (but i know it is not and my STL grows to 250MB)

so to come to a point I would like to be able to import STEP-Files into Cura :-)
or is there any other file-type between SolidWorks and Cura?