Changing fill % at different levels

[schafe 3]

This is a pump holder for a bike that I designed. Is there a way to change the fill % at different levels? What I want to do is have the base filled at 20% and once the print gets to the round clips (about layer 70) I want to switch to 100% fill to make the clips stronger. I tried the "Tweak at Z" plug in and it did not seem to do what I want.

Thanks

[DaHai8 74]

This thread has some good discussion on how to do that in Cura:

How to Change Fill Density Part Way Through

[nallath 1,124]

Here is a little sneak peak into the next release of cura;

As you can see, we've added infill meshes. These allow you change the infill of an intersection between an object and a infill_mesh. This way you can not only set the infill at layer heights, but at any part where you want it.

[Dim3nsioneer 558]

@nallath: Oohh... if you continue like this, Cura is really becoming a usable application...

Seriously: That's pretty cool. What about extending those meshes to more settings? I think e.g. of a replacement for the old RetractWhileCombing plugin. Would be very interesting, what do you think?

[schafe 3]

Ok. I guess I'll wait . . .

[nallath 1,124]

@nallath: Oohh... if you continue like this, Cura is really becoming a usable application...

Ssh. Don't let anyone hear that! People might start thinking that we know what we are doing

 

What about extending those meshes to more settings?

 

It already works with quite a few settings, but most of them are setting related. I haven't tried it yet, but it should be possible to also change the retraction, speeds, accelerations, etc. It can also change the infill pattern, number of walls, etc.