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will the side of the box that now sits on the build plate, be considered the bottom layers by Cura?
Yes.
Cura does multiple steps. One of the early steps is to "slice" which means cura takes each of the layers and represents a plane and intersects that plane with all the triangles in the STL file (an STL file is an unordered collection of triangles - there is no information in there that says which triangle goes with which). This is done *after* the rotation that you specified so the triangles are already rotated into their new postitions.
At this point (for each slice) cura has a huge list of straight lines in 2 dimensional space (because we intersected with a plane. Those randomly ordered lines are then linked up into loops. The edges of those loops are considered the WALLS even if they are "holes" inside the part. At the same time cura tries to figure out which side of these loops are inside versus outside.
The TOP/BOTTOM areas are figured out differently - obviously everything printed in the very first slice is "bottom" but there can be "bottom" portions half way up the print as well. TOP/BOTTOM is figured out in 3 dimensions. Walls are figured out in a single 2 dimensional slice.
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S-Line Firmware 8.3.0 was released Nov. 20th on the "Latest" firmware branch.
(Sorry, was out of office when this released)
This update is for...
All UltiMaker S series
New features
Temperature status. During print preparation, the temperatures of the print cores and build plate will be shown on the display. This gives a better indication of the progress and remaining wait time. Save log files in paused state. It is now possible to save the printer's log files to USB if the currently active print job is paused. Previously, the Dump logs to USB option was only enabled if the printer was in idle state. Confirm print removal via Digital Factory. If the printer is connected to the Digital Factory, it is now possible to confirm the removal of a previous print job via the Digital Factory interface. This is useful in situations where the build plate is clear, but the operator forgot to select Confirm removal on the printer’s display. Visit this page for more information about this feature.
A year after the merger of Ultimaker and MakerBotQQ, we have unlocked the ability for users of our Method series printers to slice files using UltiMaker Cura. As of this release, users can find profiles for our Method and Method XL printers, as well as material profiles for ABS-R, ABS-CF, and RapidRinse. Meaning it’s now possible to use either Cura or the existing cloud-slicing software CloudPrint when printing with these printers or materials
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Yes.
Cura does multiple steps. One of the early steps is to "slice" which means cura takes each of the layers and represents a plane and intersects that plane with all the triangles in the STL file (an STL file is an unordered collection of triangles - there is no information in there that says which triangle goes with which). This is done *after* the rotation that you specified so the triangles are already rotated into their new postitions.
At this point (for each slice) cura has a huge list of straight lines in 2 dimensional space (because we intersected with a plane. Those randomly ordered lines are then linked up into loops. The edges of those loops are considered the WALLS even if they are "holes" inside the part. At the same time cura tries to figure out which side of these loops are inside versus outside.
The TOP/BOTTOM areas are figured out differently - obviously everything printed in the very first slice is "bottom" but there can be "bottom" portions half way up the print as well. TOP/BOTTOM is figured out in 3 dimensions. Walls are figured out in a single 2 dimensional slice.
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