Feature request - Connect raft lines

[Alfsoft 2]

Hello. This is how the bottom raft layer looks now on Cura 3.6:

 

All of these inner lines are printed individually so after each printed line there is a retraction. The middle raft layers are printing using zig-zag pattern with connected lines:

Can we somehow enable "connect lines" feature on the bottom layers to avoid unnecessary retractions and increase bottom raft layers printing speed?

[ElManouche 0]

I have the same problem here with the latest version of Cura. Do a setting exists for that matter?

[gr5 2,210]

I'm pretty sure not.  You could play around with "combing" which controls retractions in situations similar to this and see the result in PREVIEW mode.

 

Raft is rarely used in Cura.  It's an old feature from before people found better tricks to avoid parts warping off the print surface.  Raft is more a last ditch effort.  There are better ways to get your part to stick to the bed depending on your bed?  For example if you don't have a heated bed and are using blue tape - you might not realize that you have to remove the wax from the tape using isopropyl alcohol.  Or if you have a heated glass bed you might need magigoo.  Or you might not be squishing your bottom layer enough.

 

Anyway, the point is, Cura developers probably haven't paid much attention to raft because probably none of them have ever needed it.