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r_moeller

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Posted · Prime tower blocking area

Hello,

does anybody know how the blocking area for the prime tower in cura is calculated? What settings in the profile are used for it? 

I am struggling with a huge area blocked by the prime tower. It's much bigger then the prime tower after slicing is.Desktop.thumb.JPG.00d83c659f2168082aba7358906c6c5c.JPG

 

Just while writing I have checked with a built in profile which has Brim as standard Build Plate Adhesion Type and found that the area is small with Brim but gets huge by just switching to Skirt. That don't make much sense to me. 

 

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    Posted · Prime tower blocking area
    On 12/8/2020 at 7:17 PM, r_moeller said:

    Just while writing I have checked with a built in profile which has Brim as standard Build Plate Adhesion Type and found that the area is small with Brim but gets huge by just switching to Skirt. That don't make much sense to me.

     

    That's how i understand it:

    "Prime Tower Brim" is a separate setting (try the search function).

    It will be disabled (by default), if the adhesion type is already set to "Brim". That means: for the default profiles it is only enabled if the adhesion type is different from "Brim". So - simply disable "prime tower brim" explicitly if you don't need it.

     

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    Posted · Prime tower blocking area
    On 12/9/2020 at 9:52 PM, tinkergnome said:

    That's how i understand it:

    "Prime Tower Brim" is a separate setting (try the search function).

    It will be disabled (by default), if the adhesion type is already set to "Brim". That means: for the default profiles it is only enabled if the adhesion type is different from "Brim". So - simply disable "prime tower brim" explicitly if you don't need it.

     

    Sorry for the delayed reply. I was busy by wrestling with the desing of a part to print.

    If I disable "Prime tower brim" I won't get any brim which may lead to an instable tower. That's why I would prefer to have a brim for the tower. And the size of the brim itself  isn't the problem. It's the area blocked for placing a part before slicing.  It's simply much biffer then needed. Even the skirt around the part and the brim tower is way inside the blocked area (screenshot).

     

    I still believe that the calculation of that are isn't correct when skirt is selected for adhesion type.

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