On 1/24/2022 at 3:22 PM, gr5 said:I don't understand your point about extrusion volume. The extrusion volume is calculated based on each "line" that is printed by multiplying layer height by line width by line length.
You do have an issue as you can change many things for just one area (volume really) of the model but not layer height.
The AA 0.8 can indeed print a little bit faster with the wider lines. About twice as "fast" because if your walls are 0.8mm wide then you are printing 2 passes on the shell with the 0.4 and one pass with the 0.8. But if your wall width is 1.2mm then you save nothing. The big savings with a 0.8 - half of that comes from thicker layers which you can't really do.
So, if I understood correctly, the extrusion volume only depends on the line being printed and is independent of the extruder nozzle size. So, I can just change the extruders without altering any "E" values and it should speed up the printing process as expected if the wall width is appropriate, is that correct?
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I don't understand your point about extrusion volume. The extrusion volume is calculated based on each "line" that is printed by multiplying layer height by line width by line length.
You do have an issue as you can change many things for just one area (volume really) of the model but not layer height.
The AA 0.8 can indeed print a little bit faster with the wider lines. About twice as "fast" because if your walls are 0.8mm wide then you are printing 2 passes on the shell with the 0.4 and one pass with the 0.8. But if your wall width is 1.2mm then you save nothing. The big savings with a 0.8 - half of that comes from thicker layers which you can't really do.
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