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Using first extruder full print area in two-color print
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· Using first extruder full print area in two-color print
Answering my own question:
The definition file (on Mac Cura 5.0.0) is at /Applications/Ultimaker-Cura.app//Contents/Resources/share/cura/resources/definitions/ultimaker3.def.json. This file needs to be opened with a text editor and the line "nozzle_offsetting_for_disallowed_areas": false, added to the "metadata" section. This will allow the second extruder to print to the same area as the first extruder.
Additionally you need to make sure Print settings --> Build Plate Adhesion --> Build Plate Adhesion Type is "None" (even if you have disabled adhesion in the recommended settings). By default the disabled value is "Skirt" which still prints a skirt of both colors around the entire print object, which would go outside physically possible range. Check from the preview that no rim is printed.
Unfortunately just disabling the build plate adhesion type was not sufficient, the definition file had to be modified also. 😞
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Answering my own question:
The definition file (on Mac Cura 5.0.0) is at /Applications/Ultimaker-Cura.app//Contents/Resources/share/cura/resources/definitions/ultimaker3.def.json. This file needs to be opened with a text editor and the line "nozzle_offsetting_for_disallowed_areas": false, added to the "metadata" section. This will allow the second extruder to print to the same area as the first extruder.
Additionally you need to make sure Print settings --> Build Plate Adhesion --> Build Plate Adhesion Type is "None" (even if you have disabled adhesion in the recommended settings). By default the disabled value is "Skirt" which still prints a skirt of both colors around the entire print object, which would go outside physically possible range. Check from the preview that no rim is printed.
Unfortunately just disabling the build plate adhesion type was not sufficient, the definition file had to be modified also. 😞
Edited by plaaMarkdown not supported by the forum :(
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