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· Using Adaptive Layers to speed up printing
The objective of adaptive layers is not to speed up the printing process, it is to use the "correct" resolution where it can. Depending on how you set it up, it can lead to more layers being printed, as it's constantly on the minimum layer that it will go.
I don't really see how having a minimum layer height would change anything. It would be the same as changing the starting layer height and having a different variation.
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· Using Adaptive Layers to speed up printing
Adaptive Layers ON.
Adaptive Layers OFF.
You an see that the "steps" on the roof are closer together with Adaptive Layers enabled. That's the improved resolution that Nallath mentioned.
That also means more layers (355 vs 201 with the settings I used) and that directly affects the print time. Using Adaptive Layer Height will generally be slower unless you are slicing something with a regular shape (like a cube) where it will stay at the Max layer height and so there will be less layers to print.
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The objective of adaptive layers is not to speed up the printing process, it is to use the "correct" resolution where it can. Depending on how you set it up, it can lead to more layers being printed, as it's constantly on the minimum layer that it will go.
I don't really see how having a minimum layer height would change anything. It would be the same as changing the starting layer height and having a different variation.
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Adaptive Layers ON.
Adaptive Layers OFF.
You an see that the "steps" on the roof are closer together with Adaptive Layers enabled. That's the improved resolution that Nallath mentioned.
That also means more layers (355 vs 201 with the settings I used) and that directly affects the print time. Using Adaptive Layer Height will generally be slower unless you are slicing something with a regular shape (like a cube) where it will stay at the Max layer height and so there will be less layers to print.
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