Thanks guys. That workaround info is really appreciated. Ill have to test that out. Skirts are usually hard to remove from my bed so I don't normally use them... I wish there was a layer count for skirt and brim. I would set them to 2 so that if the first layer is too close to the bed and too thin, the second layer would make sure it is thick enough to remove more easily.
Edited by Adam324GregValiant 1,112
That has been talked about. @Cuq has written some plugins and he might have one that will increase the skirt height.
I have a putty knife I use to knock it loose.
Not a plugin but a postprocessing script : https://github.com/5axes/Cura-Postprocessing-Scripts#multibrimpy
Edited by Cuq- 2 weeks later...
Thanks for all this info guys. The multi layer brim script is great. Thanks. A putty knife doesn't help on soft beds like on the Wanhao D9 if the brim is too thin. It is a magnetic plate so if the brim is too thin, it is nearly impossible to remove. I have to print something over top of it to remove it without damaging the magnetic sheet.
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In Cura 5.4beta I see the "skirt" can be up to 10 layers high. For a brim you will need the plugin
13 hours ago, GregValiant said:In Cura 5.4beta I see the "skirt" can be up to 10 layers high. For a brim you will need the plugin
Strange I don't see any limit .. after ten the parameters are dispaly in the warning information. But you can go upper. But main issue there is no "collision check" with the geometry.
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Looks like this is still a problem in 5.4.0. Brim set for support still requires brim or skirt for Build Plate Adhesion enabled. If you still set Skirt or Brim under Build Plate Adhesion to Line Count of 0, it still adds 2 lines of brim or skirt to the object. I would like to have brim under support only and not around print.
Definitely a bug there.
Also if you then set Skirt Height to 3 or 4, A brim gets put around the support that is 3 or 4 high, but the false skirt around the object (skirt line count 0 so it shouldn't exist at all) is only 1 layer high.
Edited by Adam324- 4 weeks later...
On 6/11/2023 at 4:30 PM, Torgeir said:Hi @Adam324,
Just select "Skirt" instead of brim in your profile, then you have the brim under the support and skirt around your model.
Thanks
Torgeir
Thank you so much for this workaround, this was driving me crazy!
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Hi @Adam324,
Just select "Skirt" instead of brim in your profile, then you have the brim under the support and skirt around your model.
Thanks
Torgeir
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This has been reported over on GitHub so the Cura team is aware of it. A bad side effect is that when the Support Brim is missing nothing takes it's place and so the support structure doesn't start until the second layer. Use @Torgeir's workaround and you should get back to printing.
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