Gidelines (positioning aid) on the Grid...

[Trallalahobsassa 0]

Hello everyone!

Is there a way to highlight lines on the grid? As a positioning aid, so to speak?

 

I have an Anycubic Chiron.  It is quite large and the print bed is visually divided into smaller fields by several yellow lines. I would like to reflect this on the grid in Cura. So I could position the objects better...

Greetings
Trallala!

[GregValiant 1,342]

All the beds are actually models themselves.  On a Windows system they are located in the "C:\Program Files\UltiMaker Cura 5.8.0\share\cura\resources\meshes" folder.

This is the Chiron build plate in MS 3D Builder.  (I colored it yellow so it's easier to see.)  It's just a flat plate so you could go ahead and cut some lines into it.  Cura doesn't pay any attention to cutouts in the plate.  It's basically just a cartoon.

 

 

The platform for each printer is called out in the definition file.  This is from yours:

"platform": "anycubic_chiron_platform.obj"

You could make changes to the platform, do a "Save As" and then change the name in that "platform" line.  As long as your new file is in that "meshes" folder or better, in the "meshes" folder in your Configuration Folder, it will load.

 

Some people tend to go overboard on the customizing.

 

Edited August 22 by GregValiant