First layer height adjustment
Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 07:33
TL;DR: Add an override for the first layer height in the same way you can already override first layer speed and temperature.
I believe this is not currently supported, but it would be very useful for me.
The use case is that I want to print PLA with a 0.25mm layer height and 0.35mm extrusion width (the same width as my nozzle, which I believe is good practice). However, if the ratio of layer height to extrusion width is too low, each line that is laid down can catch the previous line and lift from the bed. Basically the extrusions need to be short and flat rather than tall and thin. To get around this problem I can use a 0.1mm layer height, which gives me a solid 3:1 ratio, but of course that is very slow and overkill when printing objects with coarse features.
I believe this is not currently supported, but it would be very useful for me.
The use case is that I want to print PLA with a 0.25mm layer height and 0.35mm extrusion width (the same width as my nozzle, which I believe is good practice). However, if the ratio of layer height to extrusion width is too low, each line that is laid down can catch the previous line and lift from the bed. Basically the extrusions need to be short and flat rather than tall and thin. To get around this problem I can use a 0.1mm layer height, which gives me a solid 3:1 ratio, but of course that is very slow and overkill when printing objects with coarse features.