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Process: Adhesion: skirt, brim and raft

27 settings. Keys are OrcaSlicer's own names. See the index for the other groups and the guide for how to read and apply them.

brim_ears_detection_length

Brim ears detection length

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 1
  • Recommended range: 0 to no maximum
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

brim_ears_max_angle

Brim ears max angle

  • Type: number
  • Unit: degrees
  • Default: 125
  • Recommended range: 0 to 180
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

brim_ears_outer_only

Brim ears on the outside only

  • Type: boolean
  • Default: off
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

brim_flow_ratio

Brim flow ratio

  • Type: number
  • Default: 1
  • Recommended range: 0 to 2
  • Used only when: Brim type (brim_type) is not "no_brim"
  • Changing it redoes: G-code only
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

brim_object_gap

Gap between brim and part

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 0
  • Recommended range: 0 to 2
  • Used only when: Brim type (brim_type) is not "no_brim"
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: edit (may change in a plate override)

brim_type

Brim type

  • Type: enum
  • Default: "btAutoBrim"
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • Easy mode: Set by the Brim control.
  • PrintPilot class: edit (may change in a plate override)

brim_use_efc_outline

Brim use efc outline

  • Type: boolean
  • Default: off
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

brim_width

Brim width

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 0
  • Recommended range: 0 to 30
  • Orca limits: 0 to 100
  • Used only when: Brim type (brim_type) is none of "no_brim", "auto_brim"
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • Easy mode: Set by the Brim control.
  • PrintPilot class: edit (may change in a plate override)
  • Effect: higher: A wider brim holds the part better and costs more time. lower: A narrower brim frees more bed space

draft_shield

Draft shield

  • Type: enum
  • Default: "disabled"
  • Values: disabled, enabled
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: edit (may change in a plate override)

min_skirt_length

Min skirt length

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 0
  • Recommended range: 0 to no maximum
  • Used only when: Skirt loops (skirt_loops) is above 0
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

raft_contact_distance

Raft contact distance

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 0.1
  • Recommended range: 0 to no maximum
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

raft_expansion

Raft expansion

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 1.5
  • Recommended range: 0 to no maximum
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

raft_first_layer_density

Raft first layer density

  • Type: percent (a number, 15 means 15%)
  • Unit: %
  • Default: 90
  • Recommended range: 10 to 100
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

raft_first_layer_expansion

Raft first layer expansion

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 2
  • Recommended range: 0 to no maximum
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

raft_layers

Raft layers

  • Type: integer
  • Unit: layers
  • Default: 0
  • Recommended range: 0 to 10
  • Orca limits: 0 to 100
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: edit (may change in a plate override)

single_loop_draft_shield

Single loop draft shield

  • Type: boolean
  • Default: off
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

skirt_distance

Skirt distance

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 2
  • Recommended range: 0 to 60
  • Used only when: Skirt loops (skirt_loops) is above 0
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

skirt_height

Skirt height

  • Type: integer
  • Unit: layers
  • Default: 1
  • Recommended range: no minimum to 10000
  • Used only when: Skirt loops (skirt_loops) is above 0; and Draft shield (draft_shield) is not "enabled"
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

skirt_loops

Skirt loops

  • Type: integer
  • Default: 1
  • Recommended range: 0 to 10
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: edit (may change in a plate override)
  • Effect: higher: More skirt loops prime the nozzle longer. lower: No skirt skips priming

skirt_speed

Skirt speed

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm/s
  • Default: 50
  • Recommended range: 0 to no maximum
  • Used only when: Skirt loops (skirt_loops) is above 0
  • Changing it redoes: G-code only
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

skirt_start_angle

Skirt start angle

  • Type: number
  • Unit: degrees
  • Default: -135
  • Recommended range: -180 to 180
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

skirt_type

Skirt type

  • Type: enum
  • Default: "combined"
  • Values: combined, perobject
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

support_ironing

Support ironing

  • Type: boolean
  • Default: off
  • Used only when: Enable support (enable_support) is on
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

support_ironing_flow

Support ironing flow

  • Type: percent (a number, 15 means 15%)
  • Unit: %
  • Default: 10
  • Recommended range: 0 to 100
  • Changing it redoes: G-code only
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

support_ironing_pattern

Support ironing pattern

  • Type: enum
  • Default: "rectilinear"
  • Values: rectilinear, concentric
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

support_ironing_spacing

Support ironing spacing

  • Type: number
  • Unit: mm
  • Default: 0.1
  • Recommended range: 0 to 1
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)

tree_support_brim_width

Brim size under tree support

  • Type: number
  • Default: 3
  • Recommended range: 0 to no maximum
  • Used only when: Enable support (enable_support) is on; and Support type (support_type) is one of "tree(auto)", "tree(manual)"; and Tree support auto brim (tree_support_auto_brim) is off
  • Changing it redoes: paths
  • PrintPilot class: read (not in the catalog: never written)