A belt printer slices in a rotated frame, so the belt surface is a tilted
plane rather than the Z=0 bed plane. Each slicing layer touches the belt
only along a narrow strip at its leading edge - about 0.2mm at 45 degrees -
so a part's first layer is really a first line, with almost no contact patch
to hold it down while the belt drags it forward. Brim was hard-disabled on
belt printers, leaving no remedy at all.
Generate the brim on the belt plane instead. The object's belt footprint is
the union over layers of each slice clipped to that layer's contact band; the
brim is offset from it in a "flattened" frame where the shear axis is
stretched by 1/cos(tilt), so ordinary Clipper offsets measure true on-belt
distance. It is emitted as cross-belt lines, one per layer band, anchored to
a fixed fraction of the band so every line shares a nozzle-to-belt clearance
and therefore comes out the same width; flow is matched to the resulting band
pitch, keeping the sheet uniform and gap-free.
Three new controls, all belt-only:
* Leading brim length - extends the brim ahead of the part along the belt,
on every downhill-facing edge of its contact area. This apron necessarily
prints BELOW the object's first layer, since layer 0 is the part's leading
contact, so it needs brim-only bands of its own.
* Extra brim width - widens the brim sideways across the belt only.
* Brim type "Leading edge only" - brim at the part's first belt contact and
nothing after it. Appended last in BrimType so no existing value shifts;
degrades to an outer brim off belt printers, with a warning.
The apron bands are lightweight records rather than a Layer subclass, so no
fabricated Layer::id() can leak into initial-layer temperature selection, the
spiral vase probe, cooling or gradual interpolation. They are generated in
posSupportMaterial because their print_z values must exist before ToolOrdering
is built at psWipeTower, and they are emitted from a short dedicated branch in
process_layer that runs before any layer pointer is dereferenced.
The footprint is closed before offsetting outwards: a belt contact patch is
often a broken-up strip, and the merged offset rings of two islands closer
than 2 x brim_width would otherwise fill the space between them - space that
lies under the part.
Also fixes a pre-existing bug where PrintObject::get_first_layer_bbox()
overwrote a valid bbox with an unassigned one on any belt printer with a brim
configured, because has_brim() was true while make_brim() returned early.
Belt brim is refused alongside the prime tower and spiral vase, and requires
one instance per PrintObject - translating an instance along the belt axis
changes its physical belt-floor Z. Untilted belt printers are unchanged: they
still get no brim, since the plate brim is emitted out of skirt_brim_groups(),
which _make_skirt() never builds for a belt printer.
Brings the belt-printer work up to date with 591 upstream commits.
Conflict resolutions (12 files, 42 hunks):
- GCode.cpp: adopted upstream's per-filament/per-nozzle config refactor
(get_filament_config_index, NOZZLE_CONFIG), the extracted
generate_timelapse_gcode + farthest-point timelapse, and the
ConfigOptionFloatsNullable calibration options. Re-applied the belt
hooks on top: init_belt_writer / axis remap / FirstLayerPlane setup,
on_set_origin, the belt-corrected calib_z for the volumetric speed
tower, and path_on_first_layer (belt's per-path first-layer test) in
place of upstream's layer-index on_first_layer() in the acceleration,
jerk and overhang-detection paths. Swept upstream's new m_writer.
uses to m_writer-> since belt holds the writer by unique_ptr.
- interpolate_value_across_layers: kept upstream's banded stepping and
belt's object-Z-span ratio; dropped upstream's duplicate ratio decl.
- Plater.cpp: took upstream's guarded add_model(...) early-returns and
the VFA vfa_layer_height plumbing; kept the belt temp-tower path,
_calib_apply_belt_mode and belt_calib_flip_ringing_tower. Dropped the
VFA "cut upper" block, superseded upstream by model scaling.
- Brim.cpp: upstream's ObjectInstanceID-keyed brimAreaMap, keeping the
belt early-return.
- 3DScene.cpp: kept both the belt build-plate tilt up_direction and
upstream's per-extruder printable-height shading.
- GCodeViewer.cpp: kept upstream's dim-previous-layers setup and belt's
exemption from the same-result early return.
- TreeSupport.cpp: upstream's >= 0 roof-layer fix inside belt's
belt-floor branch.
- calib.cpp / GCode.hpp / GCodeWriter.{cpp,hpp} / Print.hpp: upstream's
additions adapted to belt's pointer-held writer and helpers.
- Custom.json: kept profile version 02.04.00.03 (belt) over upstream's
02.04.00.01; both bumped from 02.04.00.00.
Building this tree needs the wxInspector dependency, which upstream
added in the interim (python3 and wxWidgets 3.3.2 were already present
in the shared deps prefix).
* Disable prime tower width for rib walls
Only enable the prime tower Width field when the selected wall type uses the standard tower shape. Rib towers use the rib-specific settings instead, so leaving Width editable suggests it changes rib geometry when it does not.
Fixes#14537
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
* Simplify prime tower width toggle
Use the existing rib-wall helper when disabling the prime tower width control for rib wall towers.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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* Fix junction deviation and jerk settings behavior
Process settings now follow the selected printer's junction deviation
configuration. When machine_max_junction_deviation is enabled,
default_junction_deviation is shown and jerk settings are hidden. When
junction deviation is disabled, jerk settings are restored and
default_junction_deviation is hidden.
Fix a validation issue where junction deviation mismatch warnings could
be reported even when machine_max_junction_deviation was set to 0.
Warnings now apply only when junction deviation is active and point
directly to default_junction_deviation.
Also simplify Motion ability page visibility checks by reusing local
firmware-flavor booleans.
* GUI tweak
- separate Junction Deviation segment
- JD and Jerk stay visible
* Add Optimized Gyroid infill (auto-tuned wavelength + amplitude)
New infill geometry derived from FillGyroid. Two parameters are
auto-computed per-region from density, line spacing, and layer height
(no user inputs):
omega = sqrt(density_adj) / sqrt(1 + layer_height/spacing)
clamped to [0.5, 2.0]
-- Euler-Bernoulli buckling: critical load ~ 1/L^2,
so shorter wavelength under higher load (denser infill)
raises buckling resistance.
amplitude = 0.55 / omega^2, clamped to [0.20, 0.65]
-- Curved-beam bending stress: peak stress ~ A * omega^2,
so amplitude is reduced as omega rises to keep peak
fiber stress bounded while preserving stiffness.
Files:
- src/libslic3r/Fill/FillOptimizedGyroid.{hpp,cpp} (new)
- src/libslic3r/Fill/FillBase.cpp (factory case)
- src/libslic3r/Fill/Fill.cpp (switch case)
- src/libslic3r/Layer.cpp (switch case)
- src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.{hpp,cpp} (enum + label)
- src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt (build sources)
User-facing: appears as "Optimized Gyroid" in the Fill Pattern dropdown.
Density still chosen by user; omega/amplitude are internal.
* Fix build: layer_height is in FillParams, not Fill base
* Add ipOptimizedGyroid to multiline infill list in ConfigManipulation
* Refactor: replace ipOptimizedGyroid enum with gyroid_optimized boolean
Per @RF47's review feedback, fold the optimized wave math into FillGyroid
itself behind a per-region boolean instead of a separate infill enum.
What changes:
- New ConfigOptionBool "gyroid_optimized" on PrintRegionConfig (default
false). When unchecked, gyroid behavior is byte-identical to before.
- Optimized wave math (compute_omega_factor, compute_amplitude_factor,
f_opt, make_*_opt, make_optimized_gyroid_waves) lives inside
FillGyroid.cpp. _fill_surface_single branches on params.gyroid_optimized.
- FillParams gains a bool gyroid_optimized field, populated in Fill.cpp
from region_config alongside fill_multiline.
- UI checkbox added under Strength > Infill in Tab.cpp, label
"Optimize gyroid wave (experimental)". Toggle is hidden by
ConfigManipulation when sparse_infill_pattern != ipGyroid.
- "gyroid_optimized" added to s_Preset_print_options for preset I/O.
What goes away:
- ipOptimizedGyroid enum value, factory case, switch cases, dropdown
label, string key.
- FillOptimizedGyroid.cpp / FillOptimizedGyroid.hpp (math moved into
FillGyroid.cpp).
- Net diff drops by ~250 lines.
Existing profiles using gyroid are unaffected.
* Wire gyroid_optimized through SurfaceFillParams to FillParams
Linux build failed because line 921 in Fill.cpp populates a
SurfaceFillParams (the dedup struct), not FillParams directly.
Add the field there, in operator< / operator==, and copy it to
FillParams at both conversion sites.
* Use toggle_line for gyroid_optimized: hide row when pattern != gyroid
* Account for multiline wall thickness in omega correction (per @RF47)
When fill_multiline = N, each gyroid wall is N lines thick, so the
geometric scale fed into the buckling correction term should be
spacing * N rather than spacing. Increases omega (tighter wavelength)
when multiline is enabled, consistent with the thicker wall being
more buckling-resistant.
* Optimized gyroid via marching squares on the implicit scalar field
Per @RF47 review: replace the analytical f_opt / make_one_period_opt
wave generator (which had visible kinks at vertical-horizontal
transitions) with a marching-squares iso-extraction on the gyroid
scalar field, modeled on FillTpmsFK.cpp.
- New marchsq::GyroidField in FillGyroid.cpp evaluates
F(x,y,z) = sin(fx*x)cos(fy*y) + sin(fy*y)cos(fz*z) + sin(fz*z)cos(fx*x)
where fx = omega * baseline (anisotropic in x), fy = fz = baseline.
- get_gyroid_polylines() runs marching squares at iso=0 and converts
rings to polylines.
- _fill_surface_single() optimized branch now builds GyroidField,
runs marching squares, and skips the bb.min translate (field
output is already in absolute coords).
- Dropped: f_opt, make_one_period_opt, make_wave_opt,
make_optimized_gyroid_waves, compute_amplitude_factor. Amplitude
has no clean analog in iso-zero extraction.
- Standard (non-optimized) gyroid path unchanged.
* Mass calibration: compensate period by cbrt(omega) for x-anisotropic field
Per @RF47: optimized vs standard gyroid had different masses at the
same sparse_infill_density setting. Cause: scaling fx by omega while
leaving fy=fz at the baseline raised the surface-area-to-volume ratio
by approximately omega^(1/3) (the geometric mean of the three
frequencies).
Fix: multiply the base period by cbrt(omega) so the geometric mean of
(fx, fy, fz) returns to the standard baseline. Net effect:
fx = omega^(2/3) * baseline_orig
fy = fz = omega^(-1/3) * baseline_orig
which preserves total mass at the same density setting while
preserving the load-direction anisotropy this PR introduces.
* Switch optimized gyroid anisotropy from X to Z (per @RF47)
Z is the typical compression-load axis for FFF parts and is not at
delamination risk under compression — so the dominant failure mode
is column buckling of the vertical strands themselves. Tightening
fz directly shortens the effective vertical strand length, which
improves Z-axis buckling resistance.
Mass calibration via cbrt(omega) period compensation still applies
(scaling exactly one of three frequencies by omega; the geometric-
mean preservation argument is symmetric across axes).
* Update src/slic3r/GUI/Tab.cpp
Co-authored-by: Rodrigo Faselli <162915171+RF47@users.noreply.github.com>
* Address review feedback (Copilot + @RF47)
- Fill.cpp: gate params.gyroid_optimized on (params.pattern == ipGyroid)
so non-gyroid surfaces don't differ in SurfaceFillParams by an
irrelevant flag (would unnecessarily split fill batching).
[Copilot suggestion, RF47 confirmed correct]
- PrintConfig.cpp: drop "amplitude" from the tooltip; only wavelength
is parameterized (the marching-squares iso=0 extraction is invariant
to a uniform field scale, so amplitude has no effect).
- FillBase.hpp: shorten gyroid_optimized comment to match the actual
carried state (no amplitude term).
- FillGyroid.cpp: shorten the marchsq namespace comment block; the
ODR concern was overstated (FillTpmsFK uses the same pattern fine).
* Drop redundant marchsq bb expansion (Copilot)
bb is already offset by 10 * scale_(spacing) above for edge-artifact
margin; the second offset on bb_field doubled the raster area for no
geometric benefit and hurt CPU time on large parts.
* Update src/slic3r/GUI/Tab.cpp
Co-authored-by: Ian Bassi <ian.bassi@outlook.com>
* Fix density mismatch + rename to Z-buckling bias optimization
Issue (per @ianalexis): at the same sparse_infill_density setting,
the optimized branch produced denser fill than standard. Verified via
Python sim (sim_gyroid_compare.py) using marching squares on the
implicit field across multiple z slices.
Root cause: the omega formula was inverted from the buckling-physics
intent. The naive sqrt(density_adj) factor produced omega < 1 at
typical print densities (10-30%), which LENGTHENED the Z wavelength
instead of shortening it -- net loss in both mass and strength.
Fix:
- compute_omega_factor: invert to sqrt(1 / density_adj), clamp to
[1.0, 2.0]. Now omega = 2.0 at low density (long strands need
most help) and clamps to 1.0 above ~30% density (no-op, since
standard gyroid is already short enough).
- Remove the cbrt(omega) period compensation. Empirically (sim
table embedded in FillGyroid.cpp comment) the inverted formula
keeps line length per area at ~1.000 of standard across all
densities with no period scaling needed.
Predicted gains (sim, Z-axis Euler buckling proxy):
density line/std strength/std
10% 1.000 2.84x
15% 1.000 1.89x
20% 1.000 1.42x
30%+ 1.000 1.00x (no-op)
Rename per @ianalexis: "Optimize gyroid wave" oversells (now no-op
above 30% density and Z-only). Renamed user-facing label to
"Z-buckling bias optimization (experimental)" with updated tooltip
that scopes to vertical compression and discloses the density cutoff.
Internal config key (gyroid_optimized) unchanged for diff size.
Real-world Instron compression tests at Brown's Prince Lab to follow.
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Co-authored-by: Rodrigo Faselli <162915171+RF47@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ian Bassi <ian.bassi@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: SoftFever <softfeverever@gmail.com>
Reconciles the belt-printer branch with upstream PRs through #13723. Six
files had conflicts; three additional files needed manual follow-up fixes
where the auto-merge produced code that referenced upstream-renamed fields
or changed function signatures.
Notable reconciliations:
- TreeSupport.cpp: kept belt-floor early-exit branches around HEAD's
drop-down logic, folded upstream's `(distance_to_top > 0 ? 1 : 0)`
formula into the non-belt-floor path (upstream PR #11812). Dropped dead
`roof_enabled`/`force_tip_to_roof` locals.
- TreeSupport3D.cpp: combined upstream's safety-offset + remove_small
changes with HEAD's belt-floor clip in the per-slice trim loop. Dropped
HEAD's `else` block (superseded by upstream's rewritten bottom-contact
propagation) and re-added the belt-floor clip into the new propagation
loop. Gated the propagation on belt printers to prevent OOM when
belt-floor clipping produces empty initial slices.
- TriangleSelector.{cpp,hpp}: merged both new `select_patch` parameters
(HEAD's `up_direction` and upstream's `select_partially`); body uses
`dot(up_direction)` for the overhang angle check and forwards
`select_partially` to `select_triangle`.
- SupportMaterial.cpp: `slicing_params.soluble_interface` →
`zero_gap_interface_bottom` in HEAD's `detect_belt_floor_bottom_contacts`,
matching upstream's same-purpose rename at line 2495.
- Custom.json, GCodeWriter.cpp: simple additive merges (kept entries /
includes from both sides).
Verified by building OrcaSlicer (RelWithDebInfo) after a full deps
rebuild (Eigen v5.0.1, libigl v2.6.0 are now managed deps) and slicing
a scaled Benchy on the NORMALIZER belt-printer profile without OOM.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Hide tree support parameters not in use
- hide independent support layer height for organic tree support
- hide threshold overlap for tree supports
Co-authored-by: SoftFever <softfeverever@gmail.com>
Fix hybrid tree first-layer support base flow and UI consistency
Fix incorrect first-layer generation for hybrid tree supports.
The support base on the first layer used brim flow instead of support material flow,
which could lead to incorrect extrusion behavior and wrong material usage in
multi-material prints.
Additionally, spacing and density for the regular support part were not consistently
derived from the actual first-layer support flow when first-layer and regular
line widths differed.
Hybrid-specific behavior is clarified:
- first-layer expansion applies only to the regular support part
- tree-only regions keep their existing behavior
The first-layer support pattern is aligned with normal and organic tree supports
to ensure consistent and meaningful density behavior.
Also make first-layer support expansion and density settings visible whenever
supports are enabled, as density was already affecting hybrid supports but was
hidden in the UI.
Conflicts resolved in src/libslic3r/GCode.cpp and src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_Factories.cpp.
GCode.cpp: combined upstream's air-filtration per-extruder gating
(activate_air_filtration_during_print / _on_completion), the new
extrusion-role-change gcode lambda, ZAA's path.z_contoured arc-fit
disable, raft-aware slow_down_layers branch, and Vec3d/Line3 ZAA
plumbing with the local belt-printer changes (path_on_first_layer,
effective_layer_index_for_point, should_disable_arc_fitting). All
auto-merged m_writer.X() calls converted to m_writer->X() to match
the local unique_ptr<GCodeWriter> refactor.
GUI_Factories.cpp: inserted brim_flow_ratio in the Support category
list and renumbered around the local build_plate_tilt_x/y entries.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Elefant foot compensation for solid layers
Elefant foot compensation for solid layers above bottommost by infill density manipulation.
* Update Fill.cpp
* change the option to expert cat
* use is_approx for float
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- Implement core belt slicing pipeline: R(-alpha, X) mesh rotation in PrintObjectSlice with corrected object height calculation for proper layer count
Add to_machine_coords() in GCodeWriter to convert slicing-frame coordinates back to machine-frame, propagated through GCode,
GCodeProcessor, and GCodeViewer
Add belt-mode UI: tilted bed visualization, slicing-direction arrow, and raw G-code toggle to switch between machine-frame and slicing-frame views
This is a combination of 6 commits.
checkpoint 1: initial MVP. Slicing functions, but rotates instead of skews are happening and a lot of other stuff too
getting somewhere, getting to the point where I need to figure out how to verify this stuff
this appears to be a dead end.
getting somewhere I think maybe
I'm pretty sure we've completely lost the plot at this point and need to restart this process...
remove slice logic in preparation for new, more invasive plan
* Union ex brims
Revert "Union ex brims"
This reverts commit bbc9a39faf318dc2df093eb2bdcebf19a4162fe9.
Update Brim.cpp
* dont repeat paths
* Update Brim.cpp
* multimaterial brim independiente
* Normal brim if is by object
* fix print order
* cleaning 1
* cleaning 2
* Normal brim if multimaterial on first layer
* fix artifact
* combine_brim optional
refactoring
* refactoring gcode.cpp
* refactoring brim.cpp
Update Brim.cpp
* Remove multimaterial first-layer check for brims
Stop detecting extruders used on the first layer and remove the is_multimaterial_first_layer guard. Simplify can_combine_brims to only consider combine_brims and whether printing is ByObject, allowing brims to be combined across extruders unless printing by object or combine_brims is disabled. Cleans up unused code and simplifies brim-generation conditions.
* Remove material specification from unified brim comment
* Update PrintConfig.cpp
Previously, wipe tower behavior was determined by checking if the printer
was a QIDI vendor. This introduces a configurable enum (Type 1 / Type 2)
so any printer can select its wipe tower implementation. BBL printers
remain hardcoded to Type 1. Qidi profiles default to Type 1.
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