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.
The belt-printer branch is failing two profile gates. Both stem from the
three belt-only vendors (Custom's generic belt printer, IdeaFormer,
Printcepts) not existing upstream, so upstream maintenance passed them by.
Slice check: 4 of 1015 printers failed - Custom's MyBeltPrinter 0.2/0.4/
0.6/0.8 nozzle all fell back to "Default Setting". No process profile in
the Custom vendor listed any MyBeltPrinter in compatible_printers, and
Custom's fdm_belt_common pointed default_print_profile at
"0.20mm Standard @System", which does not exist in that vendor's index,
so the generic belt printer had no usable process at all. This gap dates
to when MyBeltPrinter was added (2026-04-07); it only started failing now
because the slice-check job is newer than that.
Adds two process profiles modelled on the sibling @MyKlipper ones:
- 0.20mm Standard @MyBeltPrinter - 0.4/0.6/0.8 nozzles
- 0.12mm Fine @MyBeltPrinter - 0.2/0.4 nozzles
The split is forced by hardware: the 0.2 nozzle preset caps
max_layer_height at 0.16, so a single 0.20mm profile cannot legally cover
it. fdm_belt_common now defaults to the standard profile and the 0.2
nozzle preset overrides to the fine one.
setting_id: 14 files failed the rules introduced in #14432. That
migration renumbered 7425 files across 61 vendors but skipped these three,
leaving BabyBelt Pro, IdeaFormer IR3 V2 and MyBeltPrinter squatting the
"G*" id space reserved for Bambu (GMPC0BBP01, GMIF001, GM_BELT_00x) and
four instantiated filament/process presets carrying no setting_id at all.
Regenerated with scripts/assign_vendor_setting_ids.py.
Also repoints the identical dangling "0.20mm Standard @System" in
Printcepts' and IdeaFormer's fdm_belt_common at their own real process
profiles. That is a no-op today because both concrete printers override
it, but it is the same landmine that took out MyBeltPrinter.
Vendor index versions bumped so check_installed_vendor_profiles() will
re-install the corrected profiles over an existing install.
Note: changing a shipped preset's setting_id can orphan user presets that
reference it as base_id. #14432 accepted that tradeoff for 61 vendors;
this keeps these three consistent with the rest.
Verified: orca_extra_profile_check.py reports 0 errors across 66 vendors
(was 14 files with errors), and OrcaSlicer_profile_validator -s slices all
1015 printer presets successfully (was 4 failures).
BeltAffine activates the FirstLayerPlane evaluator unconditionally, so on a
non-belt printer on_first_layer(point) stopped agreeing with the legacy
slicing-layer-0 test. Every per-path first-layer call site in _extrude then
took the non-first-layer branch, and first-layer speeds were skipped: brim
came out at the volumetric fallback (24.6 mm/s) instead of initial_layer_speed
(10 mm/s). This is the shared speed path, so it affected all printers on this
branch, not just belt ones.
Auto resolves to BeltAffine only when belt_printer is set with a non-zero
slicing rotation, and to XY (evaluator inactive, legacy behaviour) otherwise --
exactly what the option's own description already promised.
Caught by "Brim uses first layer speed" (upstream #14616), which arrived with
the upstream merge; the bad default dates back to a9bae54f20 (#30). Verified
against a pristine upstream/main build, which passes the same test.
tests/fff_print: 100/100 test cases, 1085 assertions (was 99/100).
Both belt regression tests still pass, confirming Auto still resolves to
BeltAffine for belt printers.
Note: this changes a config default. Projects and profiles that stored
first_layer_plane explicitly are unaffected; those relying on the default will
now get correct first-layer speeds on non-belt printers, so their G-code
changes accordingly.
Processes a minimal belt start sequence through GCodeProcessor::process_buffer
and asserts the move preceding the first extrusion keeps its real Z, so it can
no longer back-transform to model Y~=0 and produce the phantom extrusion line.
Belt printers are non-Bambu, so the processor uses the compatible reserved
tags ("TYPE:"); the test sets s_IsBBLPrinter=false (saved/restored via an RAII
guard) to mirror the real printer. Proven to fail without the fix (the
prepare-stage move's Z is pinned to the first-layer height, 0 here) and pass
with it.
On a belt printer the sliced preview drew a stray extrusion-colored line
from Y~=0 to the model, rendered in the first extrusion role's color. It is
not a travel and does not occur on non-belt printers.
GCodeProcessor::store_move_vertex pins a move's stored Z to the first-layer
height during the start-G-code "prepare" stage. That is a harmless cosmetic
tidy-up on a normal printer, but on a belt printer the designed-view
back-transform couples machine Z into the rendered model Y (the belt tilt
mixes the height and belt-feed axes). Pinning Z back-transforms the last
prepare-stage move (the unretract before the first extrusion) to model
Y ~= 0, and libvgcode then draws a phantom extrusion segment from Y ~= 0 to
the first real toolpath.
Keep the real Z for belt printers (gated on belt_tilt_angle, parsed from the
G-code header before the body) so prepare-stage moves back-transform
correctly. Non-belt processing is byte-identical. The emitted G-code was
already correct; this is a preview-geometry fix.
Locks in the fix from the previous commit. A fresh BeltGCodeWriter has an
unestablished planar position (is_current_position_clear() == false) and its
m_pos.xy is the origin (0,0). With a pending NormalLift z-hop, travel_to_xyz
used to lift in place via _travel_to_z(), which in belt mode shears the origin
into a machine Y ~= the layer Z — a move far up the gantry.
The test configures an X-tilt 45 deg belt transform, defers a z-hop via
lazy_lift, travels to a near-belt first point (transformed gantry Y ~= 1mm),
and asserts no emitted move has Y anywhere near the layer Z. Verified to fail
without the fix (max emitted Y = 100.0 vs the destination's ~1.0) and pass with
it.
On a belt printer the first travel of the print emitted a bogus move to
the bed corner with the nozzle far up the gantry, e.g.
G1 X95 Y168.19 Z237.857 F12000
right after the first "; printing object" line. Y168 (≈ the layer Z)
is out of the gantry's range.
Root cause: the layer-change z-hop is deferred via lazy_lift and consumed
by the first BeltGCodeWriter::travel_to_xyz, whose NormalLift branch does a
separate lift-in-place via _travel_to_z(target.z()). On a normal printer
_travel_to_z emits a Z-only move, but in belt mode Z is coupled to Y/X, so
_travel_to_z re-emits the current m_pos through the belt shear. At print
start (and after custom gcode) m_pos.xy is still the uninitialised origin
(0,0), which the back-transform + axis-remap shear into machine
(X=bed_max, Y=layer_z) — the illegal move.
Guard the NormalLift branch on is_current_position_clear(), matching the
SlopeLift branch directly above it which already does so. When the position
isn't established there is nothing to lift over, and the xy_z_move that
follows travels straight to the destination with full XYZ, establishing the
correct position. Bookkeeping is unaffected: in this path m_lifted stays 0,
so no spurious restore move is produced.
Verified by re-slicing the repro project: the start-of-print move is now
G1 X44.946 Y.621 Z237.857 (straight to the first object point), no move
touches the bed-max X edge, and the max Y over the whole file is 62.8mm
(printable_height 100).
Upstream retyped travel_speed and travel_speed_z to ConfigOptionFloatsNullable
and initial_layer_travel_speed to ConfigOptionFloatsOrPercentsNullable, so the
scalar .value / get_abs_value() accessors no longer compile. BeltGCodeWriter.cpp
is belt-only and merged without conflict, so this only surfaced at build time.
Index them the way the base GCodeWriter does -- .get_at(m_cached_extruder_idx)
and get_abs_value_at(..., m_cached_extruder_idx) -- keeping belt's per-point
first_layer_for_point test rather than the base class's m_is_first_layer.
m_cached_extruder_idx moves from private to the existing protected block that
already exposes writer state to subclasses, so the belt writer resolves the
per-extruder index identically to the base writer instead of guessing one.
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).
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>
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>
- Add BeltBackTransform class that inverts the shear/scale matrix and
applies it in GCodeWriter::to_machine_coords() so G-code outputs in
the machine's physical coordinate space, gated by new
belt_gcode_back_transform config option
- Extend belt floor clipping to all three tree support pipelines
(Prusa-style, Orca organic, TreeModelVolumes) with per-layer polygon
clipping, anti-overhang integration, and belt raft extension layers
- Fix tree drop_nodes() belt termination, organic support global Z
offset, collision calculation index bug, and first-layer brim/empty
layer checks for belt printers
two-shot - first build built but didn't plumb to UI. Woah.
add pre-slice axis remap, because Y needs to be Z
going to change tactic and move based on bbox min
switch to per axis snapping
per axis swap snap now per object
build plate tilt wasn't invalidating slicer settings
support upper bound now correct, need to get lower bound corrected
axis swapped support termination corrected
Z Shear works with and without pre-slice remap now
- Fix support clipping z-shift calculation by removing coordinate-space
mismatch and sync belt_floor_z_shift with global_z_offset; fix
invalidation so posSupportMaterial no longer resets slicing params
- Add belt floor polygon clipping to non-organic tree support
(slim/strong/hybrid) with collision surface integration in
TreeSupportData, belt extension layers, and first-layer brim
suppression
- Add belt floor clipping to organic tree support pipeline with virtual
belt raft layers, per-layer polygons in TreeModelVolumes, and
post-generation layer trimming; fix pre-existing processing_last_mesh
bug in calculateCollision()
Fix belt floor support clipping: z-shift, invalidation, and global offset
- Fix support clipping z-shift calculation by removing coordinate-space
mismatch (raw_bounding_box min.z vs trafo_centered m_belt_min_z) and
sync belt_floor_z_shift with global_z_offset in global shear mode
- Fix invalidation so posSupportMaterial no longer resets slicing params,
preventing the exact posSlice z-shift from being overwritten by the
bounding-box approximation on support-only setting changes
- Remove double-counting of global z_offset on support layers — support
already inherits the offset from object layers during generation
This Work Was Co-Authored-By Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
UI: gray out inactive belt sub-options, rename to mesh transforms, move to Advanced
Fix mesh clipping through build plate after belt shear/scale transform
Generalize G-code viewer designed-view toggle for full belt transform
Clip support layers to transformed belt floor plane
Supports below the tilted build plate (Z = shear_factor * from_axis - min_z)
are now clipped via half-plane intersection after generation. Belt floor
parameters stored in SlicingParameters and populated in both update_slicing_parameters()
and the static slicing_parameters() overload.
Make belt G-code viewer toggle more prominent, add B keyboard shortcut
- Add separator + teal "Belt Printer" header in legend panel
- Append [B] hint to checkbox label
- Add B key shortcut in GLCanvas3D to toggle designed/machine view
- Read belt_printer_angle from loaded G-code headers to enable belt view
Add per-axis global transform option for belt printer shear
New belt_shear_{x,y,z}_global bool configs. When enabled, shear incorporates
instance shift so objects at different bed positions get position-aware
transform (Z += factor * instance_shift_on_from_axis).
Fix global shear: use layer Z offset instead of mesh transform, add config invalidation
- Global shear offset applied as post-slicing layer print_z adjustment
instead of mesh transform (which was absorbed by min_z normalization
or shifted mesh out of slice range)
- Register all belt transform options in Print::invalidate_state_by_config_options
to trigger posSlice re-slicing (the fallback only invalidated Print steps,
not PrintObject steps — belt changes had no effect without manual re-slice)
- Belt gcode remap options added to steps_gcode (gcode-export only)
- Skip empty-first-layer check for belt objects with global Z offset
WIP: split instances for global shear, relative Z offsets, debug logging
- PrintApply: when belt global mode active, prevent instance grouping by
adding unique Z perturbation to trafo — each copy becomes its own
PrintObject with independent layers
- PrintObjectSlice: compute global Z offset relative to minimum Y shift
across all PrintObjects (lowest-Y object stays at Z=0)
- Debug logging (warning level) for belt global shift values and offsets
Known issues:
- Cached posSlice results cause stale offsets when mixing copies with
individually-added objects — need to compute min baseline outside slice()
- Supports still generate to Z=0 instead of object's global Z offset
Fix global shear for copied objects: disable shared-object layer optimization
When belt global Z shear is active, each object needs unique layer Z
values based on its bed position. The shared-object optimization was
causing copies to reuse the source object's layers (and its Z offset)
instead of computing their own position-based offset.
started work on getting supports to work properly
one step forward, one step back
this version didn't quite work. Getting somewhere though
about to add UI controllable tests
added configuration options for supports
tweak CLAUDE.md to be more aggressive for my machine. This commit should probably be pulled out before contributing upstream
still chasing down some bugs
moving objects between slices no longer results in improper Z-height because of caching
added more data to the debug logs
Z offset is getting more global again
still not quite there, I think there's a fundamental logic flaw?
hunting for bugs
finally have a functional fix
Add belt floor clipping to tree supports (organic and non-organic)
- Add belt floor polygon clipping to non-organic tree support
(slim/strong/hybrid) in draw_circles() and terminate nodes at the
belt surface instead of the horizontal build plate
- Add belt floor clipping to organic tree support pipeline with virtual
belt raft layers for sub-floor branch generation, per-layer belt
floor polygons in TreeModelVolumes, and post-generation layer trimming
- Fix pre-existing processing_last_mesh bug in TreeModelVolumes that
prevented m_anti_overhang (support blockers) from ever being applied;
skip empty first layer check for belt printers
Commits:
current approach: make a face surface to build supports to
closer!
supports now terminate on shear plane, now need to get shear plane to correct Z height
nearly there
chasing down logic issues still
committing for checkpoint, this still does not work
still got logic problems...
cull support clipping
stashing changes for now. Going to focus on getting the global shear OFF support generation dialed first.
beginning per object shear calcs
Local shear transform is on correct Z offset now
local shear finally works now and needs more testing
global shear works now, needs thorough testing
debugging non-45 degree angles
debugging part 2
supports at all angles work now
remove debug logging
Add belt floor collision to non-organic tree support pipeline
- Integrate belt floor as a collision surface in TreeSupportData so
branches route around the belt naturally, replacing the explicit
termination checks in drop_nodes()
- Add belt extension layers below the object after draw_circles() to
allow support geometry to extend to the diagonal belt surface instead
of terminating at a horizontal first layer
- Fix coordinate overflow in belt floor polygons (scale_(1e4) exceeds
int32), skip first-layer brim expansion for belt printers, and
extend empty first layer check bypass to all belt modes
add debug logging, Z translate for tree supports
still not seeing any cutoff surface yet
adding debug options
attempt #2 at trees
if hit Z buildplate stop but don't set to_buildplate true
getting closer
tree support almost there, just need to get rid of the circles at the beginning
getting closer
belt / shear plane clip works, need to figure out the buidlplate plane issues
more logic, added debugging logs
supports now extend somewhat below Z=0 in global shear mode
fix bad alloc, add 10mm below build plate
fully works now
shear transform + prusa tree support generation works now.
pull out debug logging
- Implement per-object global shear transform in PrintObject with
layer Z-offset calculation, config invalidation, and fix for
shared-object layer optimization breaking copied objects
- Clip support layers to the transformed belt floor plane and begin
work on tree support adaptation for sheared coordinate space
- Improve belt UI: gray out inactive sub-options, add B keyboard
shortcut for G-code viewer design-view toggle, fix mesh clipping
through build plate after shear/scale transform
y' = y + z·cot(α),
while x' = x and z' = z
getting closer to customizable variant
getting closer
X/Y/Z shear initial
clean up UI
add 1/sin(a) transform, idea taken from blackbelt cura plugin
Things work now (turns out I've been using the wrong set of transforms)
- Replace monolithic belt rotation transform with independent per-axis
shear controls (mode/angle/source-axis for X, Y, Z) and G-code axis
remapping, giving full flexibility to match any belt printer's
coordinate system
- Remove all rotation mode logic and intermediate type+axes dropdowns,
simplifying the pipeline to pure shear matrices while preserving the
default behavior (Y += Z*cot(45deg) with identity remap)
- Clean up GCodeWriter, GCodeProcessor, and GCodeViewer for the new
shear-only model; expose 12 new settings in printer UI via
Tab.cpp/Preset.cpp
Implement belt printer tilted slicing
Implement the core belt slicing pipeline that makes the slicer
tilt-aware:
Step 1: GCodeWriter::to_machine_coords() - R(+alpha, X) rotation
from slicing frame to machine frame
Step 2: PrintObject - belt-rotated object height calculation
(y*sin(a) + z*cos(a)) for correct layer count
Step 3: PrintObjectSlice - apply R(-alpha, X) rotation trafo so
horizontal slice planes correspond to belt-parallel planes,
with Z-shift computed from model volumes
Step 4: GCodeProcessor - machine-frame preview (no transform needed)
Step 5: 3DBed - rotate bed visualization about X by belt angle
Fix: belt surface IS the build plate, no mesh rotation
Currently still slicing perpendicular to the belt normal. Need to figure out why.
Fix G-code Z sign: use R(-alpha, X) so Z+ is away from belt
The previous R(+alpha, X) transform produced negative Z values
(-y*sin(a) term dominated). Changed to R(-alpha, X) which gives
machine_z = y*sin(a) + z*cos(a), always positive for points
above the belt surface. Z increases with each layer as expected.
reverting and changing slice methodology
Add pink slicing direction arrow from origin
Shows the effective slicing direction (gantry normal) as a pink
arrow from the origin. Shorter and wider than the gravity arrow.
Direction: R(+alpha, X) * Z = (0, -sin(a), cos(a)), which is
the layer stacking direction in the original mesh frame.
Fix slicing arrow visibility and add raw G-code toggle
- Disable depth test for pink slicing arrow so it renders on top of
the tilted bed geometry (was being occluded)
- Remove unnecessary 5mm Z-offset from arrow position
- Add m_belt_show_raw toggle to GCodeViewer
- Add "Show raw G-code (slicing frame)" checkbox in legend when
belt mode is active
Implement to_machine_coords inverse rotation for belt printer G-code
The slicing pipeline rotates the mesh by R(-alpha, X) and shifts Z to
start at 0. The G-code output now undoes this transform via
to_machine_coords: R(+alpha, X) * T(0,0,+z_shift), recovering the
original machine-frame coordinates where Y is horizontal and Z is
vertical.
Changes:
- GCodeWriter: implement to_machine_coords with inverse rotation + Z-shift
- GCodeWriter: add belt_z_shift member and setter/getter
- GCode.cpp: compute Z-shift from print objects (same logic as
PrintObjectSlice) and pass to writer; write z_shift to G-code header
- GCodeProcessor: parse belt_z_shift from G-code header
- GCodeViewer: store belt_z_shift from processor result
Wire raw G-code toggle to apply slicing-frame view transform
When "Show raw G-code (slicing frame)" is checked in the preview
legend, the view matrix is modified to apply R(-alpha, X) * T(0,0,-z_shift)
to the toolpath rendering. This shows the G-code as it was during
slicing: rotated part with horizontal layers.
Default (unchecked): machine-frame view — upright part with tilted layers.
Remove belt printer placeholder comment from GCodeProcessor
The preview now correctly displays machine-frame G-code with the
optional raw view toggle. No transform is needed in the processor.
- 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
- Add BeltBackTransform class that inverts the shear/scale matrix and
applies it in GCodeWriter::to_machine_coords() so G-code outputs in
the machine's physical coordinate space, gated by new
belt_gcode_back_transform config option
- Extend belt floor clipping to all three tree support pipelines
(Prusa-style, Orca organic, TreeModelVolumes) with per-layer polygon
clipping, anti-overhang integration, and belt raft extension layers
- Fix tree drop_nodes() belt termination, organic support global Z
offset, collision calculation index bug, and first-layer brim/empty
layer checks for belt printers
two-shot - first build built but didn't plumb to UI. Woah.
add pre-slice axis remap, because Y needs to be Z
going to change tactic and move based on bbox min
switch to per axis snapping
per axis swap snap now per object
build plate tilt wasn't invalidating slicer settings
support upper bound now correct, need to get lower bound corrected
axis swapped support termination corrected
Z Shear works with and without pre-slice remap now
- Fix support clipping z-shift calculation by removing coordinate-space
mismatch and sync belt_floor_z_shift with global_z_offset; fix
invalidation so posSupportMaterial no longer resets slicing params
- Add belt floor polygon clipping to non-organic tree support
(slim/strong/hybrid) with collision surface integration in
TreeSupportData, belt extension layers, and first-layer brim
suppression
- Add belt floor clipping to organic tree support pipeline with virtual
belt raft layers, per-layer polygons in TreeModelVolumes, and
post-generation layer trimming; fix pre-existing processing_last_mesh
bug in calculateCollision()
Fix belt floor support clipping: z-shift, invalidation, and global offset
- Fix support clipping z-shift calculation by removing coordinate-space
mismatch (raw_bounding_box min.z vs trafo_centered m_belt_min_z) and
sync belt_floor_z_shift with global_z_offset in global shear mode
- Fix invalidation so posSupportMaterial no longer resets slicing params,
preventing the exact posSlice z-shift from being overwritten by the
bounding-box approximation on support-only setting changes
- Remove double-counting of global z_offset on support layers — support
already inherits the offset from object layers during generation
This Work Was Co-Authored-By Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
UI: gray out inactive belt sub-options, rename to mesh transforms, move to Advanced
Fix mesh clipping through build plate after belt shear/scale transform
Generalize G-code viewer designed-view toggle for full belt transform
Clip support layers to transformed belt floor plane
Supports below the tilted build plate (Z = shear_factor * from_axis - min_z)
are now clipped via half-plane intersection after generation. Belt floor
parameters stored in SlicingParameters and populated in both update_slicing_parameters()
and the static slicing_parameters() overload.
Make belt G-code viewer toggle more prominent, add B keyboard shortcut
- Add separator + teal "Belt Printer" header in legend panel
- Append [B] hint to checkbox label
- Add B key shortcut in GLCanvas3D to toggle designed/machine view
- Read belt_printer_angle from loaded G-code headers to enable belt view
Add per-axis global transform option for belt printer shear
New belt_shear_{x,y,z}_global bool configs. When enabled, shear incorporates
instance shift so objects at different bed positions get position-aware
transform (Z += factor * instance_shift_on_from_axis).
Fix global shear: use layer Z offset instead of mesh transform, add config invalidation
- Global shear offset applied as post-slicing layer print_z adjustment
instead of mesh transform (which was absorbed by min_z normalization
or shifted mesh out of slice range)
- Register all belt transform options in Print::invalidate_state_by_config_options
to trigger posSlice re-slicing (the fallback only invalidated Print steps,
not PrintObject steps — belt changes had no effect without manual re-slice)
- Belt gcode remap options added to steps_gcode (gcode-export only)
- Skip empty-first-layer check for belt objects with global Z offset
WIP: split instances for global shear, relative Z offsets, debug logging
- PrintApply: when belt global mode active, prevent instance grouping by
adding unique Z perturbation to trafo — each copy becomes its own
PrintObject with independent layers
- PrintObjectSlice: compute global Z offset relative to minimum Y shift
across all PrintObjects (lowest-Y object stays at Z=0)
- Debug logging (warning level) for belt global shift values and offsets
Known issues:
- Cached posSlice results cause stale offsets when mixing copies with
individually-added objects — need to compute min baseline outside slice()
- Supports still generate to Z=0 instead of object's global Z offset
Fix global shear for copied objects: disable shared-object layer optimization
When belt global Z shear is active, each object needs unique layer Z
values based on its bed position. The shared-object optimization was
causing copies to reuse the source object's layers (and its Z offset)
instead of computing their own position-based offset.
started work on getting supports to work properly
one step forward, one step back
this version didn't quite work. Getting somewhere though
about to add UI controllable tests
added configuration options for supports
tweak CLAUDE.md to be more aggressive for my machine. This commit should probably be pulled out before contributing upstream
still chasing down some bugs
moving objects between slices no longer results in improper Z-height because of caching
added more data to the debug logs
Z offset is getting more global again
still not quite there, I think there's a fundamental logic flaw?
hunting for bugs
finally have a functional fix
Add belt floor clipping to tree supports (organic and non-organic)
- Add belt floor polygon clipping to non-organic tree support
(slim/strong/hybrid) in draw_circles() and terminate nodes at the
belt surface instead of the horizontal build plate
- Add belt floor clipping to organic tree support pipeline with virtual
belt raft layers for sub-floor branch generation, per-layer belt
floor polygons in TreeModelVolumes, and post-generation layer trimming
- Fix pre-existing processing_last_mesh bug in TreeModelVolumes that
prevented m_anti_overhang (support blockers) from ever being applied;
skip empty first layer check for belt printers
Commits:
current approach: make a face surface to build supports to
closer!
supports now terminate on shear plane, now need to get shear plane to correct Z height
nearly there
chasing down logic issues still
committing for checkpoint, this still does not work
still got logic problems...
cull support clipping
stashing changes for now. Going to focus on getting the global shear OFF support generation dialed first.
beginning per object shear calcs
Local shear transform is on correct Z offset now
local shear finally works now and needs more testing
global shear works now, needs thorough testing
debugging non-45 degree angles
debugging part 2
supports at all angles work now
remove debug logging
Add belt floor collision to non-organic tree support pipeline
- Integrate belt floor as a collision surface in TreeSupportData so
branches route around the belt naturally, replacing the explicit
termination checks in drop_nodes()
- Add belt extension layers below the object after draw_circles() to
allow support geometry to extend to the diagonal belt surface instead
of terminating at a horizontal first layer
- Fix coordinate overflow in belt floor polygons (scale_(1e4) exceeds
int32), skip first-layer brim expansion for belt printers, and
extend empty first layer check bypass to all belt modes
add debug logging, Z translate for tree supports
still not seeing any cutoff surface yet
adding debug options
attempt #2 at trees
if hit Z buildplate stop but don't set to_buildplate true
getting closer
tree support almost there, just need to get rid of the circles at the beginning
getting closer
belt / shear plane clip works, need to figure out the buidlplate plane issues
more logic, added debugging logs
supports now extend somewhat below Z=0 in global shear mode
fix bad alloc, add 10mm below build plate
fully works now
shear transform + prusa tree support generation works now.
pull out debug logging
- Implement per-object global shear transform in PrintObject with
layer Z-offset calculation, config invalidation, and fix for
shared-object layer optimization breaking copied objects
- Clip support layers to the transformed belt floor plane and begin
work on tree support adaptation for sheared coordinate space
- Improve belt UI: gray out inactive sub-options, add B keyboard
shortcut for G-code viewer design-view toggle, fix mesh clipping
through build plate after shear/scale transform
y' = y + z·cot(α),
while x' = x and z' = z
getting closer to customizable variant
getting closer
X/Y/Z shear initial
clean up UI
add 1/sin(a) transform, idea taken from blackbelt cura plugin
Things work now (turns out I've been using the wrong set of transforms)
- Replace monolithic belt rotation transform with independent per-axis
shear controls (mode/angle/source-axis for X, Y, Z) and G-code axis
remapping, giving full flexibility to match any belt printer's
coordinate system
- Remove all rotation mode logic and intermediate type+axes dropdowns,
simplifying the pipeline to pure shear matrices while preserving the
default behavior (Y += Z*cot(45deg) with identity remap)
- Clean up GCodeWriter, GCodeProcessor, and GCodeViewer for the new
shear-only model; expose 12 new settings in printer UI via
Tab.cpp/Preset.cpp
Implement belt printer tilted slicing
Implement the core belt slicing pipeline that makes the slicer
tilt-aware:
Step 1: GCodeWriter::to_machine_coords() - R(+alpha, X) rotation
from slicing frame to machine frame
Step 2: PrintObject - belt-rotated object height calculation
(y*sin(a) + z*cos(a)) for correct layer count
Step 3: PrintObjectSlice - apply R(-alpha, X) rotation trafo so
horizontal slice planes correspond to belt-parallel planes,
with Z-shift computed from model volumes
Step 4: GCodeProcessor - machine-frame preview (no transform needed)
Step 5: 3DBed - rotate bed visualization about X by belt angle
Fix: belt surface IS the build plate, no mesh rotation
Currently still slicing perpendicular to the belt normal. Need to figure out why.
Fix G-code Z sign: use R(-alpha, X) so Z+ is away from belt
The previous R(+alpha, X) transform produced negative Z values
(-y*sin(a) term dominated). Changed to R(-alpha, X) which gives
machine_z = y*sin(a) + z*cos(a), always positive for points
above the belt surface. Z increases with each layer as expected.
reverting and changing slice methodology
Add pink slicing direction arrow from origin
Shows the effective slicing direction (gantry normal) as a pink
arrow from the origin. Shorter and wider than the gravity arrow.
Direction: R(+alpha, X) * Z = (0, -sin(a), cos(a)), which is
the layer stacking direction in the original mesh frame.
Fix slicing arrow visibility and add raw G-code toggle
- Disable depth test for pink slicing arrow so it renders on top of
the tilted bed geometry (was being occluded)
- Remove unnecessary 5mm Z-offset from arrow position
- Add m_belt_show_raw toggle to GCodeViewer
- Add "Show raw G-code (slicing frame)" checkbox in legend when
belt mode is active
Implement to_machine_coords inverse rotation for belt printer G-code
The slicing pipeline rotates the mesh by R(-alpha, X) and shifts Z to
start at 0. The G-code output now undoes this transform via
to_machine_coords: R(+alpha, X) * T(0,0,+z_shift), recovering the
original machine-frame coordinates where Y is horizontal and Z is
vertical.
Changes:
- GCodeWriter: implement to_machine_coords with inverse rotation + Z-shift
- GCodeWriter: add belt_z_shift member and setter/getter
- GCode.cpp: compute Z-shift from print objects (same logic as
PrintObjectSlice) and pass to writer; write z_shift to G-code header
- GCodeProcessor: parse belt_z_shift from G-code header
- GCodeViewer: store belt_z_shift from processor result
Wire raw G-code toggle to apply slicing-frame view transform
When "Show raw G-code (slicing frame)" is checked in the preview
legend, the view matrix is modified to apply R(-alpha, X) * T(0,0,-z_shift)
to the toolpath rendering. This shows the G-code as it was during
slicing: rotated part with horizontal layers.
Default (unchecked): machine-frame view — upright part with tilted layers.
Remove belt printer placeholder comment from GCodeProcessor
The preview now correctly displays machine-frame G-code with the
optional raw view toggle. No transform is needed in the processor.
- 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
harrierpigeon