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Generate G-Code for Perimeter only

Posted by b2boarder 
Generate G-Code for Perimeter only
October 27, 2016 09:09AM
Here's what I'm trying to do...

Step 1: Lay down a few layers of filament with extruder 1.

Step 2: Come back with a cutting tool (extruder 2?) and and run it along the perimeter of the layers that I just had layed out.

How would I generate code for only the perimeter of the first layers that I layed down in step 1?
Re: Generate G-Code for Perimeter only
October 28, 2016 12:23AM
Ambitious. The software isn't designed for this but you might be able to slice twice and manually combine the gcode. Settings for the second slice would be:

Custom STL with the profiles offset in X and Y (adding material) by half the diameter of your cutter
No-extrusion gcode style
One perimeter, 0% infill
Microscopic but nonzero external perimeter extrusion width (Zero would set it to automatic)

You might have to add a G1 to some specific X and Y coordinates that put the cutter on the same side of the part as the perimeter start so the travel move at the beginning doesn't cross the part.
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