Looking in the Cura interface, I can set any whole number 0-100 for the infill percentage. Does Cura have an algorithm to calculate a pattern for any of those possible values, or does it have a few patterns where it selects the closest one?
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Does Cura have an algorithm for any infill percentage or does it just have specific patterns?
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There is a option for the infill pattern. It is one of the MAAAAANY by default hidden options in Cura. On the Header of the cathegories there will appear a gear symbol while hovering over the header. By klicking it a window will show up and provides this many options to be shown in the settings, if they were checked.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 11:12
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From what I can see, the only way to change the pattern is the manual way. There is still an open gate to create a plugin that could select the pattern - but that is rather a complex solution - unless you will have a fully automated pipeline
answered Aug 9 '18 at 9:42
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Does Cura have an algorithm for any infill percentage or does it just have specific patterns?
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Looking in the Cura interface, I can set any whole number 0-100 for the infill percentage. Does Cura have an algorithm to calculate a pattern for any of those possible values, or does it have a few patterns where it selects the closest one?
asked Aug 8 '18 at 18:04
Joel Coehoorn
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There is a option for the infill pattern. It is one of the MAAAAANY by default hidden options in Cura. On the Header of the cathegories there will appear a gear symbol while hovering over the header. By klicking it a window will show up and provides this many options to be shown in the settings, if they were checked.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 11:12
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True, and useful, but this doesn't qualify as "an algorithm to calculate a pattern" - Carl Witthoft Aug 9 '18 at 14:06
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