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What is the purpose of the skirt/brim that is not even touching the object? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
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My printer (well, PrusaSlicer) always starts with a line around the object I am printing. See (1) in the image. --Why? What does that do?

There is also this line (2) at the front of the bed. --Why? What does that do?

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The line around the object I believe is meant to purge and fill the nozzle. Without it, there's a chance you start printing and a big chunk of your first layer doesn't have any filament.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    The second part is a nozzle cleaning. It wipes the nozzle on a part of the bed that won't be used for printing to get debris off of it before printing. Cura does the same thing on my tevo tornado and actually sends a message saying what it's doing so when I'm logged into reprapfirmware it says "cleaning nozzle"

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