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No EXCLUDE_OBJECT_DEFINE on auto towers

Open tiimk opened this issue 11 months ago • 1 comments

Seems like when using the extension to create a tower it doesn't include a "EXCLUDE_OBJECT_DEFINE" as with manually imported items in to cura.

What a normal cura sliced file includes at the start.

;FLAVOR:Marlin
;TIME:1712
;Filament used: 0.987824m
;Layer height: 0.2
;MINX:91.306
;MINY:93.705
;MINZ:0.2
;MAXX:143.696
;MAXY:141.293
;MAXZ:21.05
;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 5.4.0


; Pre-Processed for Cancel-Object support by preprocess_cancellation v0.2.0
; 1 known objects
EXCLUDE_OBJECT_DEFINE NAME=Probe_Retainer_stl CENTER=126.260,118.256 POLYGON=[[92.106,94.505],[92.106,140.493],[142.896,140.493],[142.896,94.505]]

What a autotowersgenerator looks like

;FLAVOR:Marlin
;TIME:4031
;Filament used: 2.351m
;Layer height: 0.2
;MINX:95.695
;MINY:95.695
;MINZ:0.2
;MAXX:139.305
;MAXY:139.305
;MAXZ:68.2
;AutoTowersGenerator: Post-processed by AutoTowersGenerator version 2.6.2
;AutoTowersGenerator: Flow Tower post-processing script version 3.0
;AutoTowersGenerator: Base height = 1.0 mm
;AutoTowersGenerator: Section height = 8.4 mm
;AutoTowersGenerator: Initial printed layer height = 0.2 mm
;AutoTowersGenerator: Printed layer height = 0.2 mm
;AutoTowersGenerator: Relative extrusion = False
;AutoTowersGenerator: Starting flow rate = 85.0%
;AutoTowersGenerator: Flow rate change = -1.0%
;AutoTowersGenerator: Reference flow rate = 87.5%
;AutoTowersGenerator: Enable LCD messages = False
;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 5.4.0

Not super important but would be a nice to have. This is mainly an issue for using this project on my klipper install. https://github.com/kyleisah/Klipper-Adaptive-Meshing-Purging

For the adaptive mesh and purging it requires the object to be defined. So instead of generating a whole bed mesh it defining the object can allow it to generate a smaller more accurate bed mesh for the print region.

tiimk avatar Mar 06 '24 21:03 tiimk

Hmmmm... This is something I have never considered. I'm not sure what it would take to determine the envelope of the autotowers, but it shouldn't be too hard. I'll take a look if I get the chance. Thank you!

kartchnb avatar May 19 '24 15:05 kartchnb