Can someone explain me the adaptive layer high feature?
I know you can press on the adaptive button and set a small number for more details and a high number for more speed.
But I don’t get what exactly the radius button and the numbers there do.
The bambu wiki isn’t really helpful at this.
Variable layer height function | Prusa Knowledge Base (prusa3d.com) is a better explanation, and the implementation is the same (though Bambu Studio doesn’t display as much info.)
Thank you.
But there they say if I understand it right that a higher radius smooth even more.
But how the two “smooth options” play together?
In the upper slider I can select quality and the radius slider is also quality?
That’s what I don’t get at the moment.
Adaptative button : make an automatice graph of layer height based on “slope” and the value at the right define its “power”
Smooth button : make a smooth on this curve and the value at the right also define the smoothing power
You can use right and left mouse buttons on height layer graph to manually adjust it
I’m using the adaptive layer height a lot and may be able to simplify your understanding on how to use it
When you click on the icon the values presented are for fine tuning so until you get used to them leave the default numbers alone (for now)
On the right hand side of the screen you will see a bar running upwards, hover your curser over it and as you move the curser alone on the bar you will see on the model the position you are at
If you hold the left mouse button down this will decrease the layer height, optionally you can click in increments (that’s one of the values in the adaptive layer menu you can adjust, like I stated previously you can play with that another time)
When you do the same thing with the curser over the bar but use the right mouse button the layer height increases either by holding the mouse button down or clicking it for individual steps
When I want a print with larger layer heights but print clean overhangs (say a .28mm layer height) then I’ll go to adaptive layer height, move the curser to the location I would like to decrease the layer height then hold the left mouse button and move the curser up the bar watching the model to see where the changes have been made
Green is a lower layer height, the darker the green the lower the layer height
Orange or amber is increasing the layer height
I hope this makes sense regarding the basics on how to use the adaptive layer height option
Once you get the hang of it this option is a game changer for speed and quality
I could be nice if this feature was a little more controllable. The right and left click to control the graph on the right is clumsy at best. Vector points with handles like the Pen tool would be much more usable and precise. Each point could be displayed on the model for easy of use too.