Merge overlapping rafts into one

I’m trying to print many technical parts (gears) on one plate quite tightly packed together, so I’m using rafts for these so the very fine first layers are good.

When I enable rafts on Bambu Studio, the software generates the rafts, but when printing, it seems to overlap these, causing the first layers of multiple rafts to overlap(see attached picture).

Surely when slicing & multiple rafts overlap, the slicer should merge these into one, preventing printing a first layer on top of another first layer

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How did you add those rafts? If I go to support and then add 1 layer of raft I get zigzag pattern and you’ve a solid layer? Please reply

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You just need to set 2 layers of raft. It prints a solid layer and then the raft pattern on top

if you select all objects on the plate, right click, then MERGE, it turns the objects into one object, and the raft should not overlap.
one disadvantage is if one starts producing spaghetti on a prior single object, you can’t eliminate that one from the print, you have to eliminate the whole object ( s ). Now, you could maybe merge three objects as a group, and clone the 3-object group, this is a compromise that’s feasible

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