Skirt does not seem to be defined or mentioned in the wiki. Anyone know what it is? I know what brim is.
A clothing item that covers from the waist down and traditionally worn by people. They’ve gotten shorter as the years go by.
Kidding, I’m kidding. It’s the line that the printer draws around the item it’s about to print. It primes the nozzles and gets a steady flow going.
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Ooh, thanks so much! (It’s also a cut of beef. :))
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Damn, I noticed yours just before I submitted mine!
A form of dress typically worn by females in western countries.
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Great minds think alike! 
As PrinterMcgee has already told, it’s a line around the print area which primes the nozzle.
I’ll just add, that I used to run with a fairly big skirt (3 rounds) on my OLD printers. With Bambu Lab printers, this isn’t necessary anymore, and the setting could be removed entirely for all I care. We now have both a nozzle wiper and a purge line to do this just fine.
… Or, wait. On second thought: If you’re an AMS user and you know that your last print ended with any other color than white or light grey, and you now have to make a print that will START by using white or light grey, that skirt can save you the hassle of making a manual purge extrusion or tampering with the purge amount.
The reason is that the purge amount at the start of a print isn’t enough to entirely clear the nozzle, and it shows on brighter colors - especially white. Fx. if you ended a print using red, and the next print should start with white, odds are that 1/4 of your first layer will have a light red hue to it, which will gradually vanish. Some 3-4 rounds of skirt lines will take care of that, and it may be easier or less cumbersome for some, to just enable this setting than the alternatives.
way to gender stereotype people.
He did ask what a skirt is, not a kilt.
Where do you guys live, under a rock? Patrick, it’s me, Spongebob.
You’re right, I just fixed mine.
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When it comes to a skirt for large objects how do you know what width to make it?
Skirts are now rarely used as they are something that helped a nozzle purge out material from the previous potential colour, this is no longer required as the printer does this automatically.
Some people may continue to use one because they always have, but, the default slicer option is turned off because it is no longer required.
Thank you, I thought it was still used on large objects to prevent them from lifting / warpping in the cornors
The skirt never touches the model, it would have zero effect on that.
Just in case, are you confusing skirts with brims?
Those are used when the model is unstable during printing and the do touch the model.
They act to stabilise a model and sometimes to dissipate the heat away from corners. The new mouse ears option specifically helps with both of those.
If you meant brims, then yes, there is a need.
Turn on automatic brim and let the browser decide for you if you are unsure.
Thank you and you are correct I was thinking brim and got mixed up I appreciate the feedback. All the best for 2025
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