Extruder Count

< SETTINGS‎ | Printer‎ | Features‎ | Hardware
Revision as of 12:56, 20 January 2016 by MatterHackers (Talk | contribs) (MatterHackers moved page Slice Settings/Printer/Features/Hardware/Extruder Count to Settings/Printer/Features/Hardware/Extruder Count without leaving a redirect)

A screenshot of the Extruder Count setting as seen in MatterControl's SETTINGS pane.

Function

The number of extruders the printer has.

This value affects several parts of the application:

  • how many material preset menus are available
  • a value greater than 1 shows the Materials section in 3D View.
  • a section for each extruder's specifications is shown under the Extruder subcategory.

Parameters

  • count

Example(s)

count

In this example, the printer has two extruders.

Extruder Count-ss-ex.png