Difference between revisions of "SETTINGS/Filament/Retraction/While Printing/Length on Move"

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{{Migrated|slice-settings/filament/retraction#retract-length}}
 
{{Slice Settings
 
{{Slice Settings
  
|The distance filament will reverse before each [[Slice Settings/Filament/Filament/Retraction/Minimum Travel Requiring Retraction|qualifying non-print move]].|*millimeters (mm)
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|The distance filament will reverse before each [[Settings/Filament/Retraction/While Printing/Minimum Travel Requiring Retraction|qualifying non-print move]].|*millimeters (mm)
  
 
Can be zero.
 
Can be zero.
  
== [[Custom GCode Variables|Custom GCode Variable]] ==
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== [[Custom G-Code Variables|Custom G-Code Variable]] ==
  
 
<code>retract_length</code>|
 
<code>retract_length</code>|
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=== mm ===
 
=== mm ===
  
In this example, filament will reverse 6.8 mm before travelling 20 mm or more.}}
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In this example, filament will reverse 4.5 mm before travelling 1.5 mm or more.}}

Latest revision as of 18:49, 8 April 2019

Merge

Migrating: For MatterControl 2.0 the MatterControl documentation is moving to matterhackers.com/mattercontrol/support/.
This page is in the process of being migrated. It's new home will be matterhackers.com/mattercontrol/support/slice-settings/filament/retraction#retract-length.

A screenshot of the Length on Move setting as seen in MatterControl's SETTINGS pane.

Function

The distance filament will reverse before each qualifying non-print move.

Parameters

  • millimeters (mm)

Can be zero.

Custom G-Code Variable

retract_length

Example(s)

mm

In this example, filament will reverse 4.5 mm before travelling 1.5 mm or more.

Length on Move-ss-ex.png