Difference between revisions of "SETTINGS/General/Raft-Priming/Raft/Air Gap"

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|The distance between the first layer and the top of the raft. A good value is typically about half the [[Slice Settings/Printer/Extruder/Extruder X/Nozzle Diameter|extrusion diameter]]. For a 0.4 mm nozzle, a value between 0.0 and 0.2 would be best.|*millimeters (mm)|
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|The distance between the first layer and the top of the raft. A good value is typically about half the [[Settings/Printer/Extruder/Extruder X/Nozzle Diameter|extrusion diameter]]. For a 0.4 mm nozzle, a value between 0.0 and 0.2 would be best.|*millimeters (mm)|
  
 
=== mm ===
 
=== mm ===
  
 
In this example, a 0.2 mm gap will be left between the raft and the first layer.}}
 
In this example, a 0.2 mm gap will be left between the raft and the first layer.}}

Revision as of 14:15, 20 January 2016

A screenshot of the Air Gap setting as seen in MatterControl's SETTINGS pane.

Function

The distance between the first layer and the top of the raft. A good value is typically about half the extrusion diameter. For a 0.4 mm nozzle, a value between 0.0 and 0.2 would be best.

Parameters

  • millimeters (mm)

Example(s)

mm

In this example, a 0.2 mm gap will be left between the raft and the first layer.

Air Gap-ss-ex.png