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cryptomilk
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How to print something like a skirt on the print bed after resuming from a pause?

Hi,

I have a project where I pause the printer to add some nuts into the print and resume the print. Before resuming, I would like to print a few lines on the print bed like a skirt before I continue. You can see that the layer after resuming isn't the nicest.

I think a few lines near the nozzle cleaning area would be nice, I could move the model away from this area to avoid any collisions.

Has someone already done this before?

Posted : 11/03/2025 11:40 am
Staldy
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RE: How to print something like a skirt on the print bed after resuming from a pause?

Hello,

Personally, in this situation, I add a skirt with the height of where I need to resume the print, so the printer starts with the skirt before continuing with the printed object. I often do this with the Prusa Mini+.

Posted : 11/03/2025 1:50 pm
FoxRun3D
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RE: How to print something like a skirt on the print bed after resuming from a pause?

Or print a second object next to the main object. For something like this I often use a small cube, essentially a mini wipe tower. You may have to experiment with placement on the sheet and positioning in the parts list to make sure it prints before the main part. I haven't figured out the rules PrusaSlicer follows in that respect.

Formerly known on this forum as @fuchsr -- until all hell broke loose with the forum software...

Posted : 11/03/2025 2:38 pm
cryptomilk
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Topic starter answered:
RE: How to print something like a skirt on the print bed after resuming from a pause?

Thanks for the suggestions, I will try it with a skirt. However while trying to add one for the shape, I discovered a bug:

https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/issues/14266

I looked at the code but didn't understand how these values are added to that small menu.

Posted : 12/03/2025 6:31 am
Staldy
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RE: How to print something like a skirt on the print bed after resuming from a pause?

You should go to the print settings menu: https://help.prusa3d.com/article/skirt-and-brim_133969

Posted : 12/03/2025 7:00 am
cryptomilk
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Topic starter answered:
RE: How to print something like a skirt on the print bed after resuming from a pause?

I know, but on a multi bed project I don't want a skirt with 19 layers around every shape and obviously it should be possible else the setting you can add would be named "Brim", but it is named "Skirt and brim" 😉

Posted : 12/03/2025 7:10 am
FoxRun3D
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RE: How to print something like a skirt on the print bed after resuming from a pause?

Why there's no skirt option, no idea, But if you really want to try it, you can fake one by adding a cylinder object to the plate, add a negative volume slightly smaller in the x and y to it to cut out the middle, and place it around your main object. 

Formerly known on this forum as @fuchsr -- until all hell broke loose with the forum software...

Posted : 12/03/2025 10:33 am
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