Pro Tips: ( The Selective Placment of Brims ) By Swiss_Cheese  

RE: Pro Tips: ( The Selective Placment of Brims ) By Swiss_Cheese

This actually would have been really helpful just the other day as I was trying to figure out how to do exactly this! The solution I came up wasn't quite as elegant, but a similar idea as what this guy showed.

The first thing that occurred to me, though (which PrusaSlicer does not allow for whatever reason), was to simply apply brim with a modifier shape. Then all you'd have to do is place the modifier over any area where you want brim, then let the slicer apply your desired brim width only on that area without having to worry about the actual shape or size of the brim object. Covered=Brim. Not covered=No brim. Easy. You could also do the reverse; turn the global brim on and use modifiers to remove brim from select areas like inside corners. This would be so much simpler than either my method or the one shown in the video. It certainly wouldn't take 30 minutes to thoroughly explain, that's for sure.

I'm assuming there's some technical reason why brims can only be applied to whole objects, and not to parts or modifiers. It would be a really useful feature, though.

RE: Pro Tips: ( The Selective Placment of Brims ) By Swiss_Cheese

@jcote490

I thought Modifiers would have been the way to go also, but after learning what this guy had to teach, I realized that his way is much more powerful and also easier to use than the Modifier would be. 

Modifiers have to be added to specific Objects, that means that you would have to select each Object and then select its Modifier and it would only apply the brim to that Objects parts. The way it was shown in the video you can just import these after you make them the first time, and they will apply to any object on the platter or even multiple Objects at once! as long as the Objects were told they were allowed to have a brim. Not only that but you can just grab them right on the platter and move them around, turn them on and off, set them aside without slicer telling you it can’t print because part of an Object is outside the build area.

I guess everyone has their own way to look at things, I was happy to give 30 minutes of my life to learn this. I would even have paid for this type of information.

This is a "really useful feature"

I’d like to see more.

RE: Pro Tips: ( The Selective Placment of Brims ) By Swiss_Cheese

Good old Swiss_Cheese... we sorely miss him...