Z axis - PrusaSlicer

RE: Z axis

Sembazuru — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:49:21 +0000

Advanced tip. If you have something you want printed that needs supports on the bottom few layers (like a sphere or other curved bottom edges) but don't want to waste plastic on a dense raft, you can add a primitive shape (I usually use a cube out of habit) as a part, and then use that as the bed anchor to lift the object you intend to print up enough so the bottom supports work well. I usually scale the shape down smaller than the nozzle diameter so it doesn't print, but I doubt that is really necessary. Instead of the primitive shape, you could use another object that needs to be printed that will print fine directly on the bed as your bed anchor as well.

RE: Z axis

SnowEagle — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 12:14:56 +0000

Thanks!! That worked Great.

RE: Z axis

Sembazuru — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:54:25 +0000

Instead of loading the second part as a separate object, add it as another part to the first.

RE: Z axis

Thomas Lynch — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:20:41 +0000

As far as I know this is not something you can do within the Slicer.

You would have to do this in your CAD program when you designed the object then send it to the slicer.

If you are trying to do this with a couple of STL files you found then not won't work.

Tom

Z axis

SnowEagle — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:03:05 +0000

I have two parts on the base, I want to raise one to sit it onto the other. I'm unable to raise one object off the plate, it always drops back. So I cannot move it over to place it on top of the other.

Or is there a way to raise one off the base and I can slide the other one under it.

I load one object then the other which centers them over each other, but when I raise one up it drops back the the base.

Hope I have explained what I'm trying to do, or can I turn off snap to base on one of the objects.