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Multi-Nozzle Size Orca Mod / Printing with multiple nozzle sizes

Hey, I made a fork for Orca that allows 3D printers to print objects with multiple different nozzle sizes. Currently, it allows different nozzles to be used for applications like printing inner/outer walls, solid/sparse infill, and top/bottom surfaces with different nozzle sizes. You could, for example, print an object with a large nozzle, like 0.8, for the entire body, but you want a better top surface, and you can do the top layer with, let's say, a 0.2 nozzle or whatever you want (see images). I will open a PR later, so hopefully mainline Orca will be able to have the feature too.

My repo is https://github.com/LixNix/OrcaSlicer-multi-nozzle-size-printing

Tutorial on how to build Orca from source can be found at https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/developer_reference/how_to_build

u/L1xN1x — 2 days ago