Feature Detection

This brand new (as of the time of this writing) feature can dramatically boost your quality when using Octolapse. It works by matching the speeds within your gcode file to your Octolapse printer profile settings and only allowing snapshots over non-critical print features like infill or inner perimeters. Because of this you must first enter your current slicer settings into your Octolapse printer profile exactly BEFORE using feature detection.

If your printer profile speed settings match your slicer settings (and your current gcode file), these settings will allow you to enable or prevent snapshots from occurring over certain elements. Feature detection works best if every feature is set to a unique speed. If more than one element is printed at the same speed, Octolapse will use the most permissive setting. For example, if you are printing infill and external perimeters at the same speed, but only have enabled 'Infill' within the feature detection, Octolapse will allow snapshots to be taken over both infill and external perimeters (outlines).

If you have auto-cooling enabled, or any other feature that slows (or speeds up) the current layer, Octolapse will not be able to detect features properly on those layers, or may misidentify the feature being printed.

The features that can be detected vary by the slicer type selected within your printer profile, and each feature is named to correspond as closely as possible with the slicer terminology. If you change your slicer, be sure to update the slicer type and settings within your printer profile, and be sure to adjust any feature detection settings you have configured within your snapshot profile.

See the links below for slicer specific details:

• Cura
• Simplify 3D
• Slic3r Prusa Edition
• Other (generic) Slicer