The Brim and Raft path effect applied to a sample shape
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Brim and Raft

Keep a tall print stuck to the bed with outward brim rings plus a cross hatched raft extending a set margin past the footprint.

FamilyToolpaths
Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Brim lines0 to 20, default 4
  2. Raft margin2 to 150, default 24
  3. Raft pitch2 to 80, default 10

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