Does a slicer need more than 0.01mm accuracy? I am considering writing my own.
Always provide more accuracy than you need as the mechanics and g code interpreter math will eat some of it up.
Else than for STereoLithography though, no printer will be more than 0.1mm resolution though, right? That is why I put it at 0.01mm accuracy for my guess.
@NathanielStenzel positional accuracy of Ultimaker 2 is 25 microns. While the printer can’t make features this small, it could make curves which are precisely located in the space (assuming reasonable speed and the printer being calibrated).
0.025 is still larger than 0.01, but not by an order of magnitude.
Btw, if your question comes from your desire to use voxels instead of polygons, just go for it.
@Ivan_Krasin Close, but voxels are clunky pixelated things.
If you are going to invest your time in writing a significant piece of code like this then don’t limit its flexibility. I would base it on microns on the assumption that someone might use it for a process you have not yet considered.
@Neil_Darlow At this point in time, the resolution does not mean as much and at any rate I would have it just defaulted to 0.01mm resolution and adjustable.
Stereolithography printers can exceed 0.1mm especially in the z axis. I’ve seen 25 micron or better for some.