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tslater2006 | 1 year ago

This is correct the last I read about it, but there was a project called ArcWelder that would post-process your gcode and convert the motions to true arcs. The printers today support the arc gcode, but the slicers don't generate them.

https://github.com/FormerLurker/ArcWelderLib

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jepler|1 year ago

arc support may exist but be poor. For example, I recently read prusa's documentation, which states "[G2 and G3 controlled arc move] commands don't propperly work with MBL enabled. The compensation only happens at the end of the move, so avoid long arcs." MBL is mesh bed leveling, an important technology that helps compensate for imperfections in the flatness of the print surface.