Widen will widen the outside edges away from the inside edges, so that the outsides will be at least two edge widths away from the insides and therefore the outside filaments will not overlap the inside filaments.
For example, if a mug has a very thin wall, widen would widen the outside of the mug so that the wall of the mug would be two edge widths wide, and the outside wall filament would not overlap the inside filament.
For another example, if the outside of the object runs right next to a hole, widen would widen the wall around the hole so that the wall would bulge out around the hole, and the outside filament would not overlap the hole filament.
The widen manual page is at:
http://fabmetheus.crsndoo.com/wiki/index.php/Skeinforge_Widen
Operation
Examples
Operation
The default 'Activate Widen' checkbox is off. When it is on, widen will work, when it is off, nothing will be done.
Examples
The following examples widen the file Screw Holder Bottom.stl. The examples are run in a terminal in the folder which contains Screw Holder Bottom.stl and widen.py.
> python widen.py
This brings up the widen dialog.
> python widen.py Screw Holder Bottom.stl
The widen tool is parsing the file:
Screw Holder Bottom.stl
..
The widen tool has created the file:
.. Screw Holder Bottom_widen.gcode
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