To help users make the most of the dual extrusion model and IDEX printing, Luban has developed the mesh painting features, which allows designers to apply any two colors or any two materials on a single model, and accurately specify the areas where colors/materials are applied.
Specifically, it includes two tools: Smart Fill and Brush.
For dual-color or dual-material slicing guide, please refer to - Dual-color or Dual-material Slicing Guide.
¶ Smart Fill
The models are composed of various triangles, based on the angle of the triangles around the clicked area, Smart Fill tool can automatically select and paint the triangles within the angular tolerance that you set. As you hover the mouse above the model, you will get a real-time preview of the automatically detected region to paint.
With smaller angle tolerance, sharp borders can be detected, thus smaller areas will be selected. With bigger angle tolerance, it will be more "tolerant" with the the borders, thus bigger areas will be selected and painted.
In terms of shortcut operations, it supports numbers 1 and 2 to switch color selection quickly.
¶ Brush
- Brush tool allows you to manually select the areas that you would like to paint.
Triangles are selected based on the triangles and angular tolerances that the spherical brushes come in contact with.
¶ How to clear mesh painting
In object list, there is the "Quick Clear Mesh Painting" tool, you can use it to quickly remove or reset the mesh painting effects.
Only when you have applied mesh painting operation to an object, this tool is available.
