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"Thick bridging" defaults to enabled but documentation says the default is disabled #14181

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jf-uu opened this issue Feb 21, 2025 · 0 comments
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jf-uu commented Feb 21, 2025

Description of the bug

"Thick bridging" is enabled by default:

def = this->add("thick_bridges", coBool);
def->label = L("Thick bridges");
def->category = L("Layers and Perimeters");
def->tooltip = L("If enabled, bridges are more reliable, can bridge longer distances, but may look worse. "
"If disabled, bridges look better but are reliable just for shorter bridged distances.");
def->mode = comAdvanced;
def->set_default_value(new ConfigOptionBool(true));

But the documentation on prusa3d.com implies this is the "old" behaviour and should be disabled by default:

For historical reasons, PrusaSlicer used to print bridges with extremely thick lines. This makes bridging very reliable and lets you bridge longer distances, but they didn’t look good. The new default behavior uses your current layer height for bridging, making bridging reliable for shorter distances but looking significantly better. This is the strategy that most modern slicers use. You can switch to the old behavior by enabling the Thick Bridges option. Since the first solid layer above supports uses the bridging settings, this change also has a big impact on how supported overhangs look.

Project file & How to reproduce

Note that "thick bridging" is enabled by default.

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  • Project file
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Version of PrusaSlicer

2.9.0

Operating system

NixOS 25.05

Printer model

Voron v0.2

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