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Smooth spiral

Also smooth out, sideways, the step from one turn of the spiral to the next, so vases with irregular shapes show no mark at all.

Not always visible. In Bambu Studio this setting only shows up when “Spiral vase” is on. See Spiral vase.

How it works

The spiral climbs continuously, but on shapes that aren't round there's a small sideways step where each turn joins the next. With this option, the slicer turns that join into an arc and the step disappears.

The arc strays a little from the original path, so on vases with sharp edges it can leave a small bump. It works best on shapes with gentle curves.

When to change it

  • An oval or wavy-sided vase where a vertical line shows: turn it on.
  • A faceted vase with sharp edges: try it, but it may make things worse.

Typical values

ValueWhat for
OffDefaultdefault
OnSmooth shapes

Watch out for

Goes well with

Spiral vaseMax XY Smoothing
What Bambu Studio saysits help card, quoted

What Bambu Studio says

Smooth Spiral smoothes out X and Y moves as wellresulting in no visible seam at all, even in the XY directions on walls that are not vertical

Bambu Studio tooltip for this setting · AGPL-3.0

Read more at the official source

This setting on the Bambu Lab wiki
In your profile0.20mm Standard @BBL A1 · No

In Bambu Studio, the profile 0.20mm Standard @BBL A1 sets it toNo

In other slicers

Orca Slicer
Smooth SpiralOthers › Special mode
PrusaSlicer
No clear equivalent.
Cura
Smooth Spiralized ContoursSpecial Modes

Names taken from each program's code (Orca Slicer 2.4.2, PrusaSlicer 2.9.6, Cura 5.13.0). Credits