Connect Paths (Continuous)
Joins nearby paths end-to-end into a single continuous polyline, eliminating travel moves between them. Only paths whose endpoints are within Max Connect Distance are merged.
Parameters
Connect Paths parameters
Max Connect Distance- Maximum gap between one path's end and the next path's start for them to be merged, in mm. Range 0–100, default 10. Set to 0 to only connect perfectly-coincident endpoints; set high to aggressively fuse everything.
The filter walks the path collection in order, keeping a running polyline. When the next path's start is within Max Connect Distance of the current polyline's end, they're concatenated; otherwise, the current polyline is emitted and a new one starts.
Typical use
- Minimizing travel time — after generators that produce many small segments (like Voronoi Mesh or Grid Lattice).
- Eliminating stringing — merged paths produce one continuous extrusion, reducing retractions and oozing.
- Before export — place at the end of your filter stack to fuse everything just before G-code generation.
Related
- Fabric Sculpt Overview
- Path Optimizer (TSP) filter — reorders paths to be close to each other (ideal to run before Connect Paths).