Tutorial 14: Adaptive Textured Print

Go beyond geometry: Adaptive Layers varies layer height from a noise field (per-layer schedule), then Flow Modulate drives per-segment flow from a wave field, with Seam Shift and Travel Optimize polishing the toolpath before G-code—process control in the node graph.

Stacked path with variable layer height and modulated flow preview

What you'll learn

Series (or any PointArray) as field samples for Noise and Wave
Chaining Adaptive Layers → Flow Modulate (values must match segment sampling expectations)
Seam shift in random mode to vary layer starts

Prerequisites

Tutorial 1 and field tutorials (6–7). Read Toolpath category docs for compiler behaviour on flowMultiplier.

Step 1: Field-driven layers

Step 1

Series → Noise → Adaptive Layers

Print Bed → Circle path. A Series of length N feeds Noise Field samples; Noise values → Adaptive Layers field. Set minH / maxH for the layer height range. Path into Adaptive path.

Step 2: Flow, seam, travel

Step 2

Second series → Wave → Flow; then seam and optimize

Series (same count) → Wave Field samples; values → Flow Modulate values with Adaptive toolpath in. Then Seam Shift (e.g. random + seed) and Travel Optimize before Output Toolpath.

Outcome

A richer G-code story than a plain spiral: layer height and extrusion texture from fields.

Load this tutorial

Interactive preview is available in the interactive reader.

What’s Next

Tutorial 15 — full pipeline: Revolve mesh + Contour Slice + Spiralize G-code with dual output.