https://nalar.dev/tags/layer-height/ Recent content in Layer Height on Nalar Hugo en-us Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://nalar.dev/fdm-3d-print-layer-height-detail-surface-finish-time/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://nalar.dev/fdm-3d-print-layer-height-detail-surface-finish-time/ <p>In fused deposition modeling (FDM), layer height is the vertical distance assigned to each deposited layer. A model sliced at 0.20 mm is built from nominally 0.20 mm-high layers; changing that value changes how the slicer discretizes the model along the Z axis.</p> <p>That one setting affects several things at once: curved surfaces become more or less visibly stepped, small vertical features may be represented differently, each extrusion line changes shape, and the printer needs a different number of layers to reach the same height.</p>