Random Corner Seams

[NekarXenos]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Setting seams to random creates bumps everywhere. Setting it to sharpest corner makes one corner sharper than the others if you are printing a box.

Describe the solution you'd like

What I would like to see is an option for random corner seams, where it makes the seam at a new corner on every layer.

Describe alternatives you've considered

alternatives are random seams, custom seams or sharpest corner.

Affected users and/or printers

It would affect all printers as I'm sure it would help everybody

Additional information & file uploads

No response

[BarsMonster]

I personally like random seam as well, but dream to have an option "not closer than x mm than previous layer" or something like this. Very often random seams match each other for multiple layers and become very visible.

Your proposal looks like "clock-wise seam selection", where each seam should be at least x° (for example, 10°) away from seam location in previous layer. This will make seam circle around the part in systematic way for simpler geometrical prints.

[Asterchades]

I don't understand how this is appreciably different to the existing random seam location option. Random will only ever put the seam on a corner (Z Seam on Vertex is only an option for the Shortest or User Specified seam locations - both Random and Sharpest Corner enforce it), with that corner changing on every layer - exactly what you're proposing a feature should be added to do. I do know there's some issues with the random placement at the moment which causes it to favour one direction on the model but that's already being looked into.

Adding a minimum distance or rotational offset does at least sound like additional functionality, though I question whether it will be beneficial when the random locations have been corrected.

[BarsMonster]

I've just tested and there are still issues with random seam placement in 5.9.0: #8464

Even if it was truly random - sometimes seam will randomly match on sequential layers which will make it more visible. So some way to enforce non-0 distance between seams on sequential layers would help alot.

[NekarXenos]

Rethiniking it, yes clockwise might be better than random.