[Aquilla S2 N32] What is the Mesh inset -> Min X/Y & Max X/Y?

[Twinki14]

How should they be configured?

All I can find on the wiki is that only the Maximum Area then Center Area should be used, but what do the 4 settings do?

Is the Max X/Y calculated for me based on the probe offset already, or do I need to configure it myself?

[classicrocker883]

so basically the mesh area is used when printing with your probe (BL touch, ect) or without (Manual Mesh).
this is mainly for beds that aren't perfectly flat. I mean you can still print on a warped bed.

the goal is to be able to have the probe (or nozzle for Manual Mesh) to reach as much as the bed as possible.
However... sometimes that may not be possible if say a bed clip is in the way. so this is where Mesh Inset Setting comes in.

If you have like a PEI sheet or no bed clips or something that might get in the way you can use the Max setting.

Center setting basically just helps center/square it up.

Generally, with bed clips, you'll want about 10 or 12mm clearance from the edge or your probe will hit it.

All it does is set the mesh area to help you print your "not so flat" bed.

You can get away with printing without any mesh adjustments at all, but if you do notice the bottom of prints aren't perfect it can be from an unlevel bed or you may need this mesh setting to help.

[Twinki14]

Is it related to the probe X/Y offset at all? Should I just set the Max X/Y to the bed size?

I'm struggling setting up ABL/UBL on my Aquilla S2 as 0,0 is off the bed and requires me to adjust the Physical Min X/Y to get 0,0 onto the front left corner. I've had to set them to -10 for both.

My mesh inset is 0,0 min X/Y and 220 max x/y, but some other guides suggest adjusting the max x/y based on the probe offset. (-54.1 x for example would mean 165.9 max x)

But after adjusting both (I've tried without adjusting my mesh inset max x/y too) my ABL/UBL get's quite thrown off and I go from fairly consistent initial layers to extremely inconsistent initial layers (I did make sure to auto build mesh again after adjusting Min X/Y)

Here's a calibration print with the following mesh inset & probe settings.

Physical Min X: -10
Physical Min Y: -10
Probe X Offset: -54.1
Probe Y Offset: -3.9
Mesh X Max: 165.9
Mesh Y Max: 216.1
Mesh X Min: 0
Mesh Y Min: 0

The far right corners are pretty bad. Understandably as the probe can't really reach those corners, but there's plenty of space that would allow me to "move" the entire printable area all the way to the left of my plate.

How would I go about doing that? I don't quite understand what the mesh inset settings do, or how they relate to the probe offset or physical settings (if they even do)

[classicrocker883]

it appears that you should adjust your Probe Offset. possibly your Physical Min/Max. I usually just leave the Min X/Y at 0. the Probe Offset may need to always been adjusted; the default values may be close.

Note

^^ edited the above sentence ^^

but since it looks too far to the right, try adjusting the Probe Offset farther to the left, so IIRC increase the negativity of the number.

Mesh Inset shouldnt really have anything to do with how the part appears centered on the bed. I would try adjusting the Probe Offsets for X/Y so that it probes exactly in the center of the bed.

theres a couple ways of doing this but for a quick way is take some masking/painters tape and make an + on the bed. a strip going up and down, and left and right, so they cross in the center. take a ruler and measure the center make a DOT like with a marker. when you Home, the probe should bring itself directly in the center / when you select Z offset from the Prepare menu that automatically can help you do that.

then that also brings the nozzle to the center. what you want is the probe AND the nozzle to both be at the center of the bed where the DOT is. if it isnt, adjust the Probe Offset.

thats a quick and dirty way of doing it I suppose, but theres a good video by PrintsLeo3D that does something similar.