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significantly higher chance of detecting a problem

when it occurs. How you set up your camera has

a huge impact on her success. Top tips:

• Clear view Put the camera where it can

see most of the print volume and not much

background clutter. You can mount it to the

print bed (Figure

E

) or to the frame (Figure

F

)

somewhere it won’t be blocked by the extruder

(Figure

G

). Avoid mounting to the extruder.

• Camera angle The Detective can work with

almost any camera angle, even straight down,

but she does a slightly better job at detecting

failures when the camera is mounted on the

side, slightly looking down about 15 degrees.

• Lighting Eliminate ...