Add plate
add_plateAdd an empty build plate so parts can print separately, returning its 0-based index for moving objects and selecting plates. Fails while slicing or at the plate limit.
Instructions
Add an empty plate, like the toolbar's Add plate button, so parts can print separately.
Returns the new plate's 0-based index for move_object_to_plate and select_plate.
Use it when parts should print separately: load them, add a plate, move the second part across with move_object_to_plate, then select_plate and slice each one. A plate cannot be added while a slice is running (409) or at the build's plate limit (422). On OrcaSlicer 2.5, the 2nd, 5th and 10th plates widen the plate grid, which clears every plate's slice result, as the toolbar button does: slice again afterwards.
Tool call template
This tool declares no required parameters. Add optional parameters from the input schema as needed.
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {},
"name": "add_plate"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| select | No | Make the new plate the current one, as the toolbar button does. Pass false to keep working on the plate that is current now. |