§ VALIDATION · AMBER

JUMP_DISTANCE_HIGH

The design requires excessive machine travel or trims between stitched regions.

Pathing and operator efficiencyDeterministic rule
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What it means

The design requires excessive machine travel or trims between stitched regions.

Why it matters

Long jumps increase thread waste, operator cleanup, and visible artifacts.

Common triggers

  • fragmented designs
  • far-apart objects with shared colors
  • inefficient layer ordering

Typical fixes

  • reorder objects
  • merge nearby regions
  • simplify travel path

Notes

  • Related to operator burden and COLOR_CHANGE_COMPLEXITY_HIGH.

Plan references

  • plan/05-validation.md
  • plan/58-stories-331-350-validation-expansion.md