diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index 01314e924..951180135 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ my $build = Module::Build->new(
         'Getopt::Long'              => '0',
         'Math::Clipper'             => '1.02',
         'Math::ConvexHull'          => '1.0.4',
+        'Math::Geometry::Voronoi'   => '1.3',
         'Math::PlanePath'           => '53',
         'Moo'                       => '0',
         'Time::HiRes'               => '0',
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index ba9b41347..094ece767 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Roadmap includes the following goals:
 
 Sure, it's very usable. Remember that:
 
-* it doesn't currently support single-walled parts (such as thin calibration objects);
 * it doesn't generate support material;
 * it only works well with manifold models (check them with Meshlab or Netfabb or http://cloud.netfabb.com/).
 
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r.pm b/lib/Slic3r.pm
index f0c6813af..246dcb0f7 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package Slic3r;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION = "0.5.8-beta";
+our $VERSION = "0.6.0-beta";
 
 our $debug = 0;
 sub debugf {
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/ExPolygon.pm b/lib/Slic3r/ExPolygon.pm
index eddeac8e3..6dd78cf88 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/ExPolygon.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/ExPolygon.pm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 # an ExPolygon is a polygon with holes
 
+use Math::Geometry::Voronoi;
 use Slic3r::Geometry qw(point_in_polygon X Y A B);
 use Slic3r::Geometry::Clipper qw(union_ex JT_MITER);
 
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ sub new {
     $self;
 }
 
+sub clone {
+    my $self = shift;
+    return (ref $self)->new(map $_->clone, @$self);
+}
+
 sub contour {
     my $self = shift;
     return $self->[0];
@@ -147,4 +153,102 @@ sub area {
     return $area;
 }
 
+# this method only works for expolygons having only a contour or
+# a contour and a hole, and not being thicker than the supplied 
+# width. it returns a polyline or a polygon
+sub medial_axis {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my ($width) = @_;
+    
+    my @self_lines = map $_->lines, @$self;
+    my $expolygon = $self->clone;
+    my @points = ();
+    foreach my $polygon (@$expolygon) {
+        Slic3r::Geometry::polyline_remove_short_segments($polygon, $width / 2);
+        
+        # subdivide polygon segments so that we don't have anyone of them
+        # being longer than $width / 2
+        $polygon->subdivide($width/2);
+        
+        push @points, @$polygon;
+    }
+    
+    my $voronoi = Math::Geometry::Voronoi->new(points => \@points);
+    $voronoi->compute;
+    
+    my @skeleton_lines = ();
+    
+    my $vertices = $voronoi->vertices;
+    my $edges = $voronoi->edges;
+    foreach my $edge (@$edges) {
+        # ignore lines going to infinite
+        next if $edge->[1] == -1 || $edge->[2] == -1;
+        
+        my ($a, $b);
+        $a = $vertices->[$edge->[1]];
+        $b = $vertices->[$edge->[2]];
+        
+        next if !$self->encloses_point($a) || !$self->encloses_point($b);
+        
+        push @skeleton_lines, [$edge->[1], $edge->[2]];
+    }
+    
+    # remove leafs (lines not connected to other lines at one of their endpoints)
+    {
+        my %pointmap = ();
+        $pointmap{$_}++ for map @$_, @skeleton_lines;
+        @skeleton_lines = grep {
+            $pointmap{$_->[A]} >= 2 && $pointmap{$_->[B]} >= 2
+        } @skeleton_lines;
+    }
+    
+    # now build a single polyline
+    my $polyline = [];
+    {
+        my %pointmap = ();
+        foreach my $line (@skeleton_lines) {
+            foreach my $point_id (@$line) {
+                $pointmap{$point_id} ||= [];
+                push @{$pointmap{$point_id}}, $line;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        # start from a point having only one line
+        foreach my $point_id (keys %pointmap) {
+            if (@{$pointmap{$point_id}} == 1) {
+                push @$polyline, grep $_ ne $point_id, map @$_, shift @{$pointmap{$point_id}};
+                last;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        # if no such point is found, pick a random one
+        push @$polyline, shift @{ +(values %pointmap)[0][0] } if !@$polyline;
+        
+        my %visited_lines = ();
+        while (1) {
+            my $last_point_id = $polyline->[-1];
+            
+            shift @{ $pointmap{$last_point_id} }
+                while @{ $pointmap{$last_point_id} } && $visited_lines{$pointmap{$last_point_id}[0]};
+            my $next_line = shift @{ $pointmap{$last_point_id} } or last;
+            $visited_lines{$next_line} = 1;
+            push @$polyline, grep $_ ne $last_point_id, @$next_line;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    # now replace point indexes with coordinates
+    @$polyline = map $vertices->[$_], @$polyline;
+    
+    # cleanup
+    Slic3r::Geometry::polyline_remove_short_segments($polyline, $width / 2);
+    @$polyline = Slic3r::Geometry::Douglas_Peucker($polyline, $width / 100);
+    Slic3r::Geometry::polyline_remove_parallel_continuous_edges($polyline);
+    
+    if (Slic3r::Geometry::same_point($polyline->[0], $polyline->[-1])) {
+        return Slic3r::Polygon->new(@$polyline[0..$#$polyline-1]);
+    } else {
+        return Slic3r::Polyline->cast($polyline);
+    }
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Extruder.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Extruder.pm
index 8bd438312..35f6a3d47 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Extruder.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Extruder.pm
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ sub change_layer {
     return $gcode;
 }
 
+sub extrude {
+    my $self = shift;
+    
+    return $_[0]->isa('Slic3r::ExtrusionLoop')
+        ? $self->extrude_loop(@_)
+        : $self->extrude_path(@_);
+}
+
 sub extrude_loop {
     my $self = shift;
     my ($loop, $description) = @_;
@@ -80,10 +88,10 @@ sub extrude_loop {
     $extrusion_path->clip_end(scale $Slic3r::nozzle_diameter / 2);
     
     # extrude along the path
-    return $self->extrude($extrusion_path, $description);
+    return $self->extrude_path($extrusion_path, $description);
 }
 
-sub extrude {
+sub extrude_path {
     my $self = shift;
     my ($path, $description, $recursive) = @_;
     
@@ -92,7 +100,7 @@ sub extrude {
     # detect arcs
     if ($Slic3r::gcode_arcs && !$recursive) {
         my $gcode = "";
-        $gcode .= $self->extrude($_, $description, 1) for $path->detect_arcs;
+        $gcode .= $self->extrude_path($_, $description, 1) for $path->detect_arcs;
         return $gcode;
     }
     
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/ExtrusionPath.pm b/lib/Slic3r/ExtrusionPath.pm
index fc6919238..592a61638 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/ExtrusionPath.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/ExtrusionPath.pm
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ sub reverse {
     @{$self->points} = reverse @{$self->points};
 }
 
+sub is_printable { 1 }
+
 sub split_at_acute_angles {
     my $self = shift;
     
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Geometry.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Geometry.pm
index bdb9efa03..6652a49d3 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Geometry.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Geometry.pm
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
     polyline_remove_parallel_continuous_edges polyline_remove_acute_vertices
     polygon_remove_acute_vertices polygon_remove_parallel_continuous_edges
     shortest_path collinear scale unscale merge_collinear_lines
-    rad2deg_dir bounding_box_center
+    rad2deg_dir bounding_box_center line_intersects_any
+    polyline_remove_short_segments
 );
 
 use Slic3r::Geometry::DouglasPeucker qw(Douglas_Peucker);
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ sub line_direction {
 sub lines_parallel {
     my ($line1, $line2) = @_;
     
-    return abs(line_atan($line1) - line_atan($line2)) < $parallel_degrees_limit;
+    return abs(line_direction($line1) - line_direction($line2)) < $parallel_degrees_limit;
 }
 
 sub three_points_aligned {
@@ -438,6 +439,14 @@ sub polygon_points_visibility {
     return 1;
 }
 
+sub line_intersects_any {
+    my ($line, $lines) = @_;
+    for (@$lines) {
+        return 1 if line_intersection($line, $_, 1);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 sub line_intersection {
     my ($line1, $line2, $require_crossing) = @_;
     $require_crossing ||= 0;
@@ -676,6 +685,17 @@ sub polygon_remove_acute_vertices {
     return polyline_remove_acute_vertices($points, 1);
 }
 
+sub polyline_remove_short_segments {
+    my ($points, $min_length, $isPolygon) = @_;
+    for (my $i = $isPolygon ? 0 : 1; $i < $#$points; $i++) {
+        if (distance_between_points($points->[$i-1], $points->[$i]) < $min_length) {
+            # we can remove $points->[$i]
+            splice @$points, $i, 1;
+            $i--;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 # accepts an arrayref; each item should be an arrayref whose first
 # item is the point to be used for the shortest path, and the second
 # one is the value to be returned in output (if the second item
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Layer.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Layer.pm
index eab34e029..78ef1c9b8 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Layer.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Layer.pm
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ has 'slices' => (
     default => sub { [] },
 );
 
+# collection of polygons or polylines representing thin walls contained 
+# in the original geometry
+has 'thin_walls' => (is => 'rw', default => sub { [] });
+
 # collection of surfaces generated by offsetting the innermost perimeter(s)
 # they represent boundaries of areas to fill
 has 'fill_boundaries' => (
@@ -160,6 +164,19 @@ sub make_surfaces {
                 ($_, surface_type => 'internal'),
                 $surface->expolygon->offset_ex(-$distance);
         }
+        
+        # now detect thin walls by re-outgrowing offsetted surfaces and subtracting
+        # them from the original slices
+        my $outgrown = Math::Clipper::offset([ map $_->p, @{$self->slices} ], $distance);
+        my $diff = diff_ex(
+            [ map $_->p, @surfaces ],
+            $outgrown,
+        );
+        
+        push @{$self->thin_walls},
+            grep $_,
+            map $_->medial_axis(scale $Slic3r::flow_width),
+            @$diff;
     }
     
     if (0) {
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Perimeter.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Perimeter.pm
index ab58e81d8..ec24c0285 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Perimeter.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Perimeter.pm
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ sub make_perimeter {
     for (@{ $layer->perimeters }) {
         $_->role('small-perimeter') if $_->polygon->area < $Slic3r::small_perimeter_area;
     }
+    
+    # add thin walls as perimeters
+    for (@{ $layer->thin_walls }) {
+        if ($_->isa('Slic3r::Polygon')) {
+            push @{ $layer->perimeters }, Slic3r::ExtrusionLoop->cast($_, role => 'perimeter');
+        } else {
+            push @{ $layer->perimeters }, Slic3r::ExtrusionPath->cast($_->points, role => 'perimeter');
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Point.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Point.pm
index a9bc3ea99..f8d3af071 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Point.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Point.pm
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ sub new {
     return $self;
 }
 
+sub clone {
+    my $self = shift;
+    return (ref $self)->new(@$self);
+}
+
 sub cast {
     my $class = shift;
     if (ref $_[0] eq 'Slic3r::Point') {
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Polygon.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Polygon.pm
index 375037ffc..441b11056 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Polygon.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Polygon.pm
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ sub new {
     $self;
 }
 
+sub clone {
+    my $self = shift;
+    return (ref $self)->new(map $_->clone, @$self);
+}
+
 # legacy method, to be removed when we ditch Slic3r::Polyline::Closed
 sub closed_polyline {
     my $self = shift;
@@ -87,4 +92,26 @@ sub offset {
     return @$offsets;
 }
 
+# this method subdivides the polygon segments to that no one of them
+# is longer than the length provided
+sub subdivide {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my ($max_length) = @_;
+    
+    for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#$self; $i++) {
+        my $len = Slic3r::Geometry::line_length([ $self->[$i-1], $self->[$i] ]);
+        my $num_points = int($len / $max_length) - 1;
+        $num_points++ if $len % $max_length;
+        next unless $num_points;
+        
+        # $num_points is the number of points to add between $i-1 and $i
+        my $spacing = $len / ($num_points + 1);
+        my @new_points = map Slic3r::Geometry::point_along_segment($self->[$i-1], $self->[$i], $spacing * $_),
+            1..$num_points;
+        
+        splice @$self, $i, 0, @new_points;
+        $i += @new_points;
+    }
+}
+
 1;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Print.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Print.pm
index ea21fd570..54dd602fc 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Print.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Print.pm
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ sub new_from_mesh {
     }
     
     # remove empty layers from bottom
-    while (@{$print->layers} && !@{$print->layers->[0]->slices}) {
+    while (@{$print->layers} && !@{$print->layers->[0]->slices} && !@{$print->layers->[0]->thin_walls}) {
         shift @{$print->layers};
         for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#{$print->layers}; $i++) {
             $print->layers->[$i]->id($i);
@@ -327,11 +327,10 @@ sub extrude_skirt {
     return unless $Slic3r::skirts > 0;
     
     # collect points from all layers contained in skirt height
-    my @points = ();
     my $skirt_height = $Slic3r::skirt_height;
     $skirt_height = $self->layer_count if $skirt_height > $self->layer_count;
     my @layers = map $self->layer($_), 0..($skirt_height-1);
-    push @points, map @$_, map $_->p, map @{ $_->slices }, @layers;
+    my @points = map @$_, map $_->p, map @{ $_->slices }, @layers;
     return if !@points;
     
     # find out convex hull
@@ -484,11 +483,11 @@ sub export_gcode {
         printf $fh $extruder->extrude_loop($_, 'skirt') for @{ $layer->skirts };
         
         # extrude perimeters
-        printf $fh $extruder->extrude_loop($_, 'perimeter') for @{ $layer->perimeters };
+        printf $fh $extruder->extrude($_, 'perimeter') for @{ $layer->perimeters };
         
         # extrude fills
         for my $fill (@{ $layer->fills }) {
-            printf $fh $extruder->extrude($_, 'fill') 
+            printf $fh $extruder->extrude_path($_, 'fill') 
                 for $fill->shortest_path($extruder->last_pos);
         }
     }