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  1. 4 hours ago, mapo2000 said:

    Schrittweite: beide 1,8°

     

    Das trifft aber nur auf den UM2+ zu, soweit ich weiß.

    Der Extruder-Motor vom früheren ("nicht plus") UM2 hat 0,9° (400 steps/rev).

     

    Mehr Drehmoment ist übrigens auch nicht unbedingt die perfekte Lösung. Das "Skipping" ist ja eigentlich Absicht. Wenn es im Transportweg irgendwo klemmt, führt mehr Drehmoment nur dazu, das sich das Transportrad vom Feeder in's Material hineinfräst... und damit ist ja auch nicht viel gewonnen...

  2. 3 hours ago, TMicke said:

    Weighed an empty 750gr spool from ColorFabb today: 254-257 grams, I really didn't take a photo of this, but I can surely do if prompted.

     

    Colorfabb uses different spools, all dimensions and weights are stated in their FAQ:

    https://support.colorfabb.com/support/solutions/articles/13000003167-what-is-the-size-of-the-spools-

     

    In conjunction with the known weight (and length of filament) of a full spool one can calculate the remaining length quite accurate as a function of the weight.

    https://support.colorfabb.com/support/solutions/articles/13000000067-what-is-the-length-of-filament-on-your-spools-

  3. 7 hours ago, Smithy said:

    And these disorders are for a few layers and trough the whole object, so you can see it on the back and on the front. The layers are not shifted, so the disordered layers goes in on the front and on the back, so the thickness is when measured in these disordered layers a little bit smaller than then rest.

     

    On your test object it is pretty obvious that the layers look different in those heights, where top (solid) layers are printed. The time per layer is longer in those spots and the deposited material has more time to cool down before the next layer is attached.

     

    I would try to print more than one part at a time to increase the layer time in general and/or increase the minimum layer time in the slicer (e.g. double it to check the difference). The default (5 seconds in Cura) is probably too short for this kind of model and material.

     

     

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  4. 10 hours ago, bastienb said:

    what about the plastic bit of the head

     

    well, you can ask an Ultimaker reseller if the part from the UM2 is still available, the part number is 1320

    Or try to print it, all step-files are on GitHub:

    https://github.com/Ultimaker/Ultimaker2/tree/master/1320_Print_Head_Top_(x1)

     

    The hole in the fan shroud can probably be drilled out.

    If the parts are not longer available.... well - you can always fall back to the "Aliexpress-way"...

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  5. Well, you can try the "Mesh Fixes" in Cura (make all options visible first).

    "3D Builder" that is included in Windows10 can repair those models quite well - and you can use "Meshmixer" to inspect the errors in the file.

    It's not the first time that someone shows such issues here, and i think every time, that it is quite impertinent to sell broken (or unprintable) files  - especially in that price range...

     

  6. Ein paar Ideen

    • die Kantenlänge von "Part1" ist 50mm. Wenn Du in Cura skaliert hast, prüfe sicherheitshalber anschließend auch die Position (z=0)
    • mit dem ersten Layer 0.3 und alle anderen Layer 0.2 lassen sich 25mm nicht exakt erreichen, es gibt auf jeden Fall eine Abweichung in halber Layer-Höhe - das wären aber nur 0.1mm. Wieviele Layer zeigt Cura an (125)?
    • die Z-Höhe hängt auch davon ab, wie genau der Düsenabstand zur Plattform eingerichtet ist (bzw. beim 'Homing' vom Drucker wiedergefunden wird), und wenn die Plattform nicht perfekt eben ist (das ist sie nie...), gibt es auch eine Abweichung

    Mehrere kleine Abweichungen addieren sich möglichwerweise, 0,4mm sind allerdings ziemlich viel, um es nur darauf zu schieben.

    Da der Drucker ziemlich günstig ist, ist die mechanische Stabilität evtl. auch ein Thema. Wie gut lässt sich das Ergebnis reproduzieren (Stichwort: Wiederholgenauigkeit)?

     

    2 hours ago, TimMueller said:

    Ich habe bereits auch mehrfach neu kalibriert, jedoch auch ohne Erfolg.

     

    Was genau wird da kalibriert? Nach Anpassung der steps/mm für die Z-Achse sollte man eigentlich schon einen Unterschied feststellen können.

     

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  7. Hi bman,

     

    your modeling software is usually the better tool to define the placement of both parts. Take sure that you export both models with the same origin (if the modeling software has options for that). There's no need to manually move them around in the slicer.

     

    In Cura you simply select all models then and use the "Merge models" function (right mouse click). Basically this function lines up all origins and the parts are placed exactly like they were exported (relatively to each other).

     

    Good luck!

  8. @kmanstudios - but an "infill mesh" does not influence the stability of support structures, right?

     

    1 hour ago, LePaul said:

    So there's no way for a set some solid layers first to strengthen the support to the bed?

     

    It depends on the support pattern. I think, "Zig Zag" has always this grid like bottom layer.

     

    In general - "zig zag" supports are much more stable if you choose at least one surrounding wall. The setting is called "Support Wall line count". And you should select "Enable support roof".

     

     

    support_base.PNG

    support_wall.PNG

  9. 31 minutes ago, bastienb said:

    Then I'll have to find a way to connect the other components and to be able to "switch" when slicing...

     

    First of all you should check, if your UM2+ has a mainboard where all five stepper driver chips are in place. And whether you have the (older) printhead where the plastic pieces still have the holes for the second bowden tube. Irrespective of that all electrical connectors for a second extruder are present (stepper motor, heater and temperature sensor).

     

    You would have to install a firmware for dual extrusion and configure the printer in Cura for two extruders. I think, it is possible to disable the unused extruder in Cura and slice only for the other one. I'm not sure, if this requires changes to the start gcode. Probably not, if you use gcode flavor "Ultimaker".

     

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  10. First of all: Welcome to the forum!

     

    Well, you'll get the warning message on the printer if you start a non-UltiGCode file from the sdcard, that's normal. It should switch to the 'printing' screen as soon as you choose 'Continue'. You said the start script is processed, so i guess you get at least that far?

     

    You'll get the 'Printing from USB' screen as soon as serial data is read from the USB connection. That's normal too, because everything is controlled from the print server (Octoprint) from now on.

     

    Is it possible that you just have to wait until the printer is heated up to the target temperatures that you've set in the start script (hopefully...).

     

    8 hours ago, WillBe3584 said:

    but I can't get past a warning dialog to print the bread and butter.

     

    Which warning dialog (in Octoprint)? Can you elaborate this a bit more?

     

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  11. 2 hours ago, Deckard said:

    Can someone point me to a spec that I can use as an input to the Swagger tools?

     

    I'm not quite sure if this was your question,

    but once your Ultimaker3 is connected to your network you can simply enter the printers ip-address in a web-browser. This opens the start page of the printers web server and there's a link to the API documentation.

  12. Another possibility:

     

    Someone in the German forum mentioned recently that there may be a firmware bug. He said that there's an offset of the print position after resuming - depending on the active print core. There where no details about which axis or by which amount though... He just said, the pause function on the UM3 is useless for him because of this.

    If you use both print cores and if it is reproducible, you discovered perhaps the same issue?

     

    Source: https://community.ultimaker.com/topic/24343-2-düsen-2-layerhöhen/?tab=comments#comment-218498

  13. On 9/7/2018 at 8:21 PM, foehnsturm said:

    Not sure about the firmware

     

    UM2Go firmware doesn't exists yet, but should be doable with a bit of extra work...

     

    Basically: the growing count of different modifications to each printer variant is a recurring challenge. Even the UM2Go can have an Olsson block, a different feeder, a heated bed, a second extruder and so on... That's the benefit of open source hardware.

    There's no 'one-for-all' firmware but there's always the possibility to modify it - that's the benefit of open source software (i can not stress it enough... ?).

     

  14. 2 hours ago, michelide said:

    seems to be good to go as I setup a custom printer with dual extruders and as soon as I can get the firmware uploaded to the machine

     

    You can still use legacy Cura (15.04) to upload the firmware. Choose "Install custom firmware..." and select a *.hex file from wherever you want. You could even use "avrdude" from the command line, the Arduino (and Marlin firmware) doesn't depend on Cura.

  15. 4 hours ago, ufish said:

    So wie es aussieht werden wir wohl um S3D nicht herumkommen, und dann mal sehen wie die Drucke werden.

     

    Ich hab irgendwie nach jeder Antwort ein paar neue Fragen... ?

     

    In S3D kann man aber nur einen anderen Extruder für alle Perimeter auswählen -  die Unterscheidung in "inner" vs. "outer wall" gibt es dort nicht, oder?

    In der Praxis geht es doch aber sowieso nicht nur um die Perimeter, sondern um alle Oberflächen? Da bei einem Propeller die Oberflächen wohl weder rechtwinklig noch eben sind, wird das doch mit keinem Slicer automatisch funktionieren...?

     

    Kannst Du nicht "Umhüllung" und "Kern" gleich als separate Objekte modellieren? Dann müsste es sich doch "ganz normal" für Dual-Extrusion slicen lassen...

    Und warum müssen es überhaupt verschiedene Layer-Höhen sein? Wird CarbonFil mit dickeren Layern stabiler, oder geht es nur darum, Druckzeit zu sparen?

     

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