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Thanks Torgeir. What's a cone cut? Does it mean I can cut the shape and then apply the thread?
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I want to print a collar with a thread that follows through the chamfer as below. If I cut the thread and the add the chamfer I get the required end result.
This is fine but I would like to add the chamfer first (so that I can use the chamfer as a cutting tool for the nut) and then add the thread. However, when I do it in the order of chamfer then thread I get this
Note, the thread stops at the top of the chamfer which means the nut won't go on.
Is there a way to get to what I want by adding the thread after the chamfer?
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Excellent, thanks!
No more prints breaking at the weak points.
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Thanks. I've seen this video before and it looks like the solution but I can't quite understand how it's done.
If I split my model into the parts that I want to have different infills, how do I lay them back together on the Cura buildplate? When I open a STL file in Cura it opens the model and puts it on edge anywhere on the buildplate. How can I align them all again?
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Using Cura 3.5.1 and Ultimaker 2+
After 5mm I want to change the infill density from 18% to 80% and then remain at 80% until the end of the print.
Can this be done?
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Thanks, got that now but it doesn't let me change the infill - I thought it did but my memory failed me.
I found this uTube link yesterday, https://youtu.be/DGso6sAIXb0, which seems to describe the method to do what I want but I can't quite grasp how to get the separate .stl files of the hexagon example back together on the Cura build plate. When I open them they end up on edge and I can't see a way of putting them back together accurately.
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Didn't there used to be a plugin called TweakAtZ ?
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For the top 2mm of my print I need extra detail and strength so I would like to pause the print to change the nozzle and infill.
Can this be done with Cura 3.4.1?
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I successfully printed V1 of my project today but when I came to print V2, the print started OK but then the filament feed stopped. On closer inspection it seems that the hot end is no longer very hot. When I select the maintenance option and set the nozzle temperature to 250 degC it reports that it's at temp but when I measure the nozzle with a temperature gun it's only about 30degC.
Something has failed here but I don't know what.
Can anyone advise please? It's an Ultimaker 2+
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I'd like a sketch word to follow the line of a sketch circle which I can then extrude.
Anyone know if it's possible in Fusion 360?
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Using Fusion360, how can I create text that follows the circumference of a circle?
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I'm having a few problems getting the two prints to line up. I'm making a speedometer for a child's toy car and I've managed to print the numbers and gradations in white and then print the background in black and it looks good. However, they don't line up even though I told Cura to centre the print each time.
I print the numbers in white with a 0.25 nozzle then change to a 0.4mm nozzle while swapping the filament to black. That shouldn't confuse it should it?
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I would do it this way - flip the ruler over. it looks MUCH nicer. Print the black first. Make the bottom layer height .2mm. Then as a seperate print print the ruler on top of the black. Make the bottom layer .3mm and just make the model with a flat bottom - no need to create all the insets where the black was. In fact it looks much better if you make the ruler flat.
I've just come back to this and thought I'd give it another try now that I'm a bit more experienced with the Ultimaker. However, I still can't get to grips with this one.
So I create my lettering in Fusion360 and extrude the letters to 0.2mm.
I then create the base for them and set Cura with a bottom layer of 0.3mm and print it as separate job. If that's correct so far, what I can't work out is how to get Cura 2.1.3 to print the second job in exactly the right place. I must be missing something I think.
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Before I upgraded to Cura 2.1.3 (from 15.something), when I clicked the "Make" button and sent the output directly to Cura it would start Cura if it wasn't already running. If it was already running then it would add the print to bed. At 2.1.3 all that seems to have changed. If Cura is already running, Fusion360 fires up another instance.
Is there a config setting to stop it doing this?
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I'm using Cura 15.04.6 to print a cylinder which has a threaded post at the top. Apart from the threaded post, the density is fine at 20% or so but the threaded post at the top needs to be much denser to give it strength.
Does anyone know how this could be done?
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I've given that a try and it's just the job. However, is there a way of changing the layer height after the change of filament? I'd like to print the ruler at 0.15mm and the gradations and lettering at 0.06mm
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Thanks!
So if I want to change the filament do I need to give "Head move Z (mm)" a value other than 0?
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I'm trying to print a calibration stick - a bit like a ruler. I would like to print the ruler in white and the raised numbers and gradations in black.
How can I pause the print at a certain point so that I can swap the filament from white to black just before the numbers and gradations start? I admit 3D printing is fascinating but I don't really want to sit watching it waiting to press the pause button ;-)
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I was using Verbatim but now I'm using ColorFabb. ColorFabb seems to work better.
I'll adjust the design as you suggest and try again.
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I'm printing a fairly long length item which uses supports only (I tried a brim too but that made no difference).
I have designed the shape in Fusion360 and it is drawn like this:
but when I print it I get this
It's printed flat with the posts pointing upwards and the support structure between the ledge and the glass.
It seems worse at each end. The middle of the item isn't too bad. Could it be a calibration issue with the Ultimaker?
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I'll take a look at Kisslicer, thanks.
Just tried the same thread pair using ColorFabb and the results using onkelgeorg's method are more successful and fit even better straight off the printbed. Verbatim PLA wasn't doing me any favours - ColorFabb seems far more accurate.
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This is just to share my final results with Fusion 360:
1. create threads (for example M12x1,75)
2. push the tip of the flank for a certain amount (depends on the thread size). For the given thread 0,2mm worked fine
3. round the edges of the flank tips (again 0,2mm was fine)
4. do the same for the bolt and nut
short video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IneE1eyvuuc
I made two test prints and both worked directly from the printbed.
hth
Joerg
Tried this a few times now and it works very well. Thanks
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Thanks onkelgeorg, I'll give that a try. I was doing OK with threads using the Ultimaker filament but I've just tried the same thing using Verbatim filament (much harder to get to stick to the glass by the way), the threads now no longer work as they are far too tight. Different characteristics of the Verbatim obviously - not sure I'll bother with Verbatim again.
It'll be a good test to try your technique described in the video on Verbatim.
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I've played around with threads a bit more and I can now make good fitting threads without any adjustment. If I'm printing a thread then I make sure I set Cura to print in Normal or High. when the print is complete I brush round the thread with a fine wire brush (brass) and they fit very well. I'm using an Ultimaker 2+ with the 0.4mm nozzle.
Can the filament extruder on UM2+ be replaced to work with 1.75mm filament?
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I've had a UM2+ for a number of years and always used 2.85mm filament as it was designed for. Recently I've found it harder to find a good selection of 2.85 at the right price. 1.75mm seems like a much better bet.
I've replaced the feeder tube with 2mm ID and 6mm OD and also changed the PTFE hot end and the nozzle with 1.75 spec.
What I'm left with is the extruder. I've read on various forums that by adjusting the tension of the feeder it could be made to work with 1.75 which I've tried but it doesn't seem to be very successful. Are there alternative feeders that can be fitted which are designed to work with 1.75mm filament?