[Print says out of material when not so]

Was having this trouble also. Mine appeared to be from filament grinding in the back of the printer. After getting the error I upped my temperature by 15% and lowered my speed by 15% and have not had a problem since.

[Material appears to be empty - Full Roll in the feeder]

I dropped the overall print speed by 5mm/s and added 5 degrees C. That worked for me. And yes the humidity here in wisconsin has been destroying my PVA and Nylon.

[Help why does my print look like this]

Did you have coasting on for this print?

[Varying print temperature during a print]

22 hours ago, JohnInOttawa said:

I may have found an answer, as I thought about the last line and editing G-code, which led me to post processing options where I found the experimental ChangeatZ script.   Is this the recommended solution?  If so, I'd appreciate thoughts on what worked or didn't with it.

 

Cheers

John

I have been using this. It seems to work pretty well but will kick out an ER999 code so just know that is what it is from.

[Material appears to be empty - Full Roll in the feeder]

Experiencing a similar problem. I was running too high of a speed and too low of a temp so the material was getting clogged.

Also I have found that upon loading, right when you feel the gripper click the next step on the screen to load the material in. It could be pushing to hard on the nozzle.

 

[(Ultimaker S5) Nozzle offset probe failed.]

I have been receiving this error a lot since the new firmware update. Could be coincidental but not sure what more to do about it.

[S5 ER999]

I get this code when using the "change at Z" g code mod. Does not seem to bother too much.

[Slicing Error]

10 hours ago, ahoeben said:

With some printers (eg with a bowden tube) and materials (eg more flexible), when extruding material there will be a built-up pressure, which means that if the printer stops extruding there will still be residual pressure causing material to be extruded from the nozzle. Coasting tries to “use up” that residual pressure.

Interesting. I am assuming there are no roundabouts for the setting (on Cura)? I was getting good prints with it but I should be able to make a few retraction changes to get the same results.

Thank you, I appreciate the response.

[Slicing Error]

9 minutes ago, Framar said:

Turn off coasting.

That was it. Any idea why it does that? 

Appreciate the help

[Slicing Error]

Still having troubles figuring out why there are columns of no filament in some spots. Is this a conversion to STL issue or an issue with my cura?

Thanks in advance.

[PVA issue]

In your support settings you can toggle your support placement from everywhere to just touching buildplate.

[Poor finish/continuity on round print]

On 5/16/2020 at 7:44 AM, the860engine said:

@willryan3 stumbled across this in my digging through SW. You need to set you STL output parameters in the system options/document properties-->Export/Import menus. Sorry the image is so sloppy (comp screen with cell phone camera), but I hope this helps!

 

Thank you! I will look into it and give it a try.

[UM PVA snapping in bowden tubes]

38 minutes ago, ccmaker2020 said:

"Ultimaker S5 with its custom-engineered Material Station and Air Manager, now you can transform your office 3D printing workflow with automated material handling, optimized air filtration, and filament humidity control." 

The purpose of the purchasing the S5 pro bundle was that this system integrated a filament humidity control. Maybe the pva that came with it was compromised? However the case, the room in which this sets on, does not receive humidity and with the added humidity control on the system in itself I figure the pva would not brittle. I ended up tucking away the pva filament and using the breakaway.

I am in the same boat. I had a lot of trouble with the PVA and switched back.

[UM PVA snapping in bowden tubes]

PVA actually becomes more brittle upon water absorption. Try drying it out and keeping it dry when you are not using it.

[Gaps in shell after slicing]

18 hours ago, willryan3 said:

Also found that "Outer Wall Inset" of .2mm is very effective. Not exactly sure what it does but here is the difference.

 

Though it appears to be "solved" in cura, the print came out very uneven and blemishy.

Any other ideas?

[Gaps in shell after slicing]

Also found that "Outer Wall Inset" of .2mm is very effective. Not exactly sure what it does but here is the difference.

 

[Retraction from prime tower to part]

Thank you all those who helped! After using coasting, moving tower closer and a few other tweaks the part turned out great. Appreciate it,

Will

[Gaps in shell after slicing]

I downloaded a piece off of thingiverse and have noticed these gaps after slicing. I have been trying a variety of things but believe I had the most success with horizontal expansion. Anyone else have any tips on why this happens? Could it just be the model I downloaded could have been drawn and extruded differently?

Thanks in advance, Will

[Clogged/Stuck AA Nozzle Hot Cold Pulls not working]

Would recommend getting a thin pin or needle, heating up the nozzle, and trying to poke away some of the debris. They have kits on amazon for fairly cheap.

[Retraction from prime tower to part]

On 5/2/2020 at 11:53 AM, DarRAven said:

You can enable coasting in cura it will stop extruding slightly before wall ends that will cause that extra filament to stay inside the walls. Also if you are using a custom printer or a marlin/repetier based printer try to calibrate the extruders step/mm setting (google) It is easy to do because some cheap printers dont give attention to these calibrations

Sounds great. I will give that a try.

Thanks

[Retraction from prime tower to part]

1 hour ago, tinkergnome said:

In addition I would place the tower closer to the printed object to avoid such long travel moves in between.

Good idea, I did not know you could do that. Thanks!

[Retraction from prime tower to part]

Just now, Framar said:

Well, I don't know. I always print my dual material prints without prime tower...

Will try with and without. Keep you posted

[Retraction from prime tower to part]

53 minutes ago, Framar said:

Hello there, 

 

2 things I have in mind. First you would have to carefully observe if the material is oozing when the print head is moving from the prime tower to the print. If so, you can increase retraction distance and speed and/or decrease print temperature. Since I have no experience with CF material I can't tell if your settings are right or not.

 

Secondly, why just print without the prime tower?

 

Good luck!

Upping my retraction settings now. As far as the prime tower I was using it to prevent these strings but if I get my retraction down does that eliminate the need for the prime tower?

[Infinite Material Solutions: Aquasys]

3 hours ago, SandervG said:

Hi @willryan3, thank you for your post. Good that you dry before you use it, that is important. Can you elaborate on how you dry it, and for how long approximately? Do you keep it stored in a dry environment, like in the Material Station, or a bag with silica packs? 

Thank you for your response. I have been using the PrintDry oven and heating at its' highest temp for 4 hours prior to a print with it. As far as storing I use the same bag it came in with a few silica packs. Would a material like this need to be concealed during the print also? My area for printing has a humidity between 20-30%.

Thanks Will

[Poor finish/continuity on round print]

1 minute ago, the860engine said:

I have been using SW to generate models for my s3. Are you familiar with where settings might be? I feel like SW doesn't give you as many settings when generating an stl file, though.

Agreed, have been using solidworks and was not familiar with any options. Having the same troubles so commenting for notifications lol