[Avoiding Mid Print Bed Height Adjustment]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I increased first layer flow to 120% and rest of the layers to 90%, top layers to 93%. Seem to be having great results. Printing an X-Wing Now, and its looking great so far.

[Avoiding Mid Print Bed Height Adjustment]

Hey Guys,

 

1st post here, so I'm excited to be part of the community. I'm new to 3D printing, but have been messing around with my Ender3 and CURA for a few months now dialing everything in. I find that to get good 1st layer squish I need to have the bed closer to the nozzle than the next layers. If I do not change the bed height manually after my 1st layer is down with the 4 adjusting screws, my subsequent layers will over extrude and feel rough and not smooth. By lowering the bed manually mid print, I get good first layer smoothness and squish, and then smooth subsequent layers.

 

Is there a way to tell CURA to print the first layer closer to the bed than the rest of the layers of the print?

 

I've played around with "Initial Layer Height" but it seems to make my issue worse.

 

Printing on Ender 3 with Glass bed.

 

Attached is the PLA profile I have tuned over the last few months.

 

 

PLA Profile.curaprofile