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Dear @geert_2 and @GregValiant, Many thanks for the replies. We do purge material before every print and I make sure that we run a 30cm prime line in addition to a skirt right before printing. I ran through a few tests on the first layer @125% and 150% with differing z heights, seems like 0.1 or 0 is the best for a 125% flow rate. Although I'm able to get the first layer set where I want it (without ridges caused by the nozzle being too close), am I assuming that the second layer (with gaps) is still considered the initial (bottom) layers or is that setting overridden by layer height? I ask because I see a barely imperceptible difference in the second bottom layer compared to the first one.

Hi all, First time posting here. Many thanks in advance to all who see this post. I'm having issues with the first and second layer of my prints. We are using a one-off custom pellet printer and while I've been able to import most of the settings I previously had from S3D (yes I know, it sucked), I haven't quite been able to get the first layer(s) properly set. As we are using a (roughly) 3mm nozzle, I've had to bump up the flow rate to 125% which is what we previously used as well on the other (they-who-must-not-be-named) slicer software. It looks like I've got too much squish on the first layer but then not enough on the second as I see gaps between the lines. However, the wavy surface would also indicate the nozzle is too close...which is a contradiction (or so I think). Is there anything that jumps out at anyone or am I just overdoing the flow rate and need to tweak the z height. Other layers when printing in vase mode don't seem to have too much of a problem but I also have an issue with perimeters/shells to quite touching each other. I think I need to figure out the first layer issues before moving on with that as I can't tweak too many settings at once. Have included the .3mf file too, it's just a simple round cylinder that I drew in F360. Just in case the images don't show up properly here: https://imgur.com/a/cU3ArX1 150round3.3mf