zogthegreat
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On 5/6/2022 at 11:03 AM, eugeneyale said:
Which drivers are you using? I know in the past that I have had problems with OpenGL due to not having the proper video drivers installed. Go to Software Settings -> Additional Drivers and see if there are any drivers for your card.
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Hi everyone!
I'm getting better prints with Cura, but I'm still having some problems. Here's an example of my most recent tests:
The stringing I can deal with, this is PETG, so stringing is expected. But there is a roughness to my prints, especially on the back of the Y axis. Here is a pic of a fan duct that I printed:
Currently I'm printing PETG @235c/80c 60mm/s. I have "combing mode" set to "Not on skin". My e-steps have been calibrated along with my retraction.
Any suggestion on how to improve my print quality?
Thanks!
zog
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6 minutes ago, ahoeben said:
You don't happen to have the "spiralize outer contour" setting active, do you?
Hi @ahoeben, thanks for the reply! Yeah, I did have spiralize turned on. I think that I was playing with it after reading on how to speed up my prints. Unfortunately, turning it off changed my print time from 1h 35m to 6h 57m! 😞
All in all though, I fairly happy with Cura 5, I can't wait until the stable version is released!
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I'm having a strange problem with Cura 5 beta. I'm trying to print out a 120mm fan guard and I'm getting some strange stringing. I checked in the slice preview and the strings are in the preview. However, when I jump back to Cura 4, the strings go away:
Am I missing a setting somewhere? Or is this supposed to be like this?
Thanks!
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Hi @GregValiant
I cleared my Cura profiles from my %appdata% folder and now everything is working properly. Not sure how I messed things up, but yeah.
I hear what you saying about the quality on the Ender 3. I've had mine for two months and I've already upgraded my board to a BigTree SKR Mini E3 V3. The noise off of the steppers on the stock board was insane. I have also changed the PSU fan, hotend fan, aluminum extruder and a direct drive mount form Thingiverse. I have a Micro Swiss hotend coming in and a Titan Extruder. My bargain priced printer is a little more expensive that I had anticipated! I probably should have saved a little more and gone with an Ender 5... would have spent a little less than my current setup!
I'm still learning Cura, I think that I need to take more careful notes of what changes that I make.
Thanks four your help!
zog
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So my problem seems to be Cura. I resliced with superslicer and everything is printing properly. Not sure what I have set wrong in Cura.
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Hi everyone!
I'm not sure if I'm having a hardware problem or a software problem, but my Ender 3 Pro's extruder starts skipping at the same point in the print. The initial layers go down nicely, then the extruder starts skipping:
I've tried restarting the print several time. I have also tried raising the hotend temperature, with the same results. I have also tried printing other models, also with the same results.
Here are my Cura settings:
; Script based on an original created by tjjfvi (https://github.com/tjjfvi)
; An up-to-date version of the tjjfvi's original script can be found
; here: https://csi.t6.fyi/
; Note - This script will only work in Cura V4.2 and above!
; --- Global Settings
; layer_height = {layer_height}
; smooth_spiralized_contours = {smooth_spiralized_contours}
; magic_mesh_surface_mode = {magic_mesh_surface_mode}
; machine_extruder_count = {machine_extruder_count}
; --- Single Extruder Settings
; speed_z_hop = {speed_z_hop}
; retraction_amount = {retraction_amount}
; retraction_hop = {retraction_hop}
; retraction_hop_enabled = {retraction_hop_enabled}
; retraction_enable = {retraction_enable}
; retraction_speed = {retraction_speed}
; retraction_retract_speed = {retraction_retract_speed}
; retraction_prime_speed = {retraction_prime_speed}
; speed_travel = {speed_travel}
G28 ;Home
G29 ; BLT
G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
G1 X10.1 Y20 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to start position
G1 X10.1 Y200.0 Z0.28 F1500.0 E15 ;Draw the first line
G1 X10.4 Y200.0 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to side a little
G1 X10.4 Y20 Z0.28 F1500.0 E30 ;Draw the second line
G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
zog
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Hi everyone!
I have been doing some really nice prints, but suddenly, my G29 command in Cura doesn't seem to be working. Here's my gcode from Cura:
Start G-code:
G28 ;Home
G29 ; BLT
G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
G1 X10.1 Y20 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to start position
G1 X10.1 Y200.0 Z0.28 F1500.0 E15 ;Draw the first line
G1 X10.4 Y200.0 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to side a little
G1 X10.4 Y20 Z0.28 F1500.0 E30 ;Draw the second line
G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
Before, my CR Touch would probe 25 points and the it would wipe the nozzle, now when I start a print, the CR Touch auto homes and then the nozzles without probing 25 points.
Not sure what I did, but if someone could point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated!
Thanks!
zog
[EDIT] I think that the problem is that I compiled my firmware worng. I'm going to recompile and see how it goes from there.
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Thanks @GregValiant! Right now my son can't find my Raspberry Pi, so I'm running Windows off of a Dell 9020 Micro to run my webcams for monitoring. I'll give you app a try as soon as my current print is done.... right now I'm on the tail end of a 15 hour print, so I don't want to breath anywhere near the printer in fear of messing something up!
I'll give it a try later and let you know how it went.
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Wow! That's really nice work! I didn't know that you could embed objects into the print as it was printing.
I tried to start my day with PLA, however, I accidentally loaded some HIPS in to my filament dryer. I have to dry the filament that I'm using because it's over 5 years old and has been sitting in a box, in my balcony storage closet, with temperature swings of 35c in the summer and -25c in the winter! I managed to get a so-so print out of it, but bed adhesion was a problem;
I'm putting the HIPS back into the box until my skill level goes up.
Once the PLA was dry, I was able to get some really good quality prints, although I had some very minor lifting on one corner:
Other than that, a really nice job;
Thanks for all of your help @GregValiant!
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I went into Cura and found the z hop settings. The only thing that I could change was the z hop speed, which I set to 0:
I ran another test print and I have better results now:
Gaa! I understand that there are a lot of variables in 3D printing, room temp, ambient humidity etc, but I can't wait until these thing just plug in and work!
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I just ran a retraction test with this model:
Quick Stringing / Retraction Test
Here is my results:
I'll try to make the changes that you recommended to my Cura settings.
BTW, since I'm a beginner, would I be better off with ABS instead of PETG? I'm nervous about PLA due to it's sensitivity to heat.
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So success, (mostly). I ran a print through and I got meh, OK results:
Obviously I have some Googling and tweaking to do but I am printing and my print is centered and adhering to the bed.
Thanks for the help @GregValiant, really appreciate it!
[EDIT] This print was done with eSun PETG @80c for the bed and initially 240 for the extruder. I started having strings and I lowered the extruder to 235. However, that's when the print started getting the rougher appearance.
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OK, this is probably where, (one), of my problems is. When I hit auto home, my printer extruder goes to the center of the machine. Since this is how it was coming out of the box, I assumed that this was set in Marlin and everything was properly configured.
I'm going to do some Googling today on how to properly set the offsets and I will post up my results.
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I am trying to do as you suggested with setting the offsets, however, after I do my measurements and try to "Set Home Offset", I get an error on the main screen "Err: Too Far".
I've tried nudging the X & Y axis by 1mm in, but I get the same error.
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So things seem to be working now. I installed my new glass bed and reset my z axis properly. Now I'm getting good printing results"
It looks like I need to tune my Y axis a bit, my test print came out somewhat forward instead of centered. I alos have a minor problem with stringing, but it looks like I'm finally getting my printer zeroed in!
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Hi @GregValiant
Sorry for the late response, I've been working on getting my printer printing properly and I'm confidant that you know what a PITA that is!
Thanks for the advice. I've calibrated my e-steps and now my printer is extruding properly. I was off by 27.41, so not that bad, but still enough to mess with my prints.
Right now I'm working on getting my bed calibrated, however that's on hold until a glass bed arrives from Dr. Evil's lair, (I'm sorry, but if Jeff Bezos want's to shave his head and build a moon base, he qualifies as Dr. Evil!). As soon as it comes in, I'll level my bed and try printing again.
A question that I have is I thought that the CR Touch was supposed to eliminate the need for bed leveling. Why is it necessary to manually level the bed if I have a CR Touch installed?
Thanks again for the help!
zog
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Hi everyone!
So I'm the proud owner of a new Ender 3 Pro! 😊 However, I'm having a problem with Cura. When I slice my .stl, my print comes out as sort of a mesh, (please feel free to help me with the terminology here). Here's a picture of what's going on:
When I print the precompiled .gcode that came with the printer, it prints perfectly, however, as you can see, when use Cure to output the .gcode, it comes out like garbage. I tried raising my infill to 100%, but I have the same results. I'm sure that this is a PEBKAC, but I can't seem to find any settings to fix this problem. Here is the link to the original .stl:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1895060
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
zog
(SOLVED) Custom supports plugin for Cura 5.0
in UltiMaker Cura
Posted · Edited by zogthegreat
Does anyone know if the custom supports plugin will be available for Cura 5? I really like the custom supports in Cura 4.X.
(SOLVED)
The plugin can be downloaded from here:
https://github.com/5axes/CustomSupportCylinder/releases