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Hey! im glad you were able to get this solved, your last statement is probably correct. i just clogged my printer this past weekend in a similar manner. Maybe try calibrating the flow, after you get the E-steps cornered.

yo, sorry ive been really busy, (first week of classes) glad to hear you got it to connect, hows the progress going? any new updates?

Best of luck, also my profile is for cura version 4.13 not the new 5 as some parameters have changed on the new one

Firmware, can either be easy or a big pain in my experience. Just leave it for the time being, unless you want to take on that endeavor. hmm... Im honestly not sure how to get it running. You can probably skip it for now. Its most likely okay, assuming everything was factory calibrated. If it were me, Id probably raise the z offset height first. Test. clean the nozzle. test. Then try a different brand of pla. test. then replace the nozzle with a better one if its still not working. I can see some scratch marks on your bed from where the nozzle scraped across it from being too low. I could be that you maybe misshaped the tip of it, and the extrusion isnt coming out smoothly. Or because its clogged or both. heres a great replacement nozzle, but double check it can fit your stock printer/hot end before ordering. Not sure if it can. https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-E3D-Extra-Nozzle-V6-NOZZLE-175-400/dp/B00NAK9TWM not saying this will work for sure but heres my ender 3 profile. print profiles should be created for each printer individually, but its something you can try and see if it helps. If you want a .12 layer height instead of .16, just reduce the height in the "quality tab" DYNAMIC .16.curaprofile

hmm... its probably the cable. try a different one, name brand like anker if you can. What about the double check stuff?

"no" theres nothing in the terminal? or no, to the double check?

to double check, printer is on and cura is closed?

try just switching the baud rate to something wrong, and switch back to the current. Sometimes it connects like that, and nothing pops up on the terminal side on the far right?

screenshot pronterface and send it

As long as it maintains about steady you should be okay. What app are you using to pid tune?

are you just using curas stock preset "super quality .12" profile?

the reference images for my last reply*

PID tune wise, are you using pronterface? If so something people neglect to mention is make sure cura is closed otherwise for whatever reason the printer wont connect. Then check the baud rate, if it still doesn’t connect. Heres the vid I usually reference whe I do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG1Yvt02l1I Clogs: This was a big issue for me when I got my first printer. For me, it ended up being that my z nozzle height was too low to the bed. AND that my original filament choice sucked, and it kept clogging the nozzle. For my ender 3 I landed on this filament and it rarely ever gave me any problems. https://www.amazon.com/HATCHBOX-3D-Filament-Dimensional-Accuracy/dp/B00J0ECR5I/ref=sr_1_9?crid=QVRIKIQP8H78&keywords=pla&qid=1692139057&sprefix=pl%2Caps%2C245&sr=8-9 Its hard to tell from the pics if z offset is an issue, just because of the color of the filament, but you shouldn’t be getting clogs so often, once you get it sorted it shouldn’t be an issue in the future. Actually. The last pic you posted, (I attached it below for reference) See how some of the lines on your skirt is smashed, to where the line almost disappears? This usually means your nozzle is too close to the bed, (the z offset thing I was talking about). Ill check out the project file rn,

Okay, so I just cut the model, and printed only the center part in question. But the STL looks normal in CAD and it prints normally, so atleast you can eliminate that from the list of potential problems.

It could always be the filament. Do you get clogs often? Have you done a PID tune by chance? I recently had a problem where my thermistor was dying, and my prints quality were fluctuating, under extrusion in some places, over extrusion in others. But temp read normally on the display, however after I did a PID tune, the new numbers were far from normal. What layer height and print speeds are you using? Can you save this as a project file and post it for us? (in cura, file, save project) And by chance can I see the bottom of your print? Ill try and print that section your having trouble with to double check if its the gcode for you. But im guessing its probably hardware related.

is this only on small parts or also other (less noticeable) places in your model? (like the seam) Im not an expert, but first places I'd try to test and make sure that are dialed in are temp and retraction. Im thinking if the issue is retraction related, you probably would see the issue presenting itself elsewhere in the model.

Hello, Im having an issue where cura 5.4 will override my custom print profiles for an Ultimaker s3. I currently have a print profile that I have created using the .15 engineering layer hight stock profile. Occasionally when I export a file from autodesk fusion into cura, my profile that I have created will become "Not Supported" in the drop down menu. I can still click on it, and use it, however instead of listing "Normal engineering - 0.15mm" next to the profile name it will say "not supported". In addition to the name change, print speed, outer wall speed, support speed, all change from their original values, to much faster ones. Leading to a decrease in accuracy of the dimensional tolerances I was utilizing the engineering profile for. (these new values do not mimic any of the other stock profiles at a 70mm/s print speed where as the other profiles have a max of 50mm/s). As far as I can tell these are the only parameters that are overridden by Cura, however I have not gone through all the settings and checked every single one. I understand that switching between profiles, and changing various parameters within them can cause certain parameters such as print speed to change, however, Im not switching between profiles, nor am I adjusting anything within them. I just open cura, and sometimes the profile stays as it should, sometimes it does not. Currently Im forced to import my saved profile from my computer almost every time I open cura. I have added a picture below of the profile name change. Anyone know how to get rid of this issue? I appreciate your help!

Just wanted to also add, you mentioned you took a break from printing, if your filament was left out on the machine, it could have absorbed some moisture from the air. Wet filament results in more stringing and could be the cause of what you're visibly seeing on the prints.

Oh interesting, and its not stringing of the filament in between the models? Do you have a pic of the issue on the actual print?

Hey, so if you're referring to the orange lines attaching both models, I think all you're seeing is just the travel path of the nozzle in between both objects. Whether the travel box is checked or not these lines will not actually appear in your print. As far as I know they are just a visual representation of what your nozzle is doing during the print. As @GregValiant mentioned, just toggle off the viewing of the travel path to get rid of them in your preview.

I see, Thank you! I appreciate the help!

Sorry, here is the link to a separate support thread I started prior to this one, inquiring about other the other issues.

interesting, I will do more research on this topic. Thank you! I really appreciate your help, I would have never known to look for that setting. Do you think lowering this value might also help some of the other issues I was having with the printer?

oh okay cool, thanks for the tip, never knew that was an option. The project file is attached below. Test Benchy Cura Project.3mf

I appreciate your reply. Totally understandable, happy to provide more info about my settings, although Im not exactly sure how I could share them all? do you know of a good way to do so? horizontal hole expansion is already set to zero. To clarify the issue, I have highlighted it in the picture below. Its the layer lines that dont follow the model. it seems the print head is taking a shortcut around the corners of the model. This is just the original "benchy" test model. Whenever I slice this model in cura when my ender 3 is selected as the printer, it slices normally. However, it does not slice normally when I switch the printer to my ultimaker s3. Still using all the "recommended" print profiles (engineering .15) for the s3 since I cannot get it to print without issues for the life of me. This printer is brand new and Im just trying to get my first test prints out of it. Also having severe ghosting, under extrusion, and bridging issues with it, however I want to ensure that the slicer isn't causing some of those issues. I have already used no less than a quarter of the included ultimaker pla spool attempting to get it to yield a nice print with almost no avail. (my other thread linked below) I see that you own an S5, are these common issues with the ultimaker S series?