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Thank you for the reply, Yes, the bed has been properly leveled (see picture). I have been using the auto z offset, I have not used the manual z offset when I auto level the bed, I will try this. I have auto leveled the bed after every successful print which is about 10 times. Yes, it is a 0.8mm nozzle, thank you for the correction. I can switch to a .6 or to a .4 if that is what it takes. I did try running the layer height at .6 but the layers did not adhere to each other very well. I am using PLA+. To clarify, the nozzle and bed temps I stated were the maximum temperatures for the PLA I am using, my printer can go much higher. I am actually using raft + zigzag supports (this way the entire print sits atop the raft), but I had to try without bed adhesion and support to see if it did the same thing, which it did. I can try different orientations of the print as well; I am open to anything. I'm on my way to run some errands but once I return, I will run the bed calibration and manually offset the Z, reconfigure that file, run it with the .4 nozzle and attempt to print it again. I will repost my findings once it is succeeds or fails. (I hope it succeeds). Again, thank you for the input.

Hello team, I'm very new to the printing community and I'm having an extremely hard time finding the right setting for a print. the print is a car door skin roughly 1.5mm thick. for the first layer it will lay out filament halfway through and then start a new layer, gradually making its way to the end of the print. By layer 5 it will have put down 1 "complete layer". The issue with this is there is no compensation when printing over an area it hasn't printed yet, basically its printing in air and I've tried to z -offset it quickly but that does not work. In Cura, is there a setting I can select that will make the 1st layer one continuous layer from start to finish? I would assume that there is some type of setting that can make the 1st layer continuous, but I haven't found it. Below are the settings I am using, the Cura version, a screen shot of how I have it oriented and the file itself. I appreciate all the help. Printer is Modix Big120X Cura version 5.6.0 8mm Nozzle .15mm layer height print speed 40mms nozzle temp 210 (220 is max) bed temp 55 (60 is max) 1mm REAR RIGHT COBRA DOOR.obj