Stringing and combing

[z-axis-3d 4]

I am getting stringing due to the head travelling across the part.

If I enable combing ON then the layer view shows the head travelling around the entire profile to the same start point for the next layer. This increases travel time when I would really rather the head alternate the direction for each layer -IOW start the next layer on the same side rather than travelling across.

Is that possible in Cura? Could I use a tool to modify the STL to remedy this?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Greg

[Dim3nsioneer 558]

You may try:

- to print cooler

- to use zhop

- to increase travel speed (I use 250mm/s w/o any issues)

[z-axis-3d 4]

Thanks for the useful hints! I had tried to decrease the temperature as far as I thought reasonable, but Z-Hop was 0 so I'm sure that will help in future.

However in the meantime I tried a repair in netfab and then reloaded the reparied stl and it is no longer tracking across the part on each Z-increment. This has also saved me nearly an hour in print time on a 10.5 hour print. (I'm sure increasing the travel speed would have helped there too.)

Thanks again,

Greg.