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If it's not sticking on the first layer it's usually because you aren't squishing the bottom layer enough. But clearly you are. So something is seriously wrong with your print bed. I think it has oil on it maybe. Try cleaning it with soap and water. Or some other solvent like isopropyl alcohol (aka rubbing alcohol). But I don't what the surface is. Is that build tak? Anyway try to clean any oil or wax or grease off the bed using soap and water or similar.
The first photo -- if that's the underside of the part then that *might* be normal. It's hard to bridge. If that's a top layer - if it was printed with the visible bottom of the "box" facing up (orientation shown in your photo) - then you have severe underextrusion. If so then the first thing to try is to raise the temperature to 240C and lower the print speed by 2X and then if that helps then experiment with other speeds and temperatures. You should be able to adjust both of these while the printer is printing so you can do several tests on one print and save time.
Thanks for the advice. That was the underside of the model. Is it possible to successfully "bridge" so I don't have this look and feel? The underside layers feel much more loose and less crisp that the rest. Thanks
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Cura 5.7 is here and it brings a handy new workflow improvement when using Thingiverse and Cura together, as well as additional capabilities for Method series printers, and a powerful way of sharing print settings using new printer-agnostic project files! Read on to find out about all of these improvements and more.
S-Line Firmware 8.3.0 was released Nov. 20th on the "Latest" firmware branch.
(Sorry, was out of office when this released)
This update is for...
All UltiMaker S series
New features
Temperature status. During print preparation, the temperatures of the print cores and build plate will be shown on the display. This gives a better indication of the progress and remaining wait time. Save log files in paused state. It is now possible to save the printer's log files to USB if the currently active print job is paused. Previously, the Dump logs to USB option was only enabled if the printer was in idle state. Confirm print removal via Digital Factory. If the printer is connected to the Digital Factory, it is now possible to confirm the removal of a previous print job via the Digital Factory interface. This is useful in situations where the build plate is clear, but the operator forgot to select Confirm removal on the printer’s display. Visit this page for more information about this feature.
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If it's not sticking on the first layer it's usually because you aren't squishing the bottom layer enough. But clearly you are. So something is seriously wrong with your print bed. I think it has oil on it maybe. Try cleaning it with soap and water. Or some other solvent like isopropyl alcohol (aka rubbing alcohol). But I don't what the surface is. Is that build tak? Anyway try to clean any oil or wax or grease off the bed using soap and water or similar.
The first photo -- if that's the underside of the part then that *might* be normal. It's hard to bridge. If that's a top layer - if it was printed with the visible bottom of the "box" facing up (orientation shown in your photo) - then you have severe underextrusion. If so then the first thing to try is to raise the temperature to 240C and lower the print speed by 2X and then if that helps then experiment with other speeds and temperatures. You should be able to adjust both of these while the printer is printing so you can do several tests on one print and save time.
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