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Hi @Nicko_Airbus, thank you for your post. Perhaps you could try to increase the number of walls or print outer walls before inner walls, it's a setting in Cura. You could also clean your threaded Z axle if it appears on the same level throughout your entire print, but since you say it is only on flat areas I doubt dirt is the issue. Hope this helps!
It looks like the effect is mainly on heights where there is a sudden big difference in surface area? Is that correct?
In the past I noticed that when the surface area per layer changes abruptly, this causes visible horizontal lines, a bit similar to yours. But mainly in *small models* (I don't do much big models). So in my case it is most likely due to changes in cooling time per layer, I guess.
Do you have the same printing speeds for all (inner and outer walls and infill)? If not, a sudden change of speed may cause fluctuations in nozzle temp and pressure, and that may be visible in the print too.
I am not saying that this is the cause, but it might be worth examining.
Notice the change in appearance here, when the printing of the outer edge is completed, and only the central stem remains. Huge difference in printing area, and cooling time per layer.
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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Hi @Nicko_Airbus, thank you for your post. Perhaps you could try to increase the number of walls or print outer walls before inner walls, it's a setting in Cura. You could also clean your threaded Z axle if it appears on the same level throughout your entire print, but since you say it is only on flat areas I doubt dirt is the issue. Hope this helps!
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It looks like the effect is mainly on heights where there is a sudden big difference in surface area? Is that correct?
In the past I noticed that when the surface area per layer changes abruptly, this causes visible horizontal lines, a bit similar to yours. But mainly in *small models* (I don't do much big models). So in my case it is most likely due to changes in cooling time per layer, I guess.
Do you have the same printing speeds for all (inner and outer walls and infill)? If not, a sudden change of speed may cause fluctuations in nozzle temp and pressure, and that may be visible in the print too.
I am not saying that this is the cause, but it might be worth examining.
Notice the change in appearance here, when the printing of the outer edge is completed, and only the central stem remains. Huge difference in printing area, and cooling time per layer.
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@geert_2 and @SandervG thanks a lot for your comments, I will try to modify these settings in cura.
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