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This is probably the #1 reason why people go to dual extruders.
I would go about the supports on those a little differently (like normal instead of tree) but that's just personal preference. If you increase the floor distance then an interface can be a lot easier to remove. It will look kind of sloppy, but so what - it's all getting thrown away anyway. Try setting the Floor Distance to .4mm.
Another thing you can do is make the support weaker by decreasing the flow. You are at overall 95% flow so try dropping the Support Flow and Support Interface Flow to 87% or something. If it's too low it won't lay down correctly.
I've been running the Support Line Layer Thickness at 2X layer height so they only go down every other layer. In Cura 5.0 the high flow rate of doing that will cause a speed slow-down so you would need to adjust the Flow Equalization Ratio to 0%.
I've noticed that the top interface comes away from the print a lot better if it was cool when the initial skin went down on top of it. I haven't done it yet - but for small prints I'm considering adding a pause at height just to allow the interface to cool. Large prints was how I noticed the difference as the support always seems to come away easier.
A decent set of pics, a set of micro files, an Exacto hobby knife, a narrow sharpened screwdriver, and a pair of needle-nose pliers are necessary evils when dealing with support removal.
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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.
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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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This is probably the #1 reason why people go to dual extruders.
I would go about the supports on those a little differently (like normal instead of tree) but that's just personal preference. If you increase the floor distance then an interface can be a lot easier to remove. It will look kind of sloppy, but so what - it's all getting thrown away anyway. Try setting the Floor Distance to .4mm.
Another thing you can do is make the support weaker by decreasing the flow. You are at overall 95% flow so try dropping the Support Flow and Support Interface Flow to 87% or something. If it's too low it won't lay down correctly.
I've been running the Support Line Layer Thickness at 2X layer height so they only go down every other layer. In Cura 5.0 the high flow rate of doing that will cause a speed slow-down so you would need to adjust the Flow Equalization Ratio to 0%.
I've noticed that the top interface comes away from the print a lot better if it was cool when the initial skin went down on top of it. I haven't done it yet - but for small prints I'm considering adding a pause at height just to allow the interface to cool. Large prints was how I noticed the difference as the support always seems to come away easier.
A decent set of pics, a set of micro files, an Exacto hobby knife, a narrow sharpened screwdriver, and a pair of needle-nose pliers are necessary evils when dealing with support removal.
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