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I hoped someone else would answer this. My answer: "I doubt it warps after printing".
Most people, when talking about warping releated to 3d printing are talking about how when the part cools it can warp off the print bed and the bottom of the print can curl up.
Pretty much all filaments absorb water from the air and this is a serious consideration for PVA, and Nylons but I've never head to worry about it for PLA. I don't know much about PLA+ but in my experience it is so very close to PLA that it's not much different but I don't know. I've left a PLA parts outdoors in the rain (and sun) for about 8 years now and it still looks and feels like new.
My understanding with PLA (or is it PETG - Damn I forget) is that it is not as strong if it absorbs water. But the parts I print (which are functional and mechanical) have so little stress that I've never noticed any issues (my parts are probably all 10X stronger than they need to be - plastic is strong! lol).
The only "warping" issue I've experience with PLA is that if you put it under enough stress it will slowly move - over the course of months and years. For example if you made a small hook and hung something heavy on that hook, the hook will unbend over the course of months until the object falls off the hook.
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
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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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I hoped someone else would answer this. My answer: "I doubt it warps after printing".
Most people, when talking about warping releated to 3d printing are talking about how when the part cools it can warp off the print bed and the bottom of the print can curl up.
Pretty much all filaments absorb water from the air and this is a serious consideration for PVA, and Nylons but I've never head to worry about it for PLA. I don't know much about PLA+ but in my experience it is so very close to PLA that it's not much different but I don't know. I've left a PLA parts outdoors in the rain (and sun) for about 8 years now and it still looks and feels like new.
My understanding with PLA (or is it PETG - Damn I forget) is that it is not as strong if it absorbs water. But the parts I print (which are functional and mechanical) have so little stress that I've never noticed any issues (my parts are probably all 10X stronger than they need to be - plastic is strong! lol).
The only "warping" issue I've experience with PLA is that if you put it under enough stress it will slowly move - over the course of months and years. For example if you made a small hook and hung something heavy on that hook, the hook will unbend over the course of months until the object falls off the hook.
But it has to be significant stress.
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