Scratch on the upside surface

[claudiunyc 0]

Hello,

I'm having a problem with some parts printed on my UM 2.

At the top of the part apear some scratches. What settings I must to make to dissapear? Anyone have met this problem?

The printing settings were 0.1 layer, 30 mm/s speed, retraction length 5.5 and retraction speed 35 mm/s (I read in some posts about these settings)

I attach some pictures:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/ryi7azahgrywbef/scratch.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/view/ccxbybwuxbu5hmx/scratch1.jpg

Looking for some advices!

 

[IRobertI 521]

This is caused by a travel move where the head is just moving to a new position. In the newest beta of cura which you can find here: http://software.ultimaker.com/Cura_closed_beta/

daid has added a "z-hop" feature that might help with this. It will lift the head slightly after doing a retraction and just before it moves to a new location. I haven't tested it out myself but it could be worth a look.

More info and reported bugs here: http://umforum.ultimaker.com/index.php?/topic/4487-bring-me-your-bugs-cura-1402-rc2-ready-for-testing/

 

[gr5 2,271]

Robert posts good advice!

A few more things:

1) Try turning off "combing" which is in the expert menu. Combing forces travel moves "inside" the part wherever possible which is smart for lower layers but not good for the top and bottom layers. When combing is on, Cura turns off retraction for that move. So robert's "z-hop" suggestion might only work for these if z-hop is on. I'm not sure as this is a very new feature.

2) Look at the part in layer mode when you play with Cura settings. It might teach you something helpful.

3) Consider setting the "shell thickness" to 100mm. This will change the infill pattern and you might like the result better. Or conversely set "shell thickness" to 0mm which will give you *only* diagonal infill. I think you will like this less as the outer edge will be bumpy - but overall it might be an improvement to the top and bottom layers.

After experimenting - please let us know what you learned - along with possibly a picture!

Oh - one more thing - you might want to try "kisslicer". It's free and has a simple GUI just like Cura - although it has many more settings and is hard to figure them all out.

 

[IRobertI 521]

Just a note on setting shell thickness to 100. This will produce concentric "circles" for the fill which can be weaker than the standard diagonal lines. I printed a part a few weeks ago by using this trick and it split apart fairly easily once I put some strain on it. The regular pattern was MUCH stronger in this particular case. This doesn't matter if it's just an "art" piece of course, just something to be aware of.

 

[claudiunyc 0]

First of all, I would like to thanks for your prompt help.

I install Cura14.02 and after I print the part everything was change.

The settings were: 0.1 layer, 50mm/s, 210 ^oC, retraction length 5,5, retraction speed 25 mm/s and I disable combing and at z hop I put 0.1.

The part has no scratch as you can see in the attach picture.

https://www.mediafire.com/?pimnkqq2dt0kdz4

I think if I set up the speed at 30 mm/s the quality will increase more than at 50 mm/s.

What do you know about the quality of the first layer? How can I improve the quality of the top of the part?

Have a good night! Keep in touch.

 

[gr5 2,271]

Looks great. Try shell 100mm. See if you like that pattern better or worse. Also try shell 0mm.

 

[claudiunyc 0]

I will try. Tranks.

 

[claudiunyc 0]

Hello again,

I have a part: https://www.mediafire.com/?zv3u3vmgecg9nde which is small as you can see in the picture.

I don't know what settings I must use. The part is little (diameter of 2.2 mm)

 

[gr5 2,271]

Please don't reply here. This topic moved to here:

http://umforum.ultimaker.com/index.php?/topic/5134-printing-small-parts/&do=findComment&comment=45416