Print surface seems to be Uneven and rough

[kpk 2]

Can anyone suggest me solution for this problem , my print surface is uneven and rough.

[Labern 774]

Are you talking about the flat surface or the outer round surface, maybe both?

If its everything then I would think that its a bit hot.

Providing layer heights, temps and speeds can help solve your problem.

[kpk 2]

Yes both

@labern Can you specify providing layer heights, temps and speed meaning?

[Labern 774]

In Cura what settings did you use to print the item? Did you use the quick print settings? If so, what one did you use? and what cura version?

If you used the advanced settings what layer height?

What speed?

what nozzle temp did you print with? did you use the default PLA material setting on the printer?

[swordriff 119]

kpk; can you update your profile with kind if printer you have?

Hard to tell from photo, scale etc.. But my guess is two problems;

too low layer height, to thin top/bottom layer. These are settings in Cura. Recommend layer height 0.2, top/bottom layer 1.6.

Edited May 8, 2015 by Guest

[cloakfiend 995]

Is that the top that is bumpy or the bottom? you really need to give more info for more help. the outside is not perfectly round, most likely due to model topology, and the surface is bumpy from being too hot, or if its the bottom, too cold, or too far awy from the glass. The closer to the galss at the start and hotter, to smoother the surface as it all melts together nicely. Play with temperate as you are printing and experiment. i keep dialling down temos until the feeder clicks suggesting that the nozzle is not hot enough to melt the plastic anymore. mainly i print at 208 for .06mm at 35mm/s and 210 at .1.

Your model doesnt look so bad, just play around with temp. and dont print too fast. printing at high speeds shouldnt even be advertised, it defeats the point if you are after quality. Fast speeds should only really be used for dirty mockups and to get an idead of whqt you are making dont expect thing to look good printed at 200mm/s compared to 50.

Also a lot of people seem to think printing infill at diferent speeds to the shell is a good idea. It isnt, and also creates a long list of problems.

Hope this has helped somewhat, main this is to experiment, then you really know. Without experimentation you are always in the dark on whats best for your printer.

[gr5 2,173]

From the photo it's really hard to tell but it looks pretty much fine. I'm not sure what you mean be "rough". You mean like sandpaper? Usually it prints very smooth so I'm thinking you mean something else but not sure what. You mean those lines that appear to be from the CAD model? Maybe you should crop the picture down to about 1/30th of what you have it cropped to now - just show a small sliver of the part that shows the rough spot - maybe an arrow pointing to the spot or is it everywhere? Is there nowhere that it *isn't* rough?