I just got in a Monoprice Mini Select v1. When I print out the sample file from the miniSD card, it prints it perfectly. When I print out anything from Cura on the other hand, everything is lifted off the bed.
Here are my settings, any thoughts?
Try using a raft not brim. I run in to that problem if I print something bigger than the demo robot and am using sub par filament.
What filament are you using? (ABS or PLA) Also what are your temperature settings?
@funinthefalls pla 200c 60 on the plate
Try bumping up the extruder temp by 5 degrees at a time.
@funinthefalls , it runs perfectly fine with those temps for the test print on the Micro SD card, so it isn’t the temps. It’s teh outputting from Cura.
Every model is different. If the model has a tendency to warp due to its size and shape, you may need a raft or bigger brim, etc.
I’m current having a hard time getting a large 10" circular piece to print, but am trying different options until i find something that works for me.
People have suggested to try lowering layer height, using prittstick for better adhesion, etc. Give a raft a try, you may be surprised on the result…
I had this problem aswell with the new cura, it is the first layer height that’s the problem.
@Pjotr_Lengkeek what did you adjust?
Hummm, never thought to open the g-code file of the item that prints OK and reverse engineer the first 20 lines to understand what is going on, get the first layer temp and everything else?
If I have too, but if people already know a way to lower the first layer height, then why?
It is important to understand g-code basics. When something goes wrong, may it be skipped steps, stepper driver overheating, and the millions of other reasons things go wrong, it is often necessary to create a g-code file by hand, to create a square by example, to ensure no other factor (drawing software, units, slicer settings) are messing with the the print, in oder to debug your printer. But maybe that is just me…
@Jean-Francois_Talbot Ans I def will, but if this is a common occurrence within Cura, I would like to see if there is also a way to set Cura up properly as well.
I just used the old cura because there you can edit the first layer height. Something you cant do in the new cura
@Pjotr_Lengkeek may I ask which version? And what did you edit the height to?
I think the http://15.xx version. The thing is in the new cura when you increase the initial layer thickness it also increases the height of the nozzle of the first layer. In the old it does not and it will basically overextrude the first layer. Another way of fixing this would be to calibrate your bed with a piece of paper but this time make the paper rub against your bed.
Post ur cura ini. File.
@Pjotr_Lengkeek Changing initial layer height in Cura 15.x definitely changes nozzle height. I think you mean initial layer track width (or however Cura phrases it). It’s too bad that was removed in Cura 2, though I remember daid being opinionated against it.
If Cura 2 supports something like 15’s “Tweak at Z”, you might be able to amp up your extrusion multiplier and knock it back down at layer 2.