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Topic: Simplify3D software

Hello fellow Printers,

So, I bought a Monoprice Dual Extruder printer (Makerbot clone)

The first print was with ReplicatorG software (YUK!...came out bad)
The second print was with Simplify3D and it came out really good.  I was very happy with the result.

But then....I went to print my 3rd print and BLOTTO!   End of fun.   The heating system on the extruder broke and since I only had the printer about 24 hours, it's on it's way back to MonoPrice and they're sending me a replacement.

I do have to say that MonoPrice made the return process easy and has quickly shipped me another.
So I can't complain about that.   What would have been sweet is if they could have shipped the replacement faster since I'll be without a printer for a week....and I use it for business purposes mostly.

Anyway here's the real question....

1).  Is there ANY way (even remotely possible) that Simplify3D could have damaged my printer's extruder heater?

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Re: Simplify3D software

poppinfresh wrote:

Hello fellow Printers,

So, I bought a Monoprice Dual Extruder printer (Makerbot clone)

The first print was with ReplicatorG software (YUK!...came out bad)
The second print was with Simplify3D and it came out really good.  I was very happy with the result.

But then....I went to print my 3rd print and BLOTTO!   End of fun.   The heating system on the extruder broke and since I only had the printer about 24 hours, it's on it's way back to MonoPrice and they're sending me a replacement.

I do have to say that MonoPrice made the return process easy and has quickly shipped me another.
So I can't complain about that.   What would have been sweet is if they could have shipped the replacement faster since I'll be without a printer for a week....and I use it for business purposes mostly.

Anyway here's the real question....

1).  Is there ANY way (even remotely possible) that Simplify3D could have damaged my printer's extruder heater?


As long as your temp was not set over 300 it should be fine. Even then those print heads use thermocouples and no PTFE/PEEK inserts so they should be good even over that but there are only a few things you might print at over 300 and most of them the average printer would never use..

I have a CT'c dual which is a copy of a Flashforge creator which is a copy of a Makerbot Dual so I have pretty much the same machine...

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Re: Simplify3D software

Well, that's the thing......

I definitely set the print head at 190C and the print bed at 60C

I looked in the Gcode file and that was what was in there.

So I doubt it had anything to do with the software.

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Re: Simplify3D software

I've been using Simplify3D for almost a year now without any printer problems.  I would guess you had a mechanical breakdown that caused your problem.

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Re: Simplify3D software

Poppinfresh, Carl-m1968 meant 300F. If you set your temp at 190C that is 374F. Maybe you overheated it.

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That's Celsius.  Without PTFE you don't have the 240c limit.  A thermistor is good to around 300 which you might need for printing PC.  With a thermocouple you can go higher than 300 but there isn't really a reason to.   There are usually firmware limits in place to keep you from overheating by setting the wrong temperature.