SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-31T20:03:52Z

ok.. the ini files for kisslicer 1.1 is here : http://www.soliforum.com/post/24739/#p24739

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-30T13:25:25Z

i will put my kisslicer .ini on the forum when i will back at home in 7 hours.. it's well dialed for 0.2mm layer and you just have to put them in your kisslicer directory (and overwrite)

ronsii wrote:

how did you bring the gcode from kislicer into RH? and what settings did you use for kisslicer?

you just have to click on the 'load' icon in RH and choose your .gcode file

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-30T04:45:17Z

how did you bring the gcode from kislicer into RH? and what settings did you use for kisslicer?

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-30T02:42:39Z

I increased the perimeters with Slic3r, got the same outcome. Downloaded Kisslicer sliced the STL and saved it. Imported it into RH and hit RUN. Nothing happened except the extruder temperature shot up to 250C. Nothing else happened. Is there a trick to make KISslicer work with RH?
Thanks

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-28T09:50:09Z

mikefree41 wrote:

In trying to print the top of a sphere I am getting holes or a very thin layer. Any ideas on improving this? It's not a flat surface so it's working hard to close.

More perimeters... ore use kisslicer..

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-28T02:43:51Z

In trying to print the top of a sphere I am getting holes or a very thin layer. Any ideas on improving this? It's not a flat surface so it's working hard to close.

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-20T14:45:52Z

lawsy wrote:

Finalising the mk5 extruder and a new 40mm fan mount now. Hard to design a good one now because everyone has different extruders.

PLEASE... put the fan OVER the stepper motor... if it's on the side as usual, it will bump into the case on extreme move

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-20T11:06:43Z

Finalising the mk5 extruder and a new 40mm fan mount now. Hard to design a good one now because everyone has different extruders.

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-20T11:04:41Z

In terms of accuracy, my printer is pretty dialed in, so I will increase my layer count and get my fan up and running. I haven't printed out my 40 mm fan mount for my new extruder design yet, so I better get crack a lackin. I print most of my parts now at .2mm, so I should have increased layers when I switched from .3 to .2. Thanks saymo606 and lawsy.

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-20T09:54:14Z

Having a fan on for the first layers above the infill stops it drooping into the infill gaps.

50% is pretty dense however so you must have some major issues.

Re: Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-20T09:36:36Z

what resolution are you printing at?

you have to increase the layers as you increase the resolution of the print...

5 layers at 0.1mm is 0.5mm whereas 5 at 0.3mm .... you get the drift....

Improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers

2013-05-20T02:10:35Z

I would really like to know how people are improving the appearance of the last horizontal layers in their prints, especially if they have a lot of flatness. I have my Slic3r settings for horizontal shells set to 5 solid layers, and the 50% infill pattern still telegraphs through. Is there a better setting to get the final horizontal layers in my prints to be somewhat smooth? Thanks.