<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Getting A Finished Top Layer?]]>2014-02-12T22:25:02ZPunBBhttps://www.soliforum.com/topic/5537/getting-a-finished-top-layer/<![CDATA[Re: Getting A Finished Top Layer?]]>When printing at .1 mm layer heights you have to keep the amount of top solid material the same as at .3. This means if you normally have 3 layers of top solid layers @ .3mm layer heights, you should have 7-9 top solid layers at .1mm . Also, cooling fans help with bridging and top layers. Other fixes are to increase infill to make the gaps smaller.]]>https://www.soliforum.com/user/1906/2014-02-12T22:25:02Zhttps://www.soliforum.com/post/49593/#p49593<![CDATA[Re: Getting A Finished Top Layer?]]>Claghorn wrote:
You might actually get a better quality print with .2 or .3.
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]]>https://www.soliforum.com/user/55/2014-02-12T22:18:21Zhttps://www.soliforum.com/post/49592/#p49592<![CDATA[Re: Getting A Finished Top Layer?]]>I've found that the really thin .1mm layers have a really hard time going down smoothly on top of infill patterns. They catch on the edges and curl up and leave gaps. You might actually get a better quality print with .2 or .3.]]>https://www.soliforum.com/user/270/2014-02-12T20:37:27Zhttps://www.soliforum.com/post/49582/#p49582<![CDATA[Re: Getting A Finished Top Layer?]]>Just set the top layers higher in your profile.]]>https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/2014-02-12T20:15:24Zhttps://www.soliforum.com/post/49580/#p49580<![CDATA[Getting A Finished Top Layer?]]>I printed this yesterday at .1 mm with .15 infill. Everything turned out great except for the top layer. Is it just a matter of more infill? Is there a way to have, let's say, the final 3 layers print solid to save on time abs material used with more infill? As it is, this took about 7 hours, so I can only imagine what increasing the infill will do.
