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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Strange Z-printing]]></title>
			<link>https://www.soliforum.com/post/110896/#p110896</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>galaxy99 wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Perhaps the reason / difference in the clicking update profile is Windows versus Mac (I use the Mac version and there are differences [more bugs in Mac version, too]).&nbsp; Curious - Have you looked/compared the resulting Gcode to verify the changes actually take place and not simply in the panel?</p><p>About temps:&nbsp; I print xyz brand filament at 235ºC and Shaxon at 245ºC and others (Hatchbox and eSun in those ranges too)...<br />Examples in photo: green=xyz brand, white=Shaxon.&nbsp; These are printed at H=0.3 and you can barely see the lines. They are thin wall parts...</p><p>Pump up the temps - try it.&nbsp; Can&#039;t hurt it and you can always stop the print.</p><p>Attached is a Simplify3D FFF file - Use the Import function in Menu, BUT, reduce the temps as they are currently set at 250ºC for my hacked extruder needs.&nbsp; Change them as suggested above - the other settings should give you a good print.&nbsp; The file has a couple of macros and Start &amp; Ending scripts that may or may not work with import/export between Mac/Windows....</p></blockquote></div><p>It might be a Mac vs Windows thing with the &quot;update&quot; button.</p><p>I always get a warp on my builds when I go up in temp. but I have change the gluestick to a better one so I might test to raise the temp a bit. </p><p>I have not compared the G-code, but the infill pattern, temps in the machinepanel and the look of my builds when changing between 0.1 and 0.3 is all there.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Strange Z-printing]]></title>
			<link>https://www.soliforum.com/post/110826/#p110826</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps the reason / difference in the clicking update profile is Windows versus Mac (I use the Mac version and there are differences [more bugs in Mac version, too]).&nbsp; Curious - Have you looked/compared the resulting Gcode to verify the changes actually take place and not simply in the panel?</p><p>About temps:&nbsp; I print xyz brand filament at 235ºC and Shaxon at 245ºC and others (Hatchbox and eSun in those ranges too)...<br />Examples in photo: green=xyz brand, white=Shaxon.&nbsp; These are printed at H=0.3 and you can barely see the lines. They are thin wall parts...</p><p>Pump up the temps - try it.&nbsp; Can&#039;t hurt it and you can always stop the print.</p><p>Attached is a Simplify3D FFF file - Use the Import function in Menu, BUT, reduce the temps as they are currently set at 250ºC for my hacked extruder needs.&nbsp; Change them as suggested above - the other settings should give you a good print.&nbsp; The file has a couple of macros and Start &amp; Ending scripts that may or may not work with import/export between Mac/Windows....</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?DhO9pxo.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?DhO9pxo.jpg" /></span></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Strange Z-printing]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>galaxy99 wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Assuming the model for the stl has decent wall thickness (assuming it&#039;s hollow) you should be able to improve the print regardless of the Height setting.</p><p>Two changes to consider (do one at a time and print a dozen layers to see what you get…)<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;Layer&gt; Outline Direction - Inside-Out&nbsp; or&nbsp; Outside-In<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;Infill&gt; Optimize Startpoints</p><p><strong>Important:</strong>&nbsp; - In your printing process panel - you MUST click the Update Profile button after making a change, otherwise changes are not made to output... (if it say&#039;s Modified, you need to click)</p><p>[edit] Your extrude temp is too low - the part looks it and the end-tag at the tip should be melted and stringy.&nbsp; Temps very depending on brand of filament...&nbsp; Simplify has a good (newly released) Print Quality Guide... check it out</p></blockquote></div><br /><p>Thanx for the tips, I will try to change them. </p><p>Well, the changes are made without clicking on the &quot;update profile&quot; button, I have never clicked it and temps and settings are saved anyway, I have change temp, layer, infill, infill pattern etc etc and all is changed. =/</p><p>The temp is set to 223c and that seems to work fine for 3dprima filament, dont think it will work alot better with higher temperature for it?</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Strange Z-printing]]></title>
			<link>https://www.soliforum.com/post/110654/#p110654</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Assuming the model for the stl has decent wall thickness (assuming it&#039;s hollow) you should be able to improve the print regardless of the Height setting.</p><p>Two changes to consider (do one at a time and print a dozen layers to see what you get…)<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;Layer&gt; Outline Direction - Inside-Out&nbsp; or&nbsp; Outside-In<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;Infill&gt; Optimize Startpoints</p><p><strong>Important:</strong>&nbsp; - In your printing process panel - you MUST click the Update Profile button after making a change, otherwise changes are not made to output... (if it say&#039;s Modified, you need to click)</p><p>[edit] Your extrude temp is too low - the part looks it and the end-tag at the tip should be melted and stringy.&nbsp; Temps very depending on brand of filament...&nbsp; Simplify has a good (newly released) Print Quality Guide... check it out</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Strange Z-printing]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>ggunners wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Looks very good to me. It looks like you have a slight under-extrusion at the layer change. So check on settings for that. Also, you can vary the layer change spot by using random layer starts. Some like that setting, I prefer the seam all in the same place.</p></blockquote></div><p>Thanx! Its the layerchange that nugging me alot. </p><p>So is it somewhere in here I should change something?</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?tpjdqCS.png" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?tpjdqCS.png" /></span></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Strange Z-printing]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Looks very good to me. It looks like you have a slight under-extrusion at the layer change. So check on settings for that. Also, you can vary the layer change spot by using random layer starts. Some like that setting, I prefer the seam all in the same place.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strange Z-printing]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>There is something strange with my Z-axis when printing, after installing repetier.</p><p>Maby there is some settings to fix this?<br />No fun to get this on every layer. </p><p>Photo attached.</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?g72b2qF.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?g72b2qF.jpg" /></span></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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