SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — How to avoid "stringys" or "spiderwebs"

Re: How to avoid "stringys" or "spiderwebs"

null@example.com (grantgibson45) — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:35:05 +0000

I would also be very interested and grateful to know your settings.... I have been trying to get the gearbox to print out which is a complete pain and I've also got a complex part I want to print so I am looking for alternatives to xyzware

Regards

Grant

Re: How to avoid "stringys" or "spiderwebs"

null@example.com (carl_m1968) — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:08:57 +0000

plasmaninjaa wrote:

Never mind, I'm an idiot haha.
There is a section in the options called "far travel" that does exactly what I mean about the bed lowering between travels

Would you mind sharing what settings you use as far as home position for Craftware. I am having a hard time getting it to start in the middle instead it starts on a corner and drags all over the plate hold down. Or just share your first 20 or so lines of one of your working codes.

Re: How to avoid "stringys" or "spiderwebs"

null@example.com (plasmaninjaa) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:21:37 +0000

Never mind, I'm an idiot haha.
There is a section in the options called "far travel" that does exactly what I mean about the bed lowering between travels

How to avoid "stringys" or "spiderwebs"

null@example.com (plasmaninjaa) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:09:36 +0000

Hey guys,

I started printing with the Craftware Slicer. It's great! It's a much better slicer with so much control and the prints are soooo much better. I just load the g-code and then copy and paste it into SAMPLE01 on the SD card.

The ONLY negative thing that I am finding from switching from XYZware to Craftware is that I am getting those dreaded "stringys"
Where when the printhead is moving from one spot to another, a very small amount of plastic seems to still be coming out of the nozzle, making a thin string as it travels.

I am wondering what ways people have come up with for dealing with this.
I know some slicers have a built in feature where every time the print head migrates from one location to another, the bed will lower a few inches, the print head will move, then the bed will come back up. However I am not seeing this feature anywhere on Craftware.

I turned down the heat, and it helped a little, but didn't seem to solve the problem. Maybe reduce the extrusion %?

Any advice anyone?