1 Topic by Photog (edited by Photog 2014-05-10 02:58:31)

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Topic: Z motor speed on SD3?

What is the correct speed for the SD3 Z motor under normal printing?

My printing program is asking, that way it can give me an "accurate estimated printing time"

edit: after looking, it's actually the "rapid z speed" when not printing.

My SD3:  Clear plexiglass case, case heater, X axis stabilizer, Z axis stabilizer, thumb screws, filament guide, heatsinks on all motors, extruder fan, controller fan, heatsinks on motherboard, Y rod pillow block, USB and Power on/off switch, fully calibrated including trimpot tuning. Am I missing anything?

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Re: Z motor speed on SD3?

3-5mm/s, quite slow.  Would it let you print without the estimate?

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Re: Z motor speed on SD3?

What? This (z-axis motor speed) is going to depend on a ton of things, namely layer size and layer speed.

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Re: Z motor speed on SD3?

The only thing I could think was the slicer is where we put all the X and Y speeds, and since we don't change the Z except for firmware/eeprom, its asking since it can't request it?

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Re: Z motor speed on SD3?

no I am using simplify 3d printing software not repetir host and asked me to give us z speed to estimate total print time

My SD3:  Clear plexiglass case, case heater, X axis stabilizer, Z axis stabilizer, thumb screws, filament guide, heatsinks on all motors, extruder fan, controller fan, heatsinks on motherboard, Y rod pillow block, USB and Power on/off switch, fully calibrated including trimpot tuning. Am I missing anything?

6 Reply by Photog (edited by Photog 2014-05-10 02:57:53)

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Re: Z motor speed on SD3?

Just to clarify the settings says:

"Rapid Movement Speed for when the machine is not printing. This should match your actual z-axis movement speed between layers when printing, for accurate printing times."

It's set to 30mm/sec right now.

So it appears it controls both the non-printing rapid movement speed on Z, and also is used to determine accurate print estimation times in the preview.

My SD3:  Clear plexiglass case, case heater, X axis stabilizer, Z axis stabilizer, thumb screws, filament guide, heatsinks on all motors, extruder fan, controller fan, heatsinks on motherboard, Y rod pillow block, USB and Power on/off switch, fully calibrated including trimpot tuning. Am I missing anything?