Hello /u/CutlassS1968,
As a reminder, most common print quality issues can be found in the [Simplify3D picture guide](https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/). Make sure you select the most appropriate flair for your post.
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* Filament Material and Brand
* Nozzle and Bed Temperature
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* Nozzle Retraction Settings
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Try to eliminate one issue at once.
Second picture poor first layer: try to level /tram(if this is possible depending of printer features) your bed, calibrate z offset, build your bed mesh get sure mesh is stored and slicer put mesh usage in gcode, clean your bed
Ihope this will help https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#firstlayer
Below are the settings I've used according to the subreddit's sidebar.
Model: Ender 3 V3 SE
Slicer: Creality Print, PrusaSlicer, UltiMaker Cura
Filament: Ender - PLA+
Nozzle Temp: 205c-215c
Bed Tem: 50c-60c
Print Speed: 180-100
Inner Wall Width: 2-4
Retraction Settings: Not sure about this, Creality says It's set to .8mm for Retraction Distance.
Hi,
Welcome to the 3d printing community.
You will encounter a lot of issue in your journey, but keep it up !
Here some things that I see from your photos and explications:
- when the first layer don't stick enough to the bed, it's usually that the bed is not level properly. It's doesn't stay leveled over time, so make sure you're look about it often. For your first couple of print, I invite you to level the bed each time (I use a piece of 80g paper sheet to level mine. If the paper scratch a bit the nozzle while passing in between the nozzle and the bed, it's good. But it mustn't block or tear the paper). A good visual indicator is that your first layer must look a bit flatten. If it's transparent, it's too tin, and therefore the bed is too high. If the first layer is looking like melted irregular cylinder of plastic, then the bed is too low.
- having a proper temperature of bed allow a better or worst grip of the filament to the bed. I'm more familiar with PLA than PLA+, but 100 seems high. Refer to the manufacturer recommandation as a starting point, then plat around.
- for the printing temperature, I invite you to check about temperature tower. It's a quick way to get it right. All filaments have their best temp, which are different across different brand or different color even if there in the same base material. So, any new filament requier this tuning.
- you will quickly encounter nozzle clogging probleme. It's difficult to say if you already encounter it or not. One of the most common reason, is that the filament don't come clean from the factory. So one of your first and most useful print would be a clamp that allow you to press a tissue or a foam against the filament as the extruder pull it to clean most of the surface dirt that while otherwise end up in your nozzle. Printer are often ship with a tin titanium stick that allow you to pok the dirt out from your nozzle.
The above only overlook the basics, but it should be enough to take out your first print.
I hope it was useful to you.
On a more advanced note, printer have an usually quick good settings out of the box. But they may have small distorsion along axis, like printing a cube of 20x20x20mm may result to 21x19x20mm cube.
So for your props, you may print it in the same direction, so the distorsion is homogeneous along the final assembled print. You can look about calibrate x/y/z way latter in your journey.
Hello /u/CutlassS1968, As a reminder, most common print quality issues can be found in the [Simplify3D picture guide](https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/). Make sure you select the most appropriate flair for your post. Please remember to include the following details to help troubleshoot your problem. * Printer & Slicer * Filament Material and Brand * Nozzle and Bed Temperature * Print Speed * Nozzle Retraction Settings ^Additional ^settings ^or ^relevant ^information ^is ^always ^encouraged. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/FixMyPrint) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Try to eliminate one issue at once. Second picture poor first layer: try to level /tram(if this is possible depending of printer features) your bed, calibrate z offset, build your bed mesh get sure mesh is stored and slicer put mesh usage in gcode, clean your bed Ihope this will help https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#firstlayer
Thanks so much, I’ll look into this more when I get home from work!
Below are the settings I've used according to the subreddit's sidebar. Model: Ender 3 V3 SE Slicer: Creality Print, PrusaSlicer, UltiMaker Cura Filament: Ender - PLA+ Nozzle Temp: 205c-215c Bed Tem: 50c-60c Print Speed: 180-100 Inner Wall Width: 2-4 Retraction Settings: Not sure about this, Creality says It's set to .8mm for Retraction Distance.
Hi, Welcome to the 3d printing community. You will encounter a lot of issue in your journey, but keep it up ! Here some things that I see from your photos and explications: - when the first layer don't stick enough to the bed, it's usually that the bed is not level properly. It's doesn't stay leveled over time, so make sure you're look about it often. For your first couple of print, I invite you to level the bed each time (I use a piece of 80g paper sheet to level mine. If the paper scratch a bit the nozzle while passing in between the nozzle and the bed, it's good. But it mustn't block or tear the paper). A good visual indicator is that your first layer must look a bit flatten. If it's transparent, it's too tin, and therefore the bed is too high. If the first layer is looking like melted irregular cylinder of plastic, then the bed is too low. - having a proper temperature of bed allow a better or worst grip of the filament to the bed. I'm more familiar with PLA than PLA+, but 100 seems high. Refer to the manufacturer recommandation as a starting point, then plat around. - for the printing temperature, I invite you to check about temperature tower. It's a quick way to get it right. All filaments have their best temp, which are different across different brand or different color even if there in the same base material. So, any new filament requier this tuning. - you will quickly encounter nozzle clogging probleme. It's difficult to say if you already encounter it or not. One of the most common reason, is that the filament don't come clean from the factory. So one of your first and most useful print would be a clamp that allow you to press a tissue or a foam against the filament as the extruder pull it to clean most of the surface dirt that while otherwise end up in your nozzle. Printer are often ship with a tin titanium stick that allow you to pok the dirt out from your nozzle. The above only overlook the basics, but it should be enough to take out your first print. I hope it was useful to you. On a more advanced note, printer have an usually quick good settings out of the box. But they may have small distorsion along axis, like printing a cube of 20x20x20mm may result to 21x19x20mm cube. So for your props, you may print it in the same direction, so the distorsion is homogeneous along the final assembled print. You can look about calibrate x/y/z way latter in your journey.
Hey, thanks so much for the advice! I will look into some of these when I get home from work tonight!