Questions tagged [acceleration]

For questions regarding troubleshooting or setting up hardware acceleration settings for a 3D printer either digitally or electronically.

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Calculating the estimated print time of an already sliced file

I started to write an application that calculates the estimated total print time from the G-code file for an already sliced model. The program works and it's pretty accurate. It works as follows: ...
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How to theoretically calculate the maximum acceleration?

I would like to calculate the maximum safe acceleration for my printer using the following parameters as input: printhead weight torque at the desired speed steps/mm and steps/revolution microsteps ...
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Ender 3 has developed a tendancy to skip Y steps

Recently my Ender 3 has developed a problem of skipping Y steps (layer shift in the Y direction), and it seems to be getting progressively worse. I'd never experienced layer shift before a few weeks ...
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