Questions tagged [bed-leveling]
Use this tag for questions regarding the manual or automatic leveling of the build platform.
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Ender 3 BLTouch not working with BigTreeTech SKR mini e3 or stock motherboard
When my Ender 3 was on the stock motherboard, I went through two BLTouch sensors. In both cases, we had the same result: sometimes, when homing with the sensor, the printer would jam the gantry down ...
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Ender 3 CR Touch Bed Levelling X axis offset
I upgraded my Ender 3 with the CR Touch, and updated the firmware (contacted Creality directly to get the correct version). I got Marlin 2.0.6. However when I try the bed levelling feature the first ...
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Help to find out all the failures in first IDEX test
I've just got a brand new Sovol SV04 IDEX printer.
After struggling for days on bed levelling, I came out with an almost decent alignment.
So I printed the well-known boat to test a dual print.
Here ...
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Ender 7 CR touch work problem
I have a Creality Ender 7 printer. I bought a CR Touch auto leveling sensor for it. After installing and uploading the firmware ...
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Inconsistensy of manual tramming and auto tramming/auto bed levelling
I have a new Ender 3 S1 printer with CR Touch sensor (never had experience with auto levelling before) and I'm confused about how it works. Also, I updated the firmware to Professional Firmware.
I ran ...
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Auto bed level probing incorrectly
I'm using Marlin 2.1.2 on an Ender 3, with an SKR E3 v3 mini, Sprite Pro extruder, and a CR Touch probe.
Whenever I try to level, it appears to ignore the probe offsets. Causing any mesh to be ...
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Can't get anything to print Ender 3 S1 Pro
I'm new to 3D printing but got myself an Ender 3 S1 Pro but have been trying to get anything to print for the last week now. I'm pulling out my hair!
When I start a print, a strip of plastic will be ...
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How to see BLTouch probing results?
How do I view the results from the BLTouch probing on my Ender 3?
I have set up all the firmware and installed the BLTouch fine and it works as expected. But how am I able to see the results of the <...
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15x15 mesh returns ridiculous values
So I've followed the wonderful tutorial here and managed to modify the Anycubic firmware to include more mesh points to probe for (I've set it to have a 15x15 grid because I'm printing a large scale ...
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Auto Bed Leveling does not compensate for bed tilt correctly (Anycubic Kobra Neo)
Setup: Anycubic Kobra Neo (Firmware v1.3.3), Cura 5.2.1
I recently bought an Anycubic Kobra Neo.
It works but has issues with auto bed leveling. Specifically, auto bed leveling does not compensate for ...
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Ender 3 Pro not auto homing
I have had my Ender 3 Pro for roughly a year now and have decided to make some upgrades.
I recently upgraded to a BLTouch and silent board. I am having a problem auto homing where the printer does its ...
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Printer ignores G29 command
I have a 3D printer Ender 3 V2. I bought a BLTouch sensor for it and compiled my own Marlin firmware.
Now, my print run of the part is like this:
I heat up the table
Starting table calibration
After ...
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Ender 3 S1 general (beginners) problems
I'm a beginner, so my terminology may be off.
I bought my first 3D printer a while back
It's the first Creality Ender 3 S1 series that came out.
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I'll summarize my observations: Manual and ...
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Ender 3 Pro has too much space between extruder and bed
I just finished assembling my Ender 3 Pro and am having trouble with bed leveling. The extruder doesn't even come close to the bed, the z-limit stops the nozzle about 3-4 mm away.
The leveling ...
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How to apply manually obtained mesh leveling values to a G-code file on a printer without ABL?
I have a Raise3D Pro2, which if you are not aware, is one of the most overbuilt, overpriced printers that lacks some of the most basic features of an Ender costing 1/10th the price. One of which is ...
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Mesh Repeatability
Newbie with an Ender-3 V2 Neo. From Octoprint Bed Visualizer, I run Update Mesh Now and get this:
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Ender 3 Pro bed is lower in the middle
I just purchased this Ender 3 Pro about 1 week ago and since then I've been having nightmares with leveling/tramming the printer bed. From having to tram it again after every print to not being able ...
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Ender 3 CR-touch upgraded but not able to manually level the bed
I've added a CR_touch and corresponding firmware, and used some help to get started. When I brought the printer home, I dialed auto leveling , printed a calicat and it went just fine except that I ...
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BLTouch on Bed Leveling check don't move left after point 6
My Setup
Ender 3
BTT SKR Mini E3 v1.2 with BLTouch
Marlin v2.1.x
Problem
Captured it here (short video):
When Bed Leveling, the print head doesn't return left on the X-...
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Anycubic Chiron homing issue
The Anycubic Chiron is the third 3D printer I’ve owned, so I’m fairly familiar with the inner workings of them.
The problem occurs when I home the Z-axis. Once the Z-axis sensor gets triggered, the Z-...
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Inconsistent Z-height on Ender 3 V2 print bed
I have an Ender 3V2 running a custom version of Jyers Marlin, and using a CR Touch as a Z-stop, and with a heated glass print bed. This is my first printer, and it mostly prints fine except when ...
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Can I cancel a G26 that’s already underway?
I’m spending hours trying to get a bed mesh that gives me a reliable first layer. I’ve got CHEP’s concentric square pattern printing reliably, but real objects still fail, and the G26 test pattern in ...
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Creality CR Touch not precise enough
I have the problem that the bed auto level functionality is working but not precise enough so that the first layer doesn't stick everywhere and the "paper sheet check" for each corner gives ...
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Uneven mesh after perfect auto tramming?
BLTouch enabled Ender 3 w/4.2.2 board running mriscoc's Professional firmware.
How is it that the auto tramming can report the corners of the bed to be level, and then immediately afterwards it ...
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Installed BLTouch - what do I need to tell Cura? Just G29, or more to it?
I added a BLTouch to my Ender3v2. Yay! But my first layer is still as sketchy as it's ever been.
I've got the firmware updated, and I can see the auto-level process take place at the beginning of my ...
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How to fix a tilted gantry on a Weedo Tina 2?
I recently ended up detaching the Bowden tube of my Weedo Tina 2 to get a stuck piece of filament out. I think I may have ended up pushing the gantry out of true because this issue started right after....
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Glass bed is higher in center when corners are leveled
After leveling the corners of my bed (Ender 3 Pro, with Creality glass bed) the center of my bed is higher. When I start a print the nozzle is so close to the glass bed no filament is laid down.
Is ...
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Moving bed Y-axis belt keeps skipping after replacement
I replaced my belt that had snapped and tightened it with the tension adjuster. Now, either the tension is too tight to allow the Y-axis belt motors to move the bed, or otherwise, the bed skips at ...
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What do I do when my magnetic bed looks like this after a failed print
I'm having a lot of issues leveling my printer and one failed print came out like this. Is there something wrong with the surface that I need a new bed? This happens to me quite often and I literally ...
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Filament based printing what operator behaviors contribute to an increased need to relevel a bed?
When using a filament based printer, what operator behaviors increase the frequency at which a bed must be relevelled between prints?
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Bed leveling suggestions given this mesh generated by BLTouch
The printer is a Creality CR-10 S5.
Marlin 2.0.7.2
Here is the highest point.
Deepest valley
Further the leveling screws on the right X0,0 and X=0, Y=467 are barely at the very bottom of the screw. ...
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How to tune Longer LK5 Pro for smoother prints?
I need to print parts that fit together very well on the Longer LK5 Pro. However, after printing a Benchy, I noticed that whatever I print has a lot of imperfections. Is there any way I can fix this? ...
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G29 Error results in SLOW Probe fail! - Triggered early
I am having an issue with my BLTouch when autoleveling. It fails and I received:
SLOW Probe fail! - Triggered early.
However, it seems to work correctly with G28 (...
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Does an uneven resin printer matter if the build plate is level with LCD?
I am using an Elegoo Saturn S and have leveled the build plate per manufacturer's instructions a handful of times. However, I have yet to get a successful print except for the rook model that came ...
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Marlin + BLTouch layer compression
I have an Ender 3 Pro which I recently added an SKR Mini E3 v2.0 with Marlin and BLTouch. I have run into an odd issue where roughly the first 10 mm of the print are compressed into ~7 mm of Z height....
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No distance between the nozzle and the print bed level at the center (1) position after bed leveling
After I have leveled the print bed on all four corners manually, on moving to the center (1) position I still observe that there is no distance between the print bed and the nozzle. The nozzle ...
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Speed bump like structural distortions in 3D printed samples
I am printing 5-152 mm(L)x35 mm(W)x3 mm(T) samples using a commercial PLA filament with 0.1 mm layer height (30 total layers). The raster width is 0.4 mm while the raster angle in all layers is 0/0°. ...
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"Blobs" at beginning and end of layer and no adhesion
I am trying to configure my Ender 3 v2, but I am having (again) trouble with layer adhesion: With the CHEP leveling test I am having these problematic "blobs" at each lower left of the ...
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How do you fix an "invalid mesh" on a CR-10 Smart 3D printer?
My Creality CR-10 Smart 3D printer has built-in auto bed levelling (ABL). It appears that it is cannot do anything if ABL is not set up properly. Setting up ABL entails creating a valid mesh.
I am ...
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How do you level (or tram) your build surface correctly?
There are numerous topics found on first layers that do not adhere properly causing prints to fail or cause print quality defects.
The advice is often to properly level or tram the build surface. How ...
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Why should the bed be leveled and isn't just fixed optimally?
In every 3D print that I have seen, the bed should be leveled (manually or with some sensor-based system) on multiple points, pretty annoying because often when you reach the perfect distance on a ...
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CR Touch firmware NO Z-axis home Ender 5 Pro 4.2.7
I purchased a new 4.2.7 (256k) board for my Ender 5 Pro and added the CR Touch. I got everything connected and flashed the board with the "Ender-5 Pro- Marlin2.0.1 - V1.1.1 - ALT - TMC2235.bin&...
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Nozzle not level and first print failed
So I just got my first 3D printer the Ender 3 Pro. My nozzle is a bit too high (first image) and this is what happened after my first test print (second image).
I saved for a while to buy this and I’m ...
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Swapping magnitized bed plates?
I print a lot of stuff, and I was thinking I could get several magnetic bed-plates and when 1 print is done simply have my wife pull the plate off and stick on clean plate and start the print again.
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How do you make a new CR-10 Smart do auto bed-levelling?
I have just bought a Creality CR-10 Smart 3D printer, and - as part of the rite of passage of newbies - I am struggling with getting a usable initial layer. Whilst trying to make sense of what I was ...
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G29 UBL G-code - every request levels bed? [duplicate]
Every time I issue a G29 command the printer runs through all its multi-point/probing bed leveling routine.
Is this normal? or can I issue one ...
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Z-axis lead screw not turning to adjust height when using auto leveling?
I have a 3DTouch with my Ender 3 3D printer with the Creality 4.2.2 Board. It is running a custom build of Marlin 2.0.9.2. As I have been watching my prints, I noticed that the Z-axis lead screw does ...
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Using the BLTouch to assist with manual bed levelling?
I struggle with paper levelling and find it to be excessively coarse and unspecific. I bought a 3DTouch, but I still need to make the bed generally level using the knobs. Otherwise, the print will be ...
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Can't make Ender 3 V1 Level
I have an Ender 3 V1 with a glass Creality plate. I was having difficulty using manual levelling and my prints were struggling, so I ordered a 3DTouch. I have installed the 3DTouch and used Creality's ...
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Anycubic i3 Mega layers don't stick together/are too thin
My Anycubic i3 Mega suddenly stopped printing properly. As you can see on the images attached, the printed filament seems to be too thin which causes the layers to not stick together.
I already:
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