Questions tagged [ultimaker-cura]
Questions about the slicing program called Ultimaker Cura.
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Whai is Twitter Marketing?
Well, Twitter is loaded with hundreds of people who visit this site at least once a day.
So it’s obvious that if you can add Twitter to your Marketing campaign, it will do the wonder for your brand.
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Under extrusion caused by sharp turns(?)
I have been testing my brain for the last few weeks trying to solve this problem:
Some info:
Printers: Sidewinder X1 | Prusa MK3S
Extruder: Stock(Titan clone with volcano clone hotend) | Stock
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Ender 5 pro , prints lean, but only when multiple parts are printed (almost)
I can print single, large, complex parts with multiple towers with long travels between them and nothing leans. So pretty sure it is not belt tension, lash, or slop.
When I add a second part to the ...
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BLTouch ender 3 pro doing a very hard end stop
I am very new to 3D printing and after finding the bed on my Ender 3 Pro to be very uneven I decided to install a bl-touch module and new firmware from TH3D. I use Cura and it works fine but it only ...
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How to get a quality print of a thin single-walled shell?
I would like to 3D print a small thin tub/mold for an epoxy resin. I have tubings inserted into holes, and I need to fix these tubings securely with epoxy (see picture below). The space is very ...
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Why does printing outer walls last cause corner curling?
In an old question I just self-answered, I had ongoing problems with corner curling that went away due to my switching to using Cura's Outer Before Inner Walls (...
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Over-extrusion on curved surfaces?
I am having issues with my Creality CR-10 S5 running Cura 4.6.1. If I use the Ender-3 gcode, it prints perfect. If I do the exact same print with S5 printer selected, I get garbage prints with lots of ...
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weird part slices with horizontally printed holes
I just made a remix of that mod to have a more rigid chassis for Z axis.
While the parts are a little too heavy to my taste, I did import the STL to FreeCAD and made some adjustments before printing. ...
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Deactivate combing in first layer
I noticed a problem with the combing feature. When I print the first layer with combing set to “not in skin” the extruder does not retract on the first layer. That leads to ugly oozing strings in the ...
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How to make Cura generate G-code with desired feed rate?
I am trying to calibrate maximum print speeds I can achieve on my printer. To do this I have created a large test-cube where I am only going to print the outer wall. I will use this to determine what ...
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Filament getting stuck after 1.5 hours of printing
Problem: After about 1.5 hours of printing on my modified Anet A8 the (converted to Bowden) extruder begins to make a clicking noise. The filament is not being pushed through the hotend (E3D V6, it is ...
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How to resume an unfinished project
I was printing a lid for a box in my Ender 3 pro printer. But I don't know why it stopped printing and moved aside when it does in finished printings. This happened at midnight and I didn't see it ...
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Issues With Cura 4.6.1 Effecting Text Width On The Initial Layer
I'm have an issue where Cura 4.6.1 is effecting the width of certain characters if the part is orented to print them on the the bottom. The initial layer seems to be the only layer that is effected. ...
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Dots in Cura on Prepare-mode
When I load a figure in Cura 4.6.1 I get weird dots all over my figure in Prepare-mode.
How come, and can I turn it off?
It's on every model I load :( I am fairly ...
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FLSUN QQ doesn't print and stops at Z=15 mm
When I try to print something that is not the test model already on the SD, which means when I try to slice something in Cura 4 and than I start the print, the nozzle stops at Z=15 mm and only ...
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Low Accuracy while perfect travel movement
I own an older Anet A6. Flashed the Marlin Firmware on it (and think I configured it properly). Also updated to the latest 2.0.5.3 some days ago). The nozzle is a 0.4 mm one, direct drive ...
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Z offset in Marlin is not working recently
My printer is ignoring the "Z offset" setting in Cura and the "Bed Z" stored in the printer LCD settings? Its been working before but after a firmware update of my printer, it doesn't work. Even after ...
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Can't find a usable temperature for PLA
I have a Monoprice MP10 Mini, a cut-down Creality CR-10 with lobotomized firmware. Heated bed.
I'm trying to do PLA prints, but have been unable to find a usable temperature.
If I set the ...
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Why do slicers have nozzle size settings? [duplicate]
It seems to me that the size of hole in the nozzle shouldn't matter in and of itself. If you program in the layer height and line width, then the same amount of plastic has to be extruded, no matter ...
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My 3D model is printing with missing parts when sliced in Ultimaker Cura
I have been working hard the last year on the model below. I am new to everything 3D that is modeling and especially 3D printing. I have however successfully concluded quite a good number of 3D prints ...
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PLA Issue printing first 3 mm with Ender 3 Pro
I´ve tried tunning printer settings with different Nozzle(190-210 ºC)/ Bed(0-60 ºC) Temperatures, Fan Speeds (0-100 %), Cura and Slicer adjustemens but nothing worked. I still get the ...
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Nozzle digging into print after filament change
So I recently watched a YouTube video on using Cura to modify a G-code to pause at a certain height in order to change filament (using an Ender 3 Pro) first time I did it, it worked fine but now when ...
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Custom print end G-code not working
I'm the owner of a CR-10S Pro printer.
I wanted to add some extra steps to the end of the printing process, like turning of the fans (noisy still, waiting for a new set of fans).
I'm using ...
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Alternating number of lines for the shell between layers
Is is possible to have alternating numbers of lines for the outer wall between each layer? So, say, one layer will have 3 lines for the wall, the next layer, 2, then the next layer 3, then 2 again, ...
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Brim around just one section
I'm looking to print this item:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4274950
I want to lay it flat on the bed, 90° to how it's shown on Thingiverse. The problem is there's the one little corner on ...
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Problem printing circles/holes on Anycubic I3 mega
For some time I've been struggling to print models with holes going all the way through from top to bottom. Models without those holes print out just fine. I've spend quite some time on levelling the ...
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Sketchup designed “Block with hole” printed solid in Cura
When I export my SketchUp STL model to Cura it looks good in solid mode but in the layers mode some holes are filled up.
To find the reason why, I broke down the original model by deleting the parts ...
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Extreme stringing (hairy) print
I'm trying to do a print, but there's a huge amount of extremely thick filaments. I don't even know how to describe the issue, so please see image
Using 0.12 mm slice, Cura 4.5, Ender 3 Pro
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Cura imports FreeCAD stl wrong
I am trying to import an STL file, I created in FreeCAD. It has a hole in the hull of the object and behind that hole there are two pins inside the object (see attached FreeCAD screenshot).
When I ...
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Can Cura alert me (give a warning) if it estimates times for layers are too long?
I occasionally have a problem with warping and peeling. Mostly this is fine; it only happens rarely. Recently it happened again on a larger item, and it gave me an idea. I went back and looked, and I ...
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Layer Separation Where A Previous Layer Ends
I have a problem with my prints having a small separation gap between layers when I have a corner and the Z layer ends or starts for a partial distance. The gap reminds me of a gap between a print and ...
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3D Printer does not print whole object
Just took delivery of a massive Anycubic Chiron to my house and have been trying to get it printing successfully for supplies for fellow clinic staff. For some reason, it is only printing a portion of ...
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How to fix a Duet3D board on an Ender 3 frame pausing mid-print
I have just installed a Duet3D Wifi 2 on an Ender 3 Pro. I sliced my first print using Cura and uploaded it via the web interface. It prints fine, except that it pauses for 10 seconds several times ...
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Prints coming out very stringy
So these past few days I have been 3D printing again with my Ender 3 with PETG and 0.4 mm nozzle and while I have been using the same setting as usual I am seeing an unusual amount of stringing ...
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3D Printer only printing half of an object
My 3D printer is only printing half of the object I want to print. I have a WANHAO i3 Mini and i use Cura, I've added some images below that shows the problem:
I entered this values as Settings:
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Ender 5 plus center of bed is incorrect [duplicate]
Currently have an issue setting the center of the bed.
Have tried using offset in Cura, without any effect.
Ender 5
Titan aero
Creality v.2
Cura 4.4.1
This is causing issues as the print job goes ...
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Gobs of filament during initial movement of extruder
I have successfully printed a few models on my Maker Select V2 (Wanhao Duplicator i3) including 3D Benchy, but I'm seeing a consistent problem with a model that I've sliced with Cura.
The extruder ...
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Simultaneous heating of extruder and bed at start of print
I notice that if I print from Cura without preheating the printer, it will first raise the bed temperature and then raise the extruder temperature. The G-code it generates is:
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Lack of smoothness / homogeneity in several first layers of print
I have a LultzBot TAZ 6 3D printer and the software I use for my prints is "Cura LulzBot Edition - 3.6.3". All of my printing settings/parameters are at their defaults (i.e. no personal customization ...
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Cura Parameter Confusion: Initial Layer Flow Rate
I have a LultzBot TAZ 6 3D printer and the software I use for my prints is "Cura LulzBot Edition - 3.6.3". Recently, I have begun to play around with the parameters in Cura relating to initial layer ...
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Marlin 2.0.x bugfix 2nd extruder not working
I am using the SKR PRO board on a dual extruder 3D printer. I have tried Curaengine and Slic3r in Repetier-host. The printer firmware is handling the offset fine (it prints in the right spot for ...
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Uneven walls, not solid
I'm using Cura 4.5.0 and an Ultimaker S5
The walls in my model are coming out not solid. I don't have a clue why.
When I open the STL in Sketchup it has all these weird lines. I don't know how they ...
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object was supposed to be symetrical, but the bottom edge got flatten, why?
The object is supposed to be symmetrical, but it printed with a flat edge. Cura 4.5 even generated support material to make it round, but then it came out like this:
I tried printing it in the pegs ...
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Print of fine hole seems to twist
My model is a keycap for mechanical keyboards. There is the cap itself, and a stem with a hole in the form of a cross, which fits the switches themselves.
I print in the same position as it is ...
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Big cracks on the Layer view in the Preview mode of Cura
I designed a part on Fusion 360 that looks like this:
The part is very small, about 20 mm for 10 mm. I'm then importing it to Cura and I notice they are huge cracks on the part when ...
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Bottom Layer Compression (over extrusion) - Can't get rid of it
I've been trying to find a solution to a problem I've been having recently whereby the bottom layers of my print (1.2 mm; 12 layers) are either being compressed. over extruded or both. The ...
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Issue with 3D printer making super thin layers
Recently I've been having trouble printing properly on my Creality Ender-3 printer. I ran a pretty long print (approx. 15 hours) that turned out really well. I then started printing an attachment for ...
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Cura Filling holes from a model from Blender
I am Attempting to print this, from Blender
But Cura decides to fill in the middle part of the model.
I exported and imported the model from an STL file.
If anyone can answer this, that would be ...
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Cura projecting floating print onto build plate during slicing
I'm trying to do a multifilament print on my single extruder machine. So I separated out the models based on filament, and imported the parts into Cura. I ensured that "Automatically drop models to ...
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Sloped bridges in Cura
I'm trying to print this model of a boat:
It has 2 keels joined by 5 bridges, but the top of each keel is curved, so while the middle part is mostly flat, the bridge on the back has a bit of a slope (...
