Stringing and blobbing are perhaps the first things that come to mind when we think of issues related to 3D printing, mainly because they are capable of entirely ruining how a 3D printed model looks due to all the unnecessary plastic that shouldn’t be there at all. While the correct configuration of many different parameters …
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Waterproofness is a material’s capability to remain unaffected upon contact with water, which essentially determines if the material is suitable for usage in environments where there would be a risk of water exposure. While this is an attribute that doesn’t hold a lot of importance for objects with purely aesthetical purposes, there is no denying …
The beauty of 3D printing comes from the fact that it’s such a flexible process that allows us to manufacture anything from a figurine that will stay on our desk for cosmetic purposes to a functional part, such as an SD card holder, that will make our life easier. On the other hand, there are …
Clogging due to leftover filament that hardens and sticks to the nozzle is one of the most common issues in 3D printing, specifically if you regularly cycle between different filament types with distinct melting points. Fortunately, a technique called cold pulling, where we can use another piece of filament to gather all the debris in …
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Temperature is, without a doubt, the most vital factor in 3D printing, as the temperature values that the material hits throughout the printing process essentially decide the quality of the print. While the bed temperature and the nozzle temperature parameters are the first things that come to mind when we think of temperature, another parameter …
What Is the Optimal Fan Speed for Printing PLA? (Solved!) Read More
Until the 3D printing technology evolves to a point where we will have access to 3D printers that can configure themselves automatically depending on the model we are printing and the filament we are using, we need to accept that the process of troubleshooting is essential to 3D printing. On the other hand, the good …
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The most intriguing section in Cura’s print settings is, without a doubt, the Experimental settings, where it’s possible to find features that can improve your prints with the click of a button when used correctly or even transform them into something else; such as creating a mold. On the other hand, as the name states, …
Should You Enable Coasting While Printing with PETG? (Solved!) Read More
The layer height and the initial layer height parameters decide the thickness of each layer of the 3D printed model, making them a significant factor in how the physical form of the model will turn out in terms of how the layers combine together to create the object. On the other hand, as these two …
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The extrusion multiplier parameter, also known as flow rate, holds a significant place in the configuration of your 3D printer, as it’s the primary decider of how much plastic comes out of the nozzle at any given time of the printing process. As it can directly control the rate of extrusion in terms of percentages, …
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While an optional feature that you can disable if you wish to, retraction is, without a doubt, one of the most fundamental features in 3D printing that should be active in almost all scenarios due to its contributions to eliminating the annoying issues of stringing and oozing. Unfortunately, configuring the retraction settings to make the …
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