Still problems with small fills
Posted by muelli
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Still problems with small fills October 29, 2013 05:54AM |
Hi,
I have still problems with small infills. I am slicing with slic3er 0.9.9-dev, which worked great so far.
But for some reason, slic3r thinks, it cannot fit in a filling to the small wade gear , for example. Everything else seems to be perfectly calibrated at the printer but I just cannot get it to fill these fine structures.
Someone gave me the hint to change the infill ratio in slicer, but whatever I select, it changes only the infill of "normal" massive objects using honeycomb etc, but never changes the behaviour with fine structures.
Any idea, hint or maybe even a solution is highly appreciated
thanks!
I have still problems with small infills. I am slicing with slic3er 0.9.9-dev, which worked great so far.
But for some reason, slic3r thinks, it cannot fit in a filling to the small wade gear , for example. Everything else seems to be perfectly calibrated at the printer but I just cannot get it to fill these fine structures.
Someone gave me the hint to change the infill ratio in slicer, but whatever I select, it changes only the infill of "normal" massive objects using honeycomb etc, but never changes the behaviour with fine structures.
Any idea, hint or maybe even a solution is highly appreciated
thanks!
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Re: Still problems with small fills October 29, 2013 11:04AM |
You have to install python on you pc to run skeinforge.py which is the actual application, there are indeed no executable files. This makes skeinforge look extra mean 
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Re: Still problems with small fills October 30, 2013 07:34AM |
I installed Python 2.7.5 and started skeinforge and.... holy crap! from what century is this tool? 1985? 
the whole product seems to be completely unusable.
Is there some kind of howto for setting this dinosaur up and getting it to slice with the mendel90?
the whole product seems to be completely unusable.
Is there some kind of howto for setting this dinosaur up and getting it to slice with the mendel90?
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Re: Still problems with small fills October 30, 2013 10:52AM |
oops, somehow I must have blocked that information in the manual from my mind
thanks ,will check it.
thanks ,will check it.
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Re: Still problems with small fills October 30, 2013 02:04PM |
hm nanual does not say much about skeinforge.
I tried to get it to work but so far the mendel creates only weird noise and snail-like movements. I wonder how one can get along with this software...
The wiki is also not very helpful if coming from slic3r......
I tried to get it to work but so far the mendel creates only weird noise and snail-like movements. I wonder how one can get along with this software...
The wiki is also not very helpful if coming from slic3r......
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Re: Still problems with small fills October 31, 2013 05:40PM |
As everybody (especially nophead in several threads *g*) is pushing me towards skeinforge, I will give it another try, following your tips, Nilez.
Instead of copying the profiles and alterations directory into my user, I had to copy it into the skeinforge_application folder.
I then loaded a STL file and it exported something and it seems to be printing it, but very fast so the bottom layer does not seem to be sticking to the bed when going edges.
I am afraid to change anything in the settings
edit: and it seems to be using to much material. Infills ooze out over the actual layer and create rough surfaces for the next layer.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/31/2013 05:54PM by muelli.
Instead of copying the profiles and alterations directory into my user, I had to copy it into the skeinforge_application folder.
I then loaded a STL file and it exported something and it seems to be printing it, but very fast so the bottom layer does not seem to be sticking to the bed when going edges.
I am afraid to change anything in the settings
edit: and it seems to be using to much material. Infills ooze out over the actual layer and create rough surfaces for the next layer.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/31/2013 05:54PM by muelli.
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Re: Still problems with small fills October 31, 2013 06:38PM |
Yes, I can select PLA profiles. Right now it prints using the PLA 0.2 profile. Once again, very fast. Using slic3r, everything is much slower.
I fiddled around with the PLA dimensions but it still uses to much filament which makes a thick and rough surface.
I will make a video tomorrow and upload it to youtube, so you anybody able to help can take a look.
But now, I have had enough for today
So far, thanks for your help!
I fiddled around with the PLA dimensions but it still uses to much filament which makes a thick and rough surface.
I will make a video tomorrow and upload it to youtube, so you anybody able to help can take a look.
But now, I have had enough for today
So far, thanks for your help!
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Re: Still problems with small fills November 01, 2013 03:32PM |
I followed the manual in that point and uploaded the android.gcode and printed using pronterface.
that came out quite like the picture in the manual.
I will try to get a better camera, I just have a cell phone at hand
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/01/2013 03:32PM by muelli.
that came out quite like the picture in the manual.
I will try to get a better camera, I just have a cell phone at hand
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/01/2013 03:32PM by muelli.
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Re: Still problems with small fills November 03, 2013 08:43AM |
I got another camera and took a macro picture of the testobject.
I hope it is now easier to see what I talk about
I hope it is now easier to see what I talk about
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