r/Cura

Tl;Dr - my prints seem to begin under extruding at filament, and idk if i should use a flow or temp tower.

Just as the title states, im trying to print a planchette and it prints the bottom onto the plate beautifully, but once the infill section starts; it seems to begin under extruding and the gear starts to skip. Ive declogged the nozzle multiple times and have done steps once.

For the details, im using OVVL wood filament, printing with a 0.6mm nozzle.

Originally I was incorrectly printing way to hot and causing severe heat creep, I've since lowered it to 185 and 190 and both seemed to begin under extruding at the infill. Filament is rated for 185-200

Infill speed is set to match the rest of the print, so half of the max speed (25mm/s|50mm/s). Filament is rated for 30-200

Im at a loss at what to change next. Im debating between a flow tower or a heat tower next but dont know what the best option would be.

As stated in the title: I have a Linux system (Debian 13), I'm using Cura 5.0.0 (installed from Debian repos). When I plug in my printer to the USB port, I do see a new device at /dev/ttyACM0. With lsusb, I get:

Bus 001 Device 015: ID 0483:5740 STMicroelectronics Virtual COM Port

for the printer device.

Also, while testing, when the new node appeared, I did:

sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyACM0

And that has not helped. Cura does not seem to be able to see this printer.

It's been many years since I've had to troubleshoot USB issues like this on Linux (or on anything).

I'm trying to set this up for my grandson for his birthday, so I can give him this printer, with a Raspberry Pi to use to find STLs and slice them and print them out.

I got a free printer from a friend (Crealty ender 3 is what he said it was) and I am plugging it into the Cura app with USB but nothing is appearing or it isn’t even connecting. What am I doing wrong? Is there anything I’m doing wrong? I’m trying to contact the friend but he hasn’t said anything much in the past few days.

Hi! Super new, mainly got my elegoo for cosplay and figurines. I've been told that cubic is the best infill pattern for props, but is it the best for figurines? I figure they don't need to be as strong as a prop piece for a costume, but if they're too fragile they might snap when the supports are removed. Anyone have any advice?

https://preview.redd.it/5ym0fl9ky7qg1.jpg?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e492d73a8f29168cb4f2b563117499b83365cd7d

Update: This has been resolved, sort of. I installed 5.12 (was using 5.4), opened the same .3mf, sliced, and it's fine.

The model surface is smooth and continuous, and the stl has good resolution. These "streaks" don't exist if I have the part in a more horizontal orientation. And these errors do show up in the print. Any ideas on what might be causing this?

Ther eis a post-processing script for Cura, that allows better integration of klipper, and there is an extra integration of the script tith preprocess cancellation. Basically if you want a modern printers to be able to correctly deside a print area to avoid complete printbed calibration or be able to select which models withing gcode to print. And Cura treats printed parts as a separate entities, and the suppotrt as another separate entity called NONMESH. So I added a minor update into the script - a detection of that entry in gcode and an option to delete it. The link to the updated file is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LpzdG3xu2PbIcX2V_u0kYHyqvVVuXpsC/view?usp=drive_link

To add this script to Cura you will need to go to your user/<whatever your username is>/appdata/roaming/cura/5. <whetever current version is>/scripts. And go to the github of the original script for extra instructions too - there is a link to some extra utilities and stuff

https://preview.redd.it/0nmjylrlvnpg1.png?width=778&format=png&auto=webp&s=61362f8b73970b9deaf0347d10ce5669eb1eef6a

I'm guessing it's a setting I changed but I can't for the life of me figure out which one it was. After the infill is 3 totally solid layers then some numbers and symbols where Cura is building up the infill in those areas.

hello,

I just install the M2 "fast" firmware from wanhao on my d12 230, because try to reach some better speed... they promis 400mm/s.

To be honnest I'm not really good to make good printing profils, and I would know how can I unleash the printing speed on cura, i would like at least to try 300/400mm/s but cura turn the case in yellow and i suppose they down the value to 150mm/s???

Does anyone know how to break this barrier or better, does anyone know how to really print at 400mm/s on a Wanhao d12 230???? Because wanhao service's seems to be dead...

thank you !!!

I think I can use horizontal expansion and hole expansion but I don't know how much to use with which, and whether to use positive or negative values? Is there anything else like a plugin or something you recommend?

I’m trying to 3d print doll heads that I want to be the same size as a Barbie head, my problem is that I don’t know what the measurements are. I’m extremely new to using Cura so any help is appreciated!