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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    It seems to me this could be accomplished two different ways. One way could be to decrease the printer head speed (moving from X,Y to a new XY...
    Post by: 3DMan, May 15, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
  2. 3DMan
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    Interesting, thanks for attaching that .pdf. It seems like a great read, but I am confused about what you are saying. I visually can tell that...
    Post by: 3DMan, May 15, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
  3. 3DMan
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    I think I may have been trying to duplicate the vase setting because of its speed? Do you all typically use solid top / bottom layers when...
    Post by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
  4. 3DMan
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    I will give this a shot using solid layers this time. I can't remember why I had it set to 0. It may have been for time savings or that I...
    Post by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
  5. 3DMan
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    Here is a cross-section of the slice when I was using 0.3mm layer height, 1mm extrusion width, and 0 solid layers for top and bottom. I guess you...
    Post by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
  6. 3DMan
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    So the entire part is 2mm thick. I have 0.4mm diameter nozzle, and I was printing at an extrusion width of 1mm, so that I could save some time...
    Post by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
  7. 3DMan
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    Watching that video again, around the 7:20 mark, he talks about extrusion multiplier. Maybe I should play around with that.
    Post by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
  8. 3DMan
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    OK, thanks. I have calibrated the extruder before (thanks to the forums, referencing that very video! Great video btw!) and have gotten it...
    Post by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
  9. 3DMan
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    Hey Mark, I'm using S3D.
    Post by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Simplify 3d

    Hi! New member here. Do you mind explaining how you were able to get such a nice sphere? Mine usually struggle with gaps on the upper portion....
    Post by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016 in forum: Software
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    Hi There!

    New member here! I've had my Robo for over a year, but this is the first time I have joined and posted to the forums. These forums are a great...
    Thread by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016, 3 replies, in forum: United States of America
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    Answered Advice to Print Better Tops of Curved Surfaces or Spheres

    Any advice to get a full curved surface without gaps? I have been able to get better results by increasing resolution (decreasing layer height)...
    Thread by: 3DMan, May 14, 2016, 22 replies, in forum: Troubleshooting
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