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kiwisam

I had exactly the same problem, in the end it was my heated bed (expanding / retracting) It was so regular, that i always suspected the Z axe, worked many hours on that. But after changing my heatbed control (i have marlin based machines) in the firmware, from bangbang control to calibrated PID con...

kiwisam

I did search before posting and none of the threads had any info in them. Just people saying the estimates were way off. Maybe you never noticed this thread. https://forum.simplify3d.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3435 A look at the attached file from a spreadsheet should give you some idea as to why ...

kiwisam

Here are a few figures from recent prints. Go figure!!!

kiwisam

I have had success printing 1mm walls with a .35 nozzle where my normal extrusion width is set to 0.40 and I have changed the extrusion width to 0.33.

Sam

kiwisam

I think I have discovered the cause of the problem I was having previewing G-Code files. It occurs when exiting preview mode after having selected preview by layer. If I restart the program, load a model and then go to preview, and choose preview by line before exiting then everything operates as ex...

kiwisam

I'll second that.

I have always saved my profiles to a location of my choice that is regularly backed up.
This has now become a complete pain in the proverbial.

Sam

kiwisam

A possible solution is to reduce the extrusion to less than 1/3 of your desired thickness. In your case a manual extrusion width of .42 should do the trick. I have done this for 1mm walls with a .35 nozzle where my normal extrusion width is set to .40 and I have changed the extrusion width to .33. T...

kiwisam

Thanks for your responses. However I remain convinced the problem is related to v3 as v2 never fails to create a preview regardless of gcode file size. I am able to recall and preview a file with 8,088,730 lines of code without any problems in v2.2.2 but am unable to preview a file with 629 lines of...

kiwisam

I am unable to preview a gcode file since upgrading to version 3.0.0 & 3.0.1. This occurs when selecting Preview G-Code File... from File menu. The program puts up a message "Simplify 3D.exe has stopped working" "Close the program" as soon as a gcode file is selected. No prob...

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Re: Anyone seen this problem?

Re: Print time estimates way off.

Re: Estimated VS Actual print time

Re: 1 mm walls

Re: G-Code Preview not working

Re: Repair Version 3.0 Profile Management

Re: Seeing gaps on thin walls

Re: G-Code Preview not working

G-Code Preview not working