Newbie here...What am I doing wrong?

[DaintyDawgs]

Just getting started and I have printed just a few items but many result with this same issue on the rounded edge of my sculpt. I don't know what this is called, sorry. I get this damage as well as damage to the face just under the chin where supports are attached. Thank you so much for your help!

[billyd]

That will need supports or you can alter the model so that the base is flat by dropping it to the build plate and then manually lowering the model in Z by several mm's so that the slicer will ignore what is below the build plate and will print the base as a flat surface.

If you don't want to change the model I would recommend a raft and then support between the base and the raft.

[DaintyDawgs]

Thank you for your quick response. I will give that a go and see if I get better results

[billyd]

Use manual support tool and make sure the problem areas are supported.

[Rebekah_harper]

if you go to the file menu, you can save the factory file. can you upload that in a post so we can have a look at that too?

becky

[DaintyDawgs]

Last night I tried a print using manual support and had a bit of damage where the support met the sculpt and still had damage to the bottom. So I'm trying a reprint with generated support and I have it lowered to give it a flat base as suggested above. That is printing now. I will see about posting the factory setting for this latest print.

[DaintyDawgs]

So dropping it below the build plate helped with the bottom wonderfully, however I still have a bit of damage where the supports meet the sculpt just under the chin. Would reducing the size/amount of the supports be helpful?

[tri-lite]

Reducing the size of the supports is a great next step. Just remember this.....the smaller the print (or the supported area), the smaller you should make your support resolution. So try 1mm supports instead of 4 mm supports.

Here's another cool trick to diagnose a problem area.....drop most of your model below the build plate so that just the troublesome section of your model is above the build plate. Then add supports (1mm size perhaps) and run a test print of your partial model. I like to use that method so I don't have to wait 2 hours when all I really want to inspect is what the outcome of the top 15 minutes of my model!

[DaintyDawgs]

Reducing the size of the supports is a great next step. Just remember this.....the smaller the print (or the supported area), the smaller you should make your support resolution. So try 1mm supports instead of 4 mm supports.

Here's another cool trick to diagnose a problem area.....drop most of your model below the build plate so that just the troublesome section of your model is above the build plate. Then add supports (1mm size perhaps) and run a test print of your partial model. I like to use that method so I don't have to wait 2 hours when all I really want to inspect is what the outcome of the top 15 minutes of my model!

Great idea I will give that a try, thanks so much!