New to S3D, needs some assistance.

[FDWorx]

Just purchased the program and cant figure out how to change a few things.

Im Using a Makerbot rep 2x, current sailfish firmware with the bottleworks Almn build arms and glass build plate. All prints are in ABS

Is there a way to change the amount of purge material that is extruded at the start of a print.

When the extruder begins to start the print, Im getting what looks like dots and then a solid shell line...Id say it takes about 10-15mm to actually get going. At first I thought it may have been an extruder issue so I tore it apart and gave everything a good cleaning....same issue happened again. Ran the part from makerware and problem was gone. What setting would resolve this issue?

Thank You
Brian

[Retroplayer]

There are probably several things that could cause this, but when I have experienced it, it is usually when I have the bed way too close to the nozzle. It could also be that Simplify3D starts the print at some point before the nozzle fully heats up. I believe it is in the starting G-Code to start the print at 200C. If your actual heat is a little off from the sensor, your filament may not be getting hot enough yet to flow smoothly and then you notice it gets better after a short time as it gets up to temp.

I'd look at those two things to see if they are the issue.

[dsegel]

Also, S3D seems to do a retraction at the beginning of the print, so if you have high retraction settings it will "unprime" the hot end before printing starts. I don't think you can really compensate for this because it happens after the start GCode section is run. I just always use a skirt of 2-3 loops in every print to make sure the hot end is fully primed before printing actually starts.