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I'm having an issue with the first layer in Simplify3D. Here is a photo. The top photo is from using Slic3r. Bottom is from Simplify3D. As you can see the top layer is laid down nice and the edges and infill bonded. The Simplify3D first layer isn't bonded and as you can see the outer perimeter comes detached from the infill. Settings of overlap and nozzle height are the same. The only thing I can see different is in Slic3r there is a setting for the first layer height, which is set to .3mm instead of the .2mm for the rest of the print. I know there's another thread that is close to this, but it's very old. Here is the Slic3r Gcode, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5czKQ ... sp=sharing and here is the Simplify3D GCode https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5czKQ ... sp=sharing

Here is the photo...

Your photo isn't showing up for me, but I have a feeling your answer is already described here: https://www.simplify3d.com/support/prin ... to-the-bed

Sorry, here is the photo, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5czKQ ... sp=sharing

Looks exactly the same as the issue explained in my link above. I would start there.

I had already bounced back to SliC3r because I was needing to print some stuff. I had switched to PETG and the filament wasn't looking right on the bed...so I bumped the temperature of the nozzle up to 258, solved the problem there.

The frustrating part is, in both of those photos the nozzle height, bed level, bed temp were the same between SliC3r and S3D. I think the only difference looks to be that SliC3r is doing a .3mm first layer. I'm assuming I can go in the layer tab and increase the first layer to 150% to get that .3mm first layer if my set layer is .2mm.

Yes, if your normal layer height is .2mm then 150% first layer height would net you a .3mm first layer.