Inconsistent extrusion depending on startpoint
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:15 am
I'm seeing an issue when printing more complicated objects like in the pictures below. I tried almost every combination of retract, startpoint, coast, wipe, speed, temperature and so on. The printer is really well calibrated and sqaures or circles come out perfect. Also objects like Moai http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:149271 or Gecko http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1363148 come out with a very smooth surface.
Like you can see in pictures the diagonal front is perfect too. On the backside there are stripes which align with the holes. The object is printed with fixed startpoints on the left back. The area between the holes is fine, but when the layerheight reaches the first hole the path goes "inside" the object and when it comes back to the surface the extrusion is a litlle lower than at heights where there is no hole. It is a little hard to describe, but maybe somenone can give me a hint how to get rid of this. This is the last thing i just can't get fixed, i'm fidlling around with this problem for months now and asking here seems like my last resort.
Sliced with S3D
Printed with PLA at (calibrated) 210°C
Bed 50°C
60mm/s inner perimeter
24mm/s outer perimeter
2 Outline shells
0,2mm layer height
0,4mm nozzle






Like you can see in pictures the diagonal front is perfect too. On the backside there are stripes which align with the holes. The object is printed with fixed startpoints on the left back. The area between the holes is fine, but when the layerheight reaches the first hole the path goes "inside" the object and when it comes back to the surface the extrusion is a litlle lower than at heights where there is no hole. It is a little hard to describe, but maybe somenone can give me a hint how to get rid of this. This is the last thing i just can't get fixed, i'm fidlling around with this problem for months now and asking here seems like my last resort.
Sliced with S3D
Printed with PLA at (calibrated) 210°C
Bed 50°C
60mm/s inner perimeter
24mm/s outer perimeter
2 Outline shells
0,2mm layer height
0,4mm nozzle