Problems with Z-axis offset
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:49 am
Hello, all.
Recently my Robo3D R1+ had a problem that required me to replace one my triggers to fix a problem with the level of the bed (the left side of the plate was not getting extrusion on lyaer 1, due to the bed not being level). I got it fixed and at some point while doing so, upgraded s#d to 3.1.1. The printer now has a different problem.
When I got to print, I'm not getting bed adhesion on the first layer. Assuming I might need to adjust the Z-axis offset, I decresed distance to the bed. First -0.2, then -0.4....and all the way up to -1.5mm. No difference. Then I tested all the way to 1.0mm...no real change. This seemed really off to me, as I would assume that amount of space would cause me to grind the bed or be so far away as to not lay correctly at all, depending on what direction it was off by. But from what I could tell, it didn't seem to affect the print distance AT ALL. You can see a terrible shakycam example in this video.
My assumption then was that this was a hardware problem, possibly something with the trigger or bed. But then I tried printing through Matter Control, just for comparison. And at 0 off-set...it printed normally. So the problem is within Simplify3D. Does anyone have any ideas why S3D would not be properly adjusting the Z-axis (or possibly overriding the settings)? I've never seen it do something like this.
Thanks,
Dru.
Recently my Robo3D R1+ had a problem that required me to replace one my triggers to fix a problem with the level of the bed (the left side of the plate was not getting extrusion on lyaer 1, due to the bed not being level). I got it fixed and at some point while doing so, upgraded s#d to 3.1.1. The printer now has a different problem.
When I got to print, I'm not getting bed adhesion on the first layer. Assuming I might need to adjust the Z-axis offset, I decresed distance to the bed. First -0.2, then -0.4....and all the way up to -1.5mm. No difference. Then I tested all the way to 1.0mm...no real change. This seemed really off to me, as I would assume that amount of space would cause me to grind the bed or be so far away as to not lay correctly at all, depending on what direction it was off by. But from what I could tell, it didn't seem to affect the print distance AT ALL. You can see a terrible shakycam example in this video.
My assumption then was that this was a hardware problem, possibly something with the trigger or bed. But then I tried printing through Matter Control, just for comparison. And at 0 off-set...it printed normally. So the problem is within Simplify3D. Does anyone have any ideas why S3D would not be properly adjusting the Z-axis (or possibly overriding the settings)? I've never seen it do something like this.
Thanks,
Dru.
