Simplify3D User Forum

Hi Guys,

I am printing a 3D printer radio controlled plane from the folks at 3DLabPrint.com. They provide ready to print S3D factory files for all the parts that a gule together post priting.

After some attempts I managed to get it to a reasonably good quality using 2.85mm White PLA Filament.

I would like to print in either silver or clear filament. I had no success with the clear filament at all so changed to silver. The clear filament seemed to melt a lot, block the nozzle and under extrude a lot.

I am also not having success with silver. I seems to be under extruding on some lines but not others, but I can't figure out what is going wrong. I have attached photos and the modified factory file (with no models in it to reduce size). I am also printing this file at 65% speed on the printer. The filament is on the ground on a smooth rolling spool to reduce friction.

Photos and S3D files are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Regards

Jason

I think you would be better off just importing the STL file and then using the normal settings for your printer. Every printer is different, so you should try to get settings calibrated for your machine and filament first using some simple objects. Then once it is printing the simple objects well, just import the more complicated STL file.

Which filament (brand) are you using?

they are stretching filament to 0.42mm, if your extruder is not properly calibrated, your temp is not just right and your material is not stretchy you will have strings break like on your images... usually what helps with their factory files is increasing extrusion multiplier (they use +2%, go to +10% or +15%) this way the thin features of the object is printed and not skipped and you are printing bit thicker so your extruder can actually extrude without breaking the strings .. depending on type of material also you need to setup other things, assume you are going PLA as recommended you really need good cooling ... so combo of a very high nozzle temp (higher then normal) and very good cooling to freeze the filament usually work for their models...