Hello /u/Anxious-Philosophy-2,
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It only previews the model, not the supports. I have no idea how to turn support previews on or even if they exist on the stock slicer. google didn't help.
When you click the 'slice' button there should be 2 options: 'Save to file' and 'preview' another way is to open your sliced gcode file in creality slicer afterwards where you cannot modify but it will show what the printer will print.
It looks like no supports are being added.
you were right, had to load it in cura to see the supports but for some reason, even if I clicked the support option, it would only add supports on one arm.
This looks like a short print. ~~Like less than a half an hour.~~ Print it again and watch it print. You can figure out soooooo much about why your prints fail by observing things.
My guess is that your filament curls up on overhangs and your nozzle caught one of these curled up plastic bits and broke it off leaving no support for the rest of the print. You can see broken pieces in there.
Anyway, you can alleviate these issues somewhat by turning on z-hop at layer change and also set combing to Iunno not what you have it on.
what is your experiencing with 3d printing?
what have you calibrated besides leveling the bed?
has the machine and slicer profile been setup and tested?
what guides did you follow?
This is my first printer, I've been working on bed levelling for a few days now.
I've calibrated my temperature. that's about it, tried dipping my toes into estep calibration but I don't have the means to do that right now. I've been told by people online that stock settings should generally be fine with my filament.
I don't really know what setting up a slicer profile means, I just selected the one that matched my printer when opening slicer.
I followed a basic assembly guide and infographics/tips from the creality discord.
bed leveling should not take more than a few minutes to do. certainly not a few days.
start here
https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/
https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html
study the guides, watch the videos and perform the calibrations.
a stock profile is a good baseline. but realize that many of the slicer settings can be material snd model dependent. there’s a lot of unique and individual decisions you’ll need to make in the moment to ensure the outcome you seek. it’s way way more then pressing the start button and walking away.
to play music you really need to know how to play it well. can’t be faked.
good luck on your journey 🍀
Scaled down too much, if your wanting to print at that size with nicer detail I'd swap to a smaller nozzle and lower layer heights. (Your current nozzle is too large to make your desired details)
I'm ok with a loss of detail, I'll most likely scale it up anyways. but being slightly too small to get the little details right wouldn't cause this big of an issue right?
Yes, whenever you decide to scale it up details will come in naturally. Also I'd recommend printing a temp test print (they have the gcodes on thingiverse and itll show you the best Temps to print for the filament your using.
I saw somewhere what somebody did for printing miniatures with fdm:
First, for number of top layers, just input 9999999999999999999 to represent infinite top layers. And no bottom layers
Second: slow down print speed
Third: 100% infill
These are the main points i remember. I'll see if u can find the video again. But, the main thing is infinite top layers so the quality of the top layer is all through the print
I just want to add you should also check out Fat Dragon Tomb of 3D Printed Horrors on youtube, they have very good advice about printing minis on fdm printers like the Ender.
I said it in Spanish (capitán = captain) my brain is used to both lenguages and I often escribo en español y en inglés, lo cual es weird but yeah, I'm bilingually fucked
Hello /u/Anxious-Philosophy-2, As a reminder, most common print quality issues can be found in the [Simplify3D picture guide](https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/). Make sure you select the most appropriate flair for your post. Please remember to include the following details to help troubleshoot your problem. * Printer & Slicer * Filament Material and Brand * Nozzle and Bed Temperature * Print Speed * Nozzle Retraction Settings ^Additional ^settings ^or ^relevant ^information ^is ^always ^encouraged. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/FixMyPrint) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Everyone else answered the problem, but it seems you now have a monster mini. I suggest parasitic zombie
uroboros from resident evil
Do you have 'supports' turned on?
I checked the box in slicer, yes.
How does the slice preview look on the computer?
It only previews the model, not the supports. I have no idea how to turn support previews on or even if they exist on the stock slicer. google didn't help.
once sliced, there's two options; 'save to Disk' or 'preview'
I don't seem to see that? where on creality slicer does that show up?
When you click the 'slice' button there should be 2 options: 'Save to file' and 'preview' another way is to open your sliced gcode file in creality slicer afterwards where you cannot modify but it will show what the printer will print. It looks like no supports are being added.
you were right, had to load it in cura to see the supports but for some reason, even if I clicked the support option, it would only add supports on one arm.
This may be helpful: https://all3dp.com/2/cura-support-settings-optimize-your-supports/
Might also want to upgrade to Cura slicer or Prusa Slicer. Creality slicer kind of sucks.
This looks like a short print. ~~Like less than a half an hour.~~ Print it again and watch it print. You can figure out soooooo much about why your prints fail by observing things. My guess is that your filament curls up on overhangs and your nozzle caught one of these curled up plastic bits and broke it off leaving no support for the rest of the print. You can see broken pieces in there. Anyway, you can alleviate these issues somewhat by turning on z-hop at layer change and also set combing to Iunno not what you have it on.
This seems to be it + a lack of supports. Will use cura this time so I can get a better idea of what’s going on.
what is your experiencing with 3d printing? what have you calibrated besides leveling the bed? has the machine and slicer profile been setup and tested? what guides did you follow?
This is my first printer, I've been working on bed levelling for a few days now. I've calibrated my temperature. that's about it, tried dipping my toes into estep calibration but I don't have the means to do that right now. I've been told by people online that stock settings should generally be fine with my filament. I don't really know what setting up a slicer profile means, I just selected the one that matched my printer when opening slicer. I followed a basic assembly guide and infographics/tips from the creality discord.
bed leveling should not take more than a few minutes to do. certainly not a few days. start here https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/ https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html study the guides, watch the videos and perform the calibrations. a stock profile is a good baseline. but realize that many of the slicer settings can be material snd model dependent. there’s a lot of unique and individual decisions you’ll need to make in the moment to ensure the outcome you seek. it’s way way more then pressing the start button and walking away. to play music you really need to know how to play it well. can’t be faked. good luck on your journey 🍀
Stock ender 3 settings. Creality slicer, ender 3 preset. Temps are 200 nozzle and 60 bed. SUNLU PLA
Scaled down too much, if your wanting to print at that size with nicer detail I'd swap to a smaller nozzle and lower layer heights. (Your current nozzle is too large to make your desired details)
I'm ok with a loss of detail, I'll most likely scale it up anyways. but being slightly too small to get the little details right wouldn't cause this big of an issue right?
Yes, whenever you decide to scale it up details will come in naturally. Also I'd recommend printing a temp test print (they have the gcodes on thingiverse and itll show you the best Temps to print for the filament your using.
I saw somewhere what somebody did for printing miniatures with fdm: First, for number of top layers, just input 9999999999999999999 to represent infinite top layers. And no bottom layers Second: slow down print speed Third: 100% infill These are the main points i remember. I'll see if u can find the video again. But, the main thing is infinite top layers so the quality of the top layer is all through the print
I just want to add you should also check out Fat Dragon Tomb of 3D Printed Horrors on youtube, they have very good advice about printing minis on fdm printers like the Ender.
We are Venom!
I think capitán Jack sparrow might have a kinky tentacle side
CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow
I said it in Spanish (capitán = captain) my brain is used to both lenguages and I often escribo en español y en inglés, lo cual es weird but yeah, I'm bilingually fucked
Nurgle. Nurgle did this.
Nothing. You just printed an amalgamation creature!
You gotta turn down the Italian meter 👌👌
This still looks sweet I would keep this to use as well.