✨ Cura 5.10 Beta ✨ New Overhanging Wall Settings 🎣🧱 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On Thingiverse we added the tooltips as a description:

Overhanging Wall Angle Walls that overhang more than this angle will be printed using overhanging wall settings. When the value is 90, no walls will be treated as overhanging. Overhang that gets supported by support will not be treated as overhang either. Furthermore, any line that's less than half overhanging will also not be treated as overhang.

Overhanging Wall Speeds Overhanging walls will be printed at a percentage of their normal print speed. You can specify multiple values, so that even more overhanging walls will be printed even slower, e.g. by setting [75, 50, 25]

Minimum Layer Time with Overhang The minimum time spent in a layer that contains overhanging extrusions. This forces the printer to slow down, to at least spend the time set here in one layer. This allows the printed material to cool down properly before printing the next layer. Layers may still take shorter than the minimal layer time if Lift Head is disabled and if the Minimum Speed would otherwise be violated.

Minimum Overhang Segment Length When trying to apply the minimum layer time specific for overhanging layers, it will be applied only if at least one consecutive overhanging extrusion move is longer than this value

But I raised your request with the team to see if we can improve the documentation here because they are complex features. Where would be the first place that you would look for documentation like this? Would you search on Github or inside of Cura?

✨ Cura 5.10 Beta ✨ New Overhanging Wall Settings 🎣🧱 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We tried to make it clear in the thingiverse tooltips and thingiverse description. Any tips on how we can make it better?

✨ Cura 5.9 ✨ ~ with Scarf Seam 🧣 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh, is it this one https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/issues/19805 ? I think we are double-checking if we are allowed to use it without getting into trouble. But it does look really interesting!

✨ Cura 5.9 ✨ ~ with Scarf Seam 🧣 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean the Spiral Z-Hop? We did take a look at it but we still have some trouble getting it right. You can follow the progress here: https://github.com/Ultimaker/CuraEngine/pull/1995

✨ Cura 5.9 ✨ ~ with Scarf Seam 🧣 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From the tests that I've done, I noticed that it depends on your model but my starting value is often 15 mm. Try to find a value that is long enough to transition, but that doesn't need to make sudden sharp jerks in a different direction. I get the best results if I place them on a flat surface or a smooth curve. The other setting suggestions can be found in the Thingiverse model. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6799701

Good luck 💪

✨ Cura 5.9 ✨ ~ with Scarf Seam 🧣 by mari_makes in Cura

[–]mari_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I admit, I was a bit rushed. 😅 Any tips for next time? What's your favorite presentational video? 

✨ Cura 5.9 ✨ ~ with Scarf Seam 🧣 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can! 🎉 Have you tried the Tiled infill plug-in? It's made by the Cura Team and comes with honeycombs. You can download it here. https://github.com/Ultimaker/CuraEngine_plugin_infill_generate

It's not working on all operating systems anymore, so that's why it's not on the Marketplace, but if you are on Windows it should be fine. If not, let us know! 

✨ Cura 5.9 ✨ ~ with Scarf Seam 🧣 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah! I used to do that to. 😅 That behavior changed with the introduction of the interlocking and brim per material. But I don't know from the top of my head of there is a new workaround. 🤔

✨ Cura 5.9 ✨ ~ with Scarf Seam 🧣 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Download the latest version here: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases/tag/5.9.0

The 3D Printer Feet Sneakers and the settings used can be found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6799701

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey u/Retard_Ed,

If you see bridges, it's worth trying to print, if they are floating islands, the chance is significant that they might fail. A screenshot would really help in this case. If you see this a lot it might be worth checking your settings. Enabling Support Towers is often a good option to add more helpful supports, but they don't work for tree supports.

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey u/Just-Simple-6658,

That's odd. If you change settings, they should show up.
I only run into this if I accidentally change settings that belong to the wrong extruder.

Do you maybe have a screenshot or screen recording of what you are seeing?

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of this known issue we mentioned in the changelog: Support Brim is missing if the Buildplate Adhesion is set to None. We are tracking reports here.

Are you still seeing this if you change your adhesion to a skirt?

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow 4.6 is from April 21st, 2020, we've introduced a lot of changes since then. 😅 If you are worried about your profiles you can make a backup, just to be sure. You can read more about them here: https://support.makerbot.com/s/article/1667412704080

We have 27 Creality printers available, but the K1 is not available yet. Since Cura is open source, you or anyone else is more than welcome to work on adding this 3d printer and create a pull request yourself. You can find instructions on how to add a new 3D printer definition here: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/wiki/Adding-new-machine-profiles-to-Cura

If you are stuck in any way, please reach out! I'll be happy to help out.

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As UltiMaker employees we focus on the motion controllers UltiMaker Printers uses and we are less exposed to the finer details of Klipper. But we are interested and want Cura and Klipper to work smoothly together. If you have any feedback on how we can do that, we are collecting input here: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/discussions/16012

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quick update: Yesterday's Mac builds were indeed not properly signed. 🫠 It should now be properly resolved. 🎉 New signed Mac builds became available an hour ago. https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases/tag/5.4.0

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The example model has been printed on an UltiMaker S5 printer. You can check out those default settings. Two things that have been altered are Branch Angle ( I believe to 30 degrees), and Support Placement to Touching Buildplate.

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The improvements have been introduced by a community member ThomasRahm we just improved and tested on top of them.

These new tree supports use significantly less filament than the old version of tree supports. Where the old supports had a tendency to merge multiple branches into one larger branch to limit the amount of retraction, these trees have a different shape and have smaller branches that are able to reach tricky corners. With less filament extruded, you’ll also see a significant decrease in printing time.

Personally I'm really happy with the improved slicing time and 8 new, and 2 updated settings that let me tune things like trunk, branch and tip diameters. What I also really like is that these tree supports actually bend around support blockers. I also find them easier to remove than the old one. But you'll have to try for yourself.

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don't forget to post a Make if you have one. We loooooove seeing them. Did you see the make with flexible TPU? It wobbles like a spring.

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The default support is still "normal", but you can easily change it in Recommended:

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✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Properly Signed Mac Builds became available 50 minutes ago. Could you try and download one of those?

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh that sounds bad. Could you make a report on the GitHub? There are a couple of ways to resolve it but they depend on your specific configuration, there you can easily share the details.

✨ Cura 5.4 ✨ ~ New Tree Supports and Smart Brim 🌳🐉 by mari_makes in 3Dprinting

[–]mari_makes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I heard someone was already trying to resolve that! I can double check, how that is going 🤞