#ULTIMAKER CURA GUIDE SOFTWARE#

This option fills this space by improving the aesthetics and durability of your prints.

Filling the gaps between the walls: once having a 1mm wall with a 0.4mm nozzle left a gap between the two lines, the inner and outer wall, with no escape.

It’s not an ounce of material that’s going to ruin you! However, I recommend setting it to the same value as the upper closing layer. 3/4 layers already guarantee a good seal.

Thickness of the lower layers: this is not essential that it has a minimum height.Then set 1.2 mm with a layer height of 0.2 mm and 0.8/1 mm with the 0.1 mm layer. Thickness of the top layer: To avoid problems of pillowing you should always set at least 6 layers of top closure.The only thing to keep in mind is that the thickness must be multiple of the line width (nozzle size). If you want to make an object particularly resistant you can also increase this number. Wall thickness: the value of wall thickness, I recommend a thickness from 2 to 3 lines (multiply n° lines x 0.4 to find the value).Initial layer line width: changing the line width in the initial layer allows us to bring the nozzle closer to the plate (to improve adhesion) and eliminate or at least decrease the elephant foot effect that would otherwise come out.By adjusting this option and indicating 0.35 mm, you may be able to achieve it at the same time as reducing the flow by 10/15 percent.

With the 0.4 nozzle care sees this wall as unprintable, and will skip it into the slicing. We think we want to print a hollow cube with a 0.35mm wall.

Sometimes the slight modification of this value combined with the value of the extrusion percentage is necessary for models with small parts that we want to print without physically changing the nozzle.

Line width: to be replaced in case of nozzle replacement.

PETG) require a slightly higher initial layer than the subsequent layers, with this option it is easy to set.

Height of the initial layer: Some materials (e.g.

Layer height: normally it travels at the same pace as the profile used.

#ULTIMAKER CURA GUIDE SOFTWARE#

Let’s start now to analyze the various options, divided as by the software itself: In this track of all the options that can be used I will mark in red those that are not available immediately but if you think they are interesting you can activate through the gear that stands next to the arrow of open / close options. Use that gear to add or remove settings you want or want no more. With the arrow in line with section name you can open or close seeing option, right near arrow a gear will appear as you passing by with mouse. To tell the truth, once we have widened the various voices through the arrow you realize that they are too few and will not allow us a complete customization. I leave out the creation of a print profile, a topic already discussed in the first guide.Ĭura at the launch gives us some default print settings through the slide “Recommended”, I do not want to waste time and I would like to immediately redirect you to the window “Custom”. If you missed the first or second guide, you can read it now:įirst Guide: Cura installation and creation of printers, materials and profiles. In this third guide we will try to analyze the Cura print settings, which can really make the difference between a mediocre or a good print.

Ultimaker cura guide