SimonWood wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:43 pm
I've just been using the speed settings it gives me... but maybe I should be slowing it down? Would I see a significant improvement in quality?
I'm not sure what the Qidi standard settings are now, I've played around with them over the years. The Qidi slicer is a customised version of Cura and what I have currently is:
Retraction distance 1.5mm
Retraction speed 30mm/s
Layer height 0.08
Line width 0.4mm
Wall line count 2
Top Surface skin layers 5
Top Layers 5
Bottom layers 4
Fill gaps between walls Yes
Print thin walls Yes
Infill density 100%
( NOTE dropping this to 20% makes no difference to the print time for the open barrel because the walls are so thin anyway)
Infill pattern Concentric
Z-Seam Random
Enable ironing On
( but this will have no real effect with such a thin top section as the open barrel)
Adhesion type Brim
( I don't normally use any brim/raft/skirt apart from very small components, but on this the bottom barrel hoop pulled off without one)
Brim width 5mm
Print speed 50mm/s
( Print speed and Min layer time are important with very small items, because if the speed is such that the head comes back again before the previous layer has set, it goes horribly wrong!)
Travel speed 80mm/s
Min layer time 30 sec
Print temp 200 deg ( PLA)
Build plate temp 50 deg ( PLA)
Build plate initial layer temp 60 deg( PLA)