Hi everyone, I just started using simplify 3d for my Flashforge Creator Pro and I have a problem with heating. When I start printing via SD card, the printer starts heating the nozzle and only when it has reached 190 degrees (print temperature) the bed starts heating too, but in the meantime the nozzle starts printing and so the filament doesn’t stick very well to the platform. Strange is, if I print via USB cable I don’t have this problem. I tried to modify manually the gcode but it doesn’t work. Does anyone know a solution for this? P. S. I forgot to say I am using a self-created profile, not the stock one for FFCP
That is the issue most likely. I would copy over the start script from the default FFCP profile. Or build your profile based on the FFCP profile that fits the best such as PLA.
In Simplify3D, when you open “Edit Process Settings” click the box on the bottom left corner for “Show Advanced”.
Then open the Temperature tab, click on the Heated Bed (on the left) and then check the box to “Wait for temperature controller to stabilize before beginning build”
If you use Simplify3D Configuration Assistant and select the “Flashforge Creator Pro”, then go to the “Scripts” tab and look at the “Starting Script” that Simplify3D provides. They comment it well and it will give you an idea of what is done. I set my temperatures, then go to the Scripts and copy and paste the bed heating (with wait for stabilization) before the wait for the Extruder to stabilize. This lets the bed heat up while the extruder(s) are also heating up BEFORE it starts printing. When you are printing ABS and have a glass bed, this really saves time.
I’d second @wirlybird’s comment; I always pre-heat the bed and leave it for a decent while before heating the extruder(s), especially if the machine is “cold starting”. Saving 5 or 10 minutes on a print that might last many hours is hardly logical when it risks problems that causes the whole print to fail.
