I use Cura for two+ years, and it is great for those who starting with 3D print. Simple and easy to use, but missing some features or optimized in the way to become quick. I would like to have option for various infills geometry. Current orthogonal infill is good for some but not for all prints. I use it with Ultimaker but also with RepRap’s, but also use other opensource software as well.
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In a previous post I’ve mentioned a few missing features and been pointed to some actually existing by other members (thx guys) but no tips. Than here they are in no specific order.
- Stringing Increase retraction length. From all the slicer I’ve used Cura out of the box as this settings a bit low and object sliced with Cura suffer more from stringing than with other. I than looked in both slicer for the value on this setting and Cura was much lower increasing the retraction length do reduce stringing. I do have reprap machine but all the Ultimaker 1 & 2 from the makerspace suffer the same nag
- Enable z-hop on retraction in expert setting. When printing the edge of printed surface especially near overhang curl up slightly if cooling is low or if you over extrude enabling hop really, set it 0.5mm at least the 0.075 recommended is way to small.
- Remember to save your profile especially if you add start gcode and gcode or you’ll loose those when you apply update
- Personal Pref: As object slicing occur on each change or automatically when importing a file. I try to remember to preset the value before importing the file avoid waiting on large object. Even if the processing is much faster with Cura than other slicer it can help saving time.
- On reprap machine you’ll often will need to reduce infill overlap to improve print surface quality. e.g jagged edge on cylinder drop overlap to 5%
Correct me if I’m wrong feedback welcome.
