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Question about printing times (www.thingiverse.com)

submitted 7 months ago by skotimusj to c/3dprinting

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Hello all. I am very new to this but it is all very cool to me. I ran into a problem and I am not sure how to troubleshoot it. I downloaded a simple pull string helicopter off thingiverse. After running through the slicer software, the estimated build time is 131 hours. Relative to it’s size this seems insane. If I “run the simulated build”, there are long holds on one of the interior walls. I am hesitant to just “try it” and see if the pauses are a software thing that does not translate to the hardware. I am not sure how to break it down from here. Any advice?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can you give us your basic info:

Which printer
Which slicer
What kind of profile
Which preset (if any)
What filament is selecte
did you change any settings

and just posta screenshot of the sliced model that the slicer should show you, makes it much easier to recognize trivial errors like wrong orientation.

[–] skotimusj 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here is what I remember.

Creality ender 5 s1 Creality slicer High detail profile (Infill % 15, speed 100, nozzle temp 205, bed temp 60, z axis 0.1) PLA These were the default with no changes.

I am not sure what other parameters can be changed.

I will post a screenshot tonight. I did notice that 99% of the time is on the outer wall, this is where I noticed the pauses when I simulate the print.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm sure the official slicer will have a good profile, maybe the speed for outer walls accidentally got changed to 1 mm/s? I don't usually use Cura (that is what their slicer is based on), but I think to change speeds at all you need to hit "show advanced" or something? So if you didn't change anything, that is even less likely.

If it's real pauses (print head stops completely), I have even less ideas what that could be.

When I get back home I can try to see what I get with your settings, probably just resetting everything should also work for you though.