For me, the most useful application of the Per Model settings is during prototyping where I can block out a large portion of a part so that just a small section of it will print for quick fit testing purposes. 1. Apply a support blocker and cover the section of the model that you don't want to print 2. Select the Per model settings and click modify settings for overlap 3. Select cutting mesh 4. Add the following and set them all to "0": Wall Line Count, Top Layers, Bottom Layers, Infill Density
Great video with some advanced but easy to follow instructions Im not a Curu user as I have tried many times but struggle to get perfect prints. but the more im seeing your video's, it is inspiring me to bite the bullet & try to understand it. But at the moment i'm not ready to do the Leap of Faith :)
I haven't found a slicer yet that makes it easy! I've tried Cura of course, and I've tried Prusa Slicer and one called Super Slicer, I do get good result with it. I've tried a few others over the years but it seems like more people are using Cura making it easier to get help with when there is a problem. Plus the developers are always making improvements to Cura with each release. It's rare to see that kind of effort going into a free download.
Very usefull information! Thanks a lot! I was just thinking lately that it would be great to be able to adjust settings per model or even better per region. And... tadaaa... youtube picked up my thoughts and served me your video. lol Very well explained and good to follow. Keep up the good work. And offcourse i liked and subscribed.
Awesome tutorial! Thanks for all the information. :) I'm tryring to make a logo on a box with thicker lines. The logo layer (on top side of the box) is 1mm thick and its part of the model, so I made a support blocker that covers only the logo but not the side of the box underneath. For this support blocker I set "Modify settings for overlaps" and via "select" button I added "horizontal expansion" and set that to 0.4. But when I slice the model, the logo is still without any changes. When I change the "horizontal expansion" for the whole model (standard way, not via "per model settings"), the logo gets thicker how I need it. In the basic form this logo contains some thin walls, so I need to have them a bit thicker, so they don't break off that easily and they will be better printed.
@@pushingplastic7445 wall thickness unfortunatelly doesn't solve my issue - number of perimenter does not increase when the wall is not thick enought and wall thickness does some wierd stuff (lines become randomly thick). I solved that by editing model in Fusion 360 and re-drew the logo... It was faster solution in the end and with good enough result. :) Thanks anyway
Another great informative and detailed video with simple and easy to follow instructions.... I would like to know more about the settings you have in the saved Cura profile you use a lot "ENder 3 GST3D-Support-std...... " as in what are the settings and how you came by them etc.. I am a noob so I like to learn about what I see....
I need to clean that profile up! But that profile is developed from my videos. I first set my esteps, then my flow rate. I save that to the Std Quality 0.2mm profile that came in Cura for an Ender 3. I saved the profile to a new name, changed the profile flow rate to match what I got in my video. Then I did the temperature tower and applied those results and save it to my profile. I did the same with the retraction distance. When I did thhe dimensional accuracy video, I applied those results. I just kept going that way. If you have any questions, just drop a line and I'll try to help! Thanks for watching!
Is there a way to switch the whole profile at a layer height? I use CHEP super fast profile, but would like to change it the lat 10 layers to something fine for top layer test embossing .
That would be a nice feature, but unfortunately you can't switch to another profile part way thru a print. I'm not completely sure about your situation, but if it's a domed shape up top, adaptive layers may help.
This was helpful and really explained these settings but I think I'm doing something wrong. Either that or I've missed something or even just assumed what I want to do is possible. I have a couple of models where I want to drop my print speed down to 30mm/s for 3 mm of height. I used the per model settings as shown here and set the blocker as shown but I'm getting a solid block that's getting filled in. It's more than doubling my print time which seems very odd and tells me that I'm the problem here. lol If it helps this is to assist with bridging in a very specific area. I found that if I slow the print speed down I don't need supports in this one area but I can't be at the printer to manually drop the speeds and I don't want to slow it down the whole time. Just for this 3mm high section. Any idea if what I want to do IS possible and if so exactly what steps I need to take to do it?
Wow! That is an interesting question! The tools are there in Cura but I have to be honest, I've never tried it. But here's how to set it up. Place a support blocker in the area that you want to change the print speed. Scale and Move it as needed. Click the "per Model Settings" and then select the Modify settings for overlaps button, 3rd from left on that screen. On the dialog that pops up, click on the Select Settings button and scroll down and select Print Speed by checking the box. Close the Settings box. Next, in the Modify Settings for overlaps box, scroll down until you see the Print Speed option and enter the speed you want for that area. Slice and Print. If you don't mind, leave me a comment on your results, I'm curious about this one! Good luck!
@@pushingplastic7445 This is awesome. Thank you. I have it sliced and will begin printing in the morning. I think I know what I did wrong previously and I suspect I clicked on Mesh Type: Normal Model in error. It's a 12 hour print so fingers crossed I'll be able to update you tomorrow night.
@@pushingplastic7445 Update: IT WORKED!!!! I played with the slicing settings a few times and instead of a single large "slab" I set 10 separate and smaller sections where I dropped the speed down from 70mm/s to 30mm/s and the bridging came out perfectly. No supports were needed at all. I'm totally pleased with the way it came out. The single large body added 46 minutes to the print time but going to 10 smaller ones only added 12 minutes which for perfect bridging and zero supports I am completely happy with. Thank you again for this video and your help. Truly appreciated.
What Slicer do you recommend for Complex work ? I've been a Repetier / Slic3r user since the early days ,,, had to stop for 2 yrs because of work but have started back up again., Slic3r hasn't been updated since 2018 so i passed on that,,, there either Superslicer or Prusa version ? is there any others i should be aware of that are worth the time to get ?
For me, the most useful application of the Per Model settings is during prototyping where I can block out a large portion of a part so that just a small section of it will print for quick fit testing purposes. 1. Apply a support blocker and cover the section of the model that you don't want to print 2. Select the Per model settings and click modify settings for overlap 3. Select cutting mesh 4. Add the following and set them all to "0": Wall Line Count, Top Layers, Bottom Layers, Infill Density
I just noticed that today, so perfect timing.
Awesome function! Thank you very much for explaining us about it 👏👏
Great video with some advanced but easy to follow instructions
Im not a Curu user as I have tried many times but struggle to get perfect prints. but the more im seeing your video's, it is inspiring me to bite the bullet & try to understand it.
But at the moment i'm not ready to do the Leap of Faith :)
I haven't found a slicer yet that makes it easy! I've tried Cura of course, and I've tried Prusa Slicer and one called Super Slicer, I do get good result with it. I've tried a few others over the years but it seems like more people are using Cura making it easier to get help with when there is a problem. Plus the developers are always making improvements to Cura with each release. It's rare to see that kind of effort going into a free download.
Very usefull information! Thanks a lot!
I was just thinking lately that it would be great to be able to adjust settings per model or even better per region. And... tadaaa... youtube picked up my thoughts and served me your video. lol Very well explained and good to follow. Keep up the good work. And offcourse i liked and subscribed.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Very interesting and informative. I'll have to practice what you preach! Thank you for what you do.
Thank you for watching and the kind words!
Awesome tutorial! Thanks for all the information. :)
I'm tryring to make a logo on a box with thicker lines. The logo layer (on top side of the box) is 1mm thick and its part of the model, so I made a support blocker that covers only the logo but not the side of the box underneath. For this support blocker I set "Modify settings for overlaps" and via "select" button I added "horizontal expansion" and set that to 0.4.
But when I slice the model, the logo is still without any changes.
When I change the "horizontal expansion" for the whole model (standard way, not via "per model settings"), the logo gets thicker how I need it. In the basic form this logo contains some thin walls, so I need to have them a bit thicker, so they don't break off that easily and they will be better printed.
Consider the setting the modifier for Wall Thickness to something larger in this area. I might give you the result you're looking for (hopefully!)
@@pushingplastic7445 wall thickness unfortunatelly doesn't solve my issue - number of perimenter does not increase when the wall is not thick enought and wall thickness does some wierd stuff (lines become randomly thick).
I solved that by editing model in Fusion 360 and re-drew the logo... It was faster solution in the end and with good enough result. :)
Thanks anyway
Another great informative and detailed video with simple and easy to follow instructions.... I would like to know more about the settings you have in the saved Cura profile you use a lot "ENder 3 GST3D-Support-std...... " as in what are the settings and how you came by them etc.. I am a noob so I like to learn about what I see....
I need to clean that profile up! But that profile is developed from my videos. I first set my esteps, then my flow rate. I save that to the Std Quality 0.2mm profile that came in Cura for an Ender 3. I saved the profile to a new name, changed the profile flow rate to match what I got in my video. Then I did the temperature tower and applied those results and save it to my profile. I did the same with the retraction distance. When I did thhe dimensional accuracy video, I applied those results. I just kept going that way. If you have any questions, just drop a line and I'll try to help! Thanks for watching!
Very well done.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Great info. Thanks!
Are you printing all at once or one at a time in this case?
All at once
Is there a way to switch the whole profile at a layer height? I use CHEP super fast profile, but would like to change it the lat 10 layers to something fine for top layer test embossing
.
That would be a nice feature, but unfortunately you can't switch to another profile part way thru a print. I'm not completely sure about your situation, but if it's a domed shape up top, adaptive layers may help.
This was helpful and really explained these settings but I think I'm doing something wrong. Either that or I've missed something or even just assumed what I want to do is possible. I have a couple of models where I want to drop my print speed down to 30mm/s for 3 mm of height. I used the per model settings as shown here and set the blocker as shown but I'm getting a solid block that's getting filled in. It's more than doubling my print time which seems very odd and tells me that I'm the problem here. lol
If it helps this is to assist with bridging in a very specific area. I found that if I slow the print speed down I don't need supports in this one area but I can't be at the printer to manually drop the speeds and I don't want to slow it down the whole time. Just for this 3mm high section.
Any idea if what I want to do IS possible and if so exactly what steps I need to take to do it?
Wow! That is an interesting question! The tools are there in Cura but I have to be honest, I've never tried it. But here's how to set it up. Place a support blocker in the area that you want to change the print speed. Scale and Move it as needed. Click the "per Model Settings" and then select the Modify settings for overlaps button, 3rd from left on that screen. On the dialog that pops up, click on the Select Settings button and scroll down and select Print Speed by checking the box. Close the Settings box. Next, in the Modify Settings for overlaps box, scroll down until you see the Print Speed option and enter the speed you want for that area. Slice and Print. If you don't mind, leave me a comment on your results, I'm curious about this one! Good luck!
@@pushingplastic7445 This is awesome. Thank you. I have it sliced and will begin printing in the morning. I think I know what I did wrong previously and I suspect I clicked on Mesh Type: Normal Model in error. It's a 12 hour print so fingers crossed I'll be able to update you tomorrow night.
@@Enjoymentboy Awesome! Looking forward to the results!
@@pushingplastic7445 Update: IT WORKED!!!! I played with the slicing settings a few times and instead of a single large "slab" I set 10 separate and smaller sections where I dropped the speed down from 70mm/s to 30mm/s and the bridging came out perfectly. No supports were needed at all. I'm totally pleased with the way it came out. The single large body added 46 minutes to the print time but going to 10 smaller ones only added 12 minutes which for perfect bridging and zero supports I am completely happy with. Thank you again for this video and your help. Truly appreciated.
@@Enjoymentboy Awesome! Glad to hear it! And of course, thanks for watching!
try the speed setting in Modify settings on 5.6 Cura and see if its working. Not working for me.
was disappointed that I cannot adjust retraction on a per model test :(
That would be helpful in some cases!
Cura is the worst slicer for doing anything complex
What others have you used? Prusa slicer doesn't count since Bambu Studio is based on Prusa slicer....
Please elaborate of the version or adopted Cura you do refer to, as i have struggled with Prusa Slicer
What Slicer do you recommend for Complex work ?
I've been a Repetier / Slic3r user since the early days ,,, had to stop for 2 yrs because of work but have started back up again., Slic3r hasn't been updated since 2018 so i passed on that,,, there either Superslicer or Prusa version ? is there any others i should be aware of that are worth the time to get ?
Great Info! Thanks!
Thanks you! And thanks for watching!