Bambu Dual-Sided Textured PEI Plate and bed leveling

Bambu Filament and Accesories
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Noob here. I have an X1C and bought a dual-sided PEI coated plate. I didn’t realize this but it says not recommended for LIDAR. Is this an issue for bed leveling? Would I have to do something else?
Thanks
Aruz

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in reality or technically the first layer inspection is not supported.
in my case never had any issues with flow calibration.
ok I must say, I did static flow calibration for my most filaments and don’t use the dynamic flow rate calibration in most cases.n.

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It is not an issue for bed leveling, which doesn’t use the lidar. The problem is that the texture confuses the lidar which is trying to look for small differences in extruded filament.

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Full bed leveling does use the lidar. But for the bed leveling at start of each print it doesn’t matter.

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Thank you all for replying. This is helpful.

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Please elaborate on “full bed leveling” versus “bed leveling at start of print”

Doed it make sense ?

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@aruz.mesci Please refer to the Bambu shop, textured plate, considerations

LIDAR does not work/does not work well in connection with ex textured plate (uneven surface). This is why I always recommend to establish good flow rate using OrcaSlicer, which is a fork of BambuStudio and has some very useful calibrations tools incorporated.

Extract from Bambu’s shop

Considerations

  • When printing filament with a heat deflection temperature below 60℃ (such as PLA, PVA, TPU) the hotbed temperature is set above 45℃ and it is recommended to open the front glass door and remove the upper glass cover plate to avoid heat creep that can cause the material to soften, leading to abnormal extrusion or clogs

  • When printing filament with a heat deflection temperature below 60℃~80℃ (such as PETG) the temperature of the hotbed is set above 60℃ and it is recommended to remove the upper glass cover plate to avoid heat creep that can cause the material to soften, leading to abnormal extrusion or clogs

*** The Automatic Calibration for Flow Rate is not recommended, as the LIDAR will have trouble correctly reading the print surface and the calibration can be affected**

  • Regularly clean the print surface with dish soap and hot water to eliminate any dust or grease residue, which might cause bad adhesion

  • Do not clean the Textured PEI with Acetone, as it might damage the PEI surface

  • Always wait for a few minutes before removing printed models to allow them to cool down for easy print removal

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When you run the full calibration cycle the lidar is used for bed leveling too.