Hi guys,
sorry for the newbie question and maybe I do something wrong, but somehow I cant find the 0.20mm layer height in my X1 Carbon:
I see 0.24mm, bu no 0.20mm?
Are you using a .6 nozzle? .2 layer height is not a standard preset for .6 nozzle on my printer. I believe these printers all come standard with .4 nozzle & if that is what you have installed, then you have to select .4 nozzle in system presets under the printer section of slicer. Then you can select .2mm layer height.
@Finsterwald Ideally layer height it should be a straight multiple of 6 (in this case), like 18, 24, 30 and so on. Same with .4 i.e. 20, 24, 28 or 32 (and not 30)
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yes, I know it looks strange, but you can also print in 0.2 with the 0.6 noozle.
have you ever used a 20mm layer height with a 0.6 noozle?
Yes, you can. That is why I said “ideally” - People call it the magic numbers. May be it is voodoo. may be not. Better Quality 3D Prints Using MAGIC NUMBERS on Creality Ender 3, CR-10, A10 - YouTube
Magic numbers have nothing to do with the nozzle size, but the drive system of the printer. And afaik, the Bambu Lab Printers use a transmission that would lead to 0,04mm microsteps, aka magic numbers. Correct me if I am wrong, but I see nothing wrong with using 0,2mm layer height.
Backround of my request: Check this out:
Did you watch the video that I have linked ?
Sure I did, even before you posted it here, and I took the time to review it again. But I do question if you actually understood the content, or if I am just mistaken about the transmission of the BL printers.
But in the video, nozzle size does not matter at all for magic numbers. They are solely and only related to the stepper motors precision (I assume the printers have standard 1,8° steppers) and the pitch of the threaded rods.
And with the default pitch and steppers, the magic number is a multiple of 0,04mm and as I already said, completely unrelated to nozzle size. I might be wrong about the steppers. So actually 0,2mm layer height is the correct value, while 0.24 is also fine, it is not cause it can be divided by 0.06 but by 0.04.
But with ABL, magic numbers loose much of their relevance anyways since ABL constantly adjusts z-height anyway.
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I am printing with the suggested values by Thrawn for the 0.6 noozle and my quality improved further. Thank you so much mate