I’m new to 3d printing and I’ve had my X1C for about 2 weeks. I printed a few projects and the results are ok at best. I’m trying to print a storage box for miniatures. Since I’m printing large flat panels, having a nice first layer is crucial. Sharp angles are always a challenge as the filament doesn’t seem to stick correctly to the print bed. The lines of filament (don’t know the correct term) are also very visible. I’m using the cool plate (PEI was BO when I bought the printer, will order one shortly) and the glue stick provided with the printer. The Filament is PLA from SUNLU but I tried the PLA provided by Bambu Lab and getting the exact same result. I tried raising the temperature of the print bed 5 degrees at a time, slowing down print speed for first layer, raised the nozzle temperature and made some changes in the retraction settings based on posts I’ve read. I’m getting slightly better results but still not good enough. I will be buying a filament dryer but since every filament I tried gives me the same results, I doubt moisture is the problem. I also did the flow dynamics and flow rate calibrations. I’ve been reading on the subject for 2 weeks now and getting nowhere. I’m sharing a picture, if anyone has a solution or could share the settings for their PLA prints using cool plates.
Did you ever find a solution to this?
I’m pretty new as well and personally don’t have the cool plate, but I’ll throw some suggestions out there anyways. You might want to try different bottom surface patterns or different first layer line widths.
For faster/cheaper testing you can print just the problematic area(s) and stop after a few layers (in the slicer, add a cube, size it around the area, and do a mesh boolean intersection)
I’m fairly new and haven’t tried the cool plate, but if it leaves gaps between the lines, it looks like it’s under extrusion. Have you tried running the calibrations for your filament?