Is it possible to hide the visible lines in the first layer?
I previously had an Ender 3 S1 with a textured plate and there I did not notice any lines in the first layer.
What have I already done:
I have reduced the line width to 0.4mm.
I increased the flow until I had significant over extrusion in the upper layers. `
plate cleaned with iso.
plate cleaned with dish soap and water (just in case)
Unfortunately, both helped only very little.
I was thinking about changing the Z offset in the start gcode to squeeze the nozzle a bit more on the plate.
Or would it help to just use a textured plate?
Thank you for your help. I have tested everything except the CF-filled filament so far (but I want to have a look at that too, I have some here).
Some suggestions have hidden the lines better, others have made them more visible:
For example, by increasing the first layer line width, the lines were more visible than before. Which is what I expected, because in my experience the gaps tend to get bigger rather than smaller when the line width is increased.
Everything else helped to hide the lines at least a little better.
Anyway, I ended up ordering the textured plate as it is available again in the EU. It gave me the best results with my printer before, which meant non-visible lines in the first layer.
But thank you very much for your help. I love the bambu community.
I would use Orca slicer and manual calibrate you filament if you have not done this already ?
If say using PLA set the first layer height 0.24 or 0.28 and keep first layer line width .50 if that don’t work.
Then yes you will have to add a GCode offset like say G29.1 Z{-0.02} with your smooth bed plate
Option 2: Select the textured bed plate and ignore the error message or you can turn off the detection of built plate in the settings and you will get a bed offset G29.1 Z{-0.04}
Your layer setting is correct you should see lines but like you said you want it smooth for this part.
