There is a strange whole line down by object. It only shows up after slicing. In the prepare window there white line is not there.
Anyone know what is happening?
Thanks.
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That is normal.
It is part of the printer setup prior to printing, a purge line of sorts. The printer uses it to determine the flow is ok before it starts a print.
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Malc nicely explained the green line in the front.
The white lines on the print show the seam, i.e. the start and end point of a wall.
If you expand the âLine Typeâ view, you can use the check boxes to hide and show only specific types of movements, prints, etc.
I may have misread the question, I read white, but, assumed it actually meant green as those jumped out. I didnât even see the seams.
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Itâs white, and visible In 1 of the 1 photo.
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As said, that white line shows you where the seam will be located. You can open the Color Scheme dialog and uncheck the Display box, but it will still be printed. If that location is unacceptable, you can make changes in Quality:Seam or paint the seam manually.
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yes, that line is visible. Thought it was just a prepare printer thing that wouldnât show up. So does Paint the Seam eliminate its visibility? Disappointed it was printed.
Does sanding help, or does the seam go all the way through and down?
There will always be a seam of some kind - a loop has to start and end somewhere, and thatâs what causes it. Painting the seam allows you to âpaintâ onto the model exactly where you want it to be, but it does not eliminate it.
You can change some of the settings to try to get a more suitable result. You can find those settings under the object in the âqualityâ category. On an object with a corner the slicer will usually try to hide it in the corner. On round objects it tries to line them up so that they can both (interior and exterior) be towards the back of your view when viewing the object.
Sanding can minimize its appearance, but it wonât completely eliminate it.
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Painting the seam tells the slicer you want the seam where you painted, you will always have seams, due to how FDM printing works.
You can minimise the visibility of them though.
In any recent version of the Bambu Studio slicer, enable Scarf in the Quality Tab.
If you are using the latest release which came out today, Scarf is now automatically enabled for all materials that benefit from it, but, you can turn it off, also in the Quality tab.
My seam is from top to bottom inside the pot, but only 1/3 of the way down on the outside. The inside seam is no big deal because it will be covered by soil.
Why is the seam only part way down the outside of the pot? Does it mean I can eliminate it on the outside?
Will check out the suggestions you have made.
Thanks
It is there, it is hidden by the support colour, if you toggle that off and rotate the model, you will see it.
You cannot eliminate a seam due to physics.
Boring bit follows:
Imagine for a moment you are painting a line. At the start of the line, you are not at full speed, so, your paintbrush will be at the start point for longer than it is whilst in movement, there will be more material deposited at the start. When you have finished painting the line, you have to slow down, there will be more material at the end. Your model is round, your âpaint linesâ start and end at the same point. This means it will have more material at the start and end, due to the way it lays things down.
The Scarf I mentioned aims to ramp up and ramp down the âpaintingâ so neither the start nor end have more material than they would if at full speed the whole time it was laying down material.
They appear in different places as the model is built up layer by layer due to the best place to start and stop. You can affect this by painting where the line should go and it will try to honour that. You can also change the place it locates the seem if it can form the Quality tab.
Whilst this one will be underground, learn to love scarf as it will make the best visual appearance when it matters.
So for square pots, the seam can be set to be on the corner?
Yes, you can achieve this by painting it on setting back in the Seam position field (quality tab) and rotating the model 45Âș.
Painting the seam yourself is likely easier if the pot is big.
Painting in this response is unrelated to the previous message example which was actual painting.
Anyone know What caused the ripple-texture on the pot as shown? Didnât happen with 2 other prints. Is it a fluke and I can re-print and hope it is not present?
Thanks.
Those waves are generally caused when a part warps/loses build plate adhesion in that area.
Cleaning your build plate will normally solve this.