User Interface: There is more nuance to Cura’s user interface that will be detailed later in the article.
Additionally, every subsequent Cura update is free, so there are genuinely no costs associated with Cura’s software.
Cost: As an open-source platform under the GNU Lesser General Public License, Cura’s software is free to download.Before we list their advantages and disadvantages, let’s take a broad look at each slicing software.įirst, Cura’s broad look concerning the software’s cost, user interface, functionality, compatibility, features, and updates. This distinction plays a major role in each software’s advantages and disadvantages, but there are other reasons for their differences. Simplif圓d, on the other hand, is its own company and chooses not to make their software open source. Cura is owned by Ultimaker, a 3D printer manufacturer that also provides open-source software like Cura. If you use this and also change on Layer - Starts points to Random, that will generate a cleaner object.The greatest difference between Cura and Simplif圓d has to do with their owners. Advanced - Force retraction between layers makes for a cleaner Z, without this is quite easy to have Z mark. (I only use this when I have a drippi filament like wood, etc).
Advanced - Enable or test Avoid crossing. This means that any area smaller than that wont get infill, leaving gaps. You have 'Minimum infill length' to 3,00mm. Other option that is important, on the INFILL tap.
If you activate Avoid Crossing and you have poor bed adhesion, then is better with just 120. Cleanest option is a mix of both, but depends on the model.Īlso you have travel move to 120mm/s, if you have disabled 'Avoid crossing' you can move it up to 150 at least (bare minimum). If you want clear top layers you can, DISABLE 'only retract when crossing spaces' OR enable 'Avoid crossing outline' But if you have one enabled and the other disabled it will leave marks and strings everywhere. Specially since you disabled 'Avoid crossing outline for travel movements' Also the 'Only retract when crossing open spaces' will make 'marks' on the top layers just like cura. But mind that this option is directly connected to the Infill overlap setting.
Try to crack it up to 50% to see on the gcode preview the differences, then you can see if it's too much or too little. Default on S3D is 10%, but I play with this a lot to avoid gaps. If the piece is too small and you want to focus on top layer try 18-20Īlso play with 'Allow gap fill when necessary' on Advanced. Yea I see infill overlap you have it at 12, less than 15% is problematic. This helps to adjust a profile that works on Cura to S3D and start tuning up special settings. There are tons of settings that interconnect.Īs a general rule before touching anything on S3D any user should read the FFF settings window on S3D forum:Ĭhange the S3D from mm/m to mm/s, so you have the same measure of speed that Cura uses, otherwise you are mixing minutes with seconds. For my 1.75mm system I can go 0.50mm as standard, but I use a different feeder.Īlso, just as a general rule, S3D it's much more complex than Cura. Cura default it's around 2.00mm, you could even go 1.50mm. This means that it can do a retraction, if so he desires (and s3d loves retractions) almost every time he wants, your um2 2.85 filament will get chew like gum. You have set minimum travel for retraction to 0.02mm. You have a 'maximum cooling fan to 30%' there, and that affects directly with the fan speed you are setting to 100%.
Read on S3D forums about fan overrides and how to tune it properly. That can't happen without more heat, less speed, or adjusting pretty much everything.īlip fans, disable that, will create a small slowdown on the machine of 500 millisecs, your um2 fans already have a kickstart by firmware. Ok Because the 'Auto' of the previous image you are extruding 0.96mm for a 0.8 nozzle, and that 0.96 will get multiplied by 125% (a 25% extra) making a width of 1.2mm for a 0.8 nozzle. I use this setting to play with some experiments, as soon you go beyond 25% you get blobs and overextrusion on the same spot that makes bad quality. Outline overlap to 32%, that will only make a mess, more than 20% it's too much. Retraction speed 40mm/s, cura uses 25mm/s as default. 'Auto' doesn't do anything auto, it could be nice if it where a real auto settting, but isnt. Retraction distance 1mm only? For PLA Cura does 4.5mm as standardĮxtrusion Width, remove the auto, change it to 0.80mm (same as nozzle) or lower (0.75mm should give you a better look, but I personally only use lower nozzle size to adjust it. There's quite a few basic stuff wrong here.