Question about printing times (www.thingiverse.com)

submitted 4 months ago by skotimusj@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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Hello all. I am very new to this but it is all very cool to me. I ran into a problem and I am not sure how to troubleshoot it. I downloaded a simple pull string helicopter off thingiverse. After running through the slicer software, the estimated build time is 131 hours. Relative to it’s size this seems insane. If I “run the simulated build”, there are long holds on one of the interior walls. I am hesitant to just “try it” and see if the pauses are a software thing that does not translate to the hardware. I am not sure how to break it down from here. Any advice?

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[-] paddington@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

You definitely don't need a layer height that low for something like this. Even still, you've got something set up weird because at a normal 0.2mm layer height it's showing just under 4 hours to print everything but the pull rods (only because I'm too lazy to split the STL apart right now.) Try resetting your build settings or start a 'new' project.

[-] skotimusj@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

When I switch to 0.2mm the time goes to 83 hours, so I assume there is still some error. What slicer do you use?

[-] paddington@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Don't use Creality Slicer, it's just an outdated renamed version of Cura. Download the most recent version of Cura here and your problems will most likely go away. https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura/

[-] skotimusj@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

As you said. I tried this and it fixed everything. Thank you

[-] skotimusj@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Thanks. Will try this.

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