Challenge to the community filament diameter variation
Challenge to the community. I have a design that is very sensitive to filament diameter, 1.75 is tight and 1.71 is loose. Tight is good. I would like to compensate for the variation by increasing the Extrusion Multiplier. The area difference is about 4.5%. Should I increase the multiplier by 4.5% this seams like a lot?
I realizes this may require trial and error but I’m hoping that you all can save me some time.
Thanks in advance. 😀
Best Answer by bobstro:
You should enter the average filament diameter into the Filament settings profile. The slicer will do the compensation you're describing.
RE: Challenge to the community filament diameter variation
So what exactly is the challenge/question here? If you are having issues with smaller filament (if that is consistent of course) , adjust as you need.
Your calculation is sound.
RE: Challenge to the community filament diameter variation
You should enter the average filament diameter into the Filament settings profile. The slicer will do the compensation you're describing.
RE: Challenge to the community filament diameter variation
You should enter the average filament diameter into the Filament settings profile. The slicer will do the compensation you're describing.
Thank you for your help, I admit I forgot about that setting. Also thanks for sharing your note book, good info.
PS -for any interested it looks like my simple math did work. I printed it last night (before seeing bobstro post)using the tune set while print. The only advantage of this approach is you don’t need separate gcode for each color. I have lots of colors from multiple vendors so I might keep this approach around.