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luckywithmhk
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what's the reason? (attach some images)

hi, everyone

I have done my first 3d printing ever 

but I have found some problem of that

what can I do to solve this?

it's a smooth surface cylinder 

 

Posted : 28/02/2020 3:41 pm
bobstro
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RE: what's the reason? (attach some images)

Those bumps are caused by the z-seam. You can move it around (Print Settings->Layers and perimeters->Advanced->Seam position) but not completely hide it. It's a limitation of current consumer-grade FFF technologies. That seam has to go somewhere. If the layer has corners, you can tell the slicer to hide it in angles. Unfortunately, cylindrical or rounded shapes don't allow easy hiding. Aligning it to rear might at least put all of the irregularities on one side where you can hide or sand it. Tweaking your filament extrusion rate and linear advance settings can help minimize the size of the seam, but only to a point.

Here's what my seams look like after some tuning and calibration. The selection of filament makes a big difference in appearance. It's not so noticeable in white, but a silver or shiny filament will make the seam more apparent:

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Posted : 28/02/2020 5:38 pm
vintagepc
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RE: what's the reason? (attach some images)
Posted by: @bobstro

Those bumps are caused by the z-seam. You can move it around (Print Settings->Layers and perimeters->Advanced->Seam position) but not completely hide it. It's a limitation of current consumer-grade FFF technologies. That seam has to go somewhere. If the layer has corners, you can tell the slicer to hide it in angles. Unfortunately, cylindrical or rounded shapes don't allow easy hiding. Aligning it to rear might at least put all of the irregularities on one side where you can hide or sand it. Tweaking your filament extrusion rate and linear advance settings can help minimize the size of the seam, but only to a point.

Here's what my seams look like after some tuning and calibration. The selection of filament makes a big difference in appearance. It's not so noticeable in white, but a silver or shiny filament will make the seam more apparent:

Holy crap. And I thought mine were good. Filament calibration time...

Posted : 28/02/2020 6:47 pm
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RE: what's the reason? (attach some images)

Speaking of seams, they can be minimized, but it is work, here' what I got mine down to:

Posted : 29/02/2020 1:16 am
Nikolai
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RE: what's the reason? (attach some images)

Just keep in mind that reducing the seam usually goes hand in hand with worse structural integrity. My functional parts don't look great for a reason 🙂 

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Posted : 29/02/2020 1:29 am
GKMAKEIT
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RE: what's the reason? (attach some images)

Using semi transparent filament can help hide the seams.

Posted : 29/02/2020 5:35 am
luckywithmhk
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Topic starter answered:
RE: what's the reason? (attach some images)

@gkmakeit

thank you so much 

I understand about that 

 

 

Posted : 01/03/2020 3:56 am
luckywithmhk
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Topic starter answered:
RE: what's the reason? (attach some images)

@vintagepc

thank you so much 

I try to test it 

Posted : 01/03/2020 3:57 am
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