Do the included printer profiles use a too high limit for the volumetric flow?
I have a specific model which a sliced for my default 0.4 HF nozzle and then a second time for a 0.6 HF nozzle. The estimated print time was reduced to one half.
Note, this is not a question whether a 0.6 nozzle always leads to faster printing times. I am aware that the effect depends on the model and that there are a lot of models where a 0.4 or 0.6 nozzle won't make a difference. This is not the point here as I have a specific model which largely consists of straigt, thin walls (~2mm) where the larger nozzle can actually play off its strengths and the slicer has already estimated a considerable gain.
I intend to print the model with a high-temperature filament like ASA. However, I have seen a lot of reports which claim that the printer and filament profiles in Prusa Slicer are using a too high volumetric flow limit. So the calculated reduced printing time is a false alarm and overly optimistic as the hotend won't be able to heat up the filament fast enough. Those reports say that a 0.4 HF nozzle and the gantry speed already max out what the hotend can melt.
The printer profile for a Core One with an ObXidian 0.6 HF nozzle and the filament profile for Prusament ASA will lead to load errors and a failed print. Allegedly, one has to cut down the volumetric flow limit in the profile to 50% of its original value to avoid a failed print. However, this will obviously lead to a print time identical to that of a 0.4 HF nozzle. So while the larger nozzle lays down thicker lines and higher layers, the corrected volumetric flow limit makes the slicer do so at a drastically reduced travel speed for the gantry to avoid overloading the hotend.
Is that true? Are the original printer and filament profiles broken? Is the slicing result
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You can try the speed dial on the front panel to experiment. I set it to 300 % frequently, the printer has survived so far.
I don't have a direct answer to your question but I noticed extruder clicking yesterday in ABS (generic profile, ElCheapo material - my job to dial it in, can't blame on the profiles). This was with the 0.25 mm nozzle but I had the same thought- too much material in too little time for the set temperature and layer height.
RE: Do the included printer profiles use a too high limit for the volumetric flow?
Is that true? Are the original printer and filament profiles broken? Is the slicing result
The profiles are not broken, they are a starting point. If I'm printing something small or trivial then the built-in profiles are good enough. For large functional prints I have my own profiles that I've created starting with the PrusaSlicer profiles and running my own tests to calibrate for a given nozzle. The tests I usually run for a new filament are:
- Dry Filament - do not skip!
- Temperature tower - from OrcaSlicer
- Extrusion multiplier - 40x40x40 1 wall cube with no infill. Measure the walls with a micrometer.
- Retraction tuning - Orca
- Pressure Advance - Prusa Slicer Pressure Advance Test
- Volumetric Flow - from OrcaSlicer
- XY Shrinkage - Califlower Mk2
- Skew - Califlower
For each nozzle type and size I rerun everything except shrinkage and skew.