Print Time is ~2x When Enabling Gap Fill
I've been noticing recently that enabling gap fill (PrusaSlicer-2.3.1) doubles my print time on average. In this slice, you can see that gap fill only adds 3 minutes of time according to PS, however significant time has been added to the other feature's print times. I know there will be some added time for additional print head moves per layer, but an extra hour+ on a 23-layer print? That seems to me like either user error/ignorance or a possible bug. Thoughts? Insights?
For reference since it's hard to see, print times are:
Gap Fill OFF = 1h7m
Gap Fill 25mm/s = 2h27m
(stock)
- Powder-coated, Satin, & Garolite Sheets
- 0.25/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.8mm NozzleX
- 0.6mm Bondtech CHT
_____SL1S & CW1S (stock)
RE: Print Time is ~2x When Enabling Gap Fill
you could try it and see if it's better in PrusaSlicer version 2.3.2, and if that doesn't work, I'd try version 2.3.3, if your still not seeing a difference, as a last resort you could try PrusaSlicer- version 2.4.0.
Beyond that I would report it to GitHub.
Good Luck
The Filament Whisperer
RE: Print Time is ~2x When Enabling Gap Fill
Thanks, I am trying out 2.4 now
(stock)
- Powder-coated, Satin, & Garolite Sheets
- 0.25/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.8mm NozzleX
- 0.6mm Bondtech CHT
_____SL1S & CW1S (stock)
RE: Print Time is ~2x When Enabling Gap Fill
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The Filament Whisperer
RE: Print Time is ~2x When Enabling Gap Fill
Same results in 2.4, turns out enabling gap fill reduces the print speed of all the other features for some reason. This is why it takes twice as long to print.
(stock)
- Powder-coated, Satin, & Garolite Sheets
- 0.25/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.8mm NozzleX
- 0.6mm Bondtech CHT
_____SL1S & CW1S (stock)
RE:
For anyone interested, this issue seems to be only affecting prints that utilize Auto-Speed. There's an issue already open on Github about this, you should subscribe to it to raise priority for the devs!
https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/issues/6844
(stock)
- Powder-coated, Satin, & Garolite Sheets
- 0.25/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.8mm NozzleX
- 0.6mm Bondtech CHT
_____SL1S & CW1S (stock)