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    • mrehorstdmdundefined
      mrehorstdmd @Ellis
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      @Ellis I'll print some new tests tonight and shoot some photos and post them. The 1 mm nozzle has been a b**** to print with for everything except single wall vases for a long time. I suspect there's not a lot of pressure in the hot end, and the viscosity of the molten filament probably has less effect on extrusion.

      https://drmrehorst.blogspot.com/

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      • Ellisundefined
        Ellis @mrehorstdmd
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        @mrehorstdmd Found some small errors in the flow math, hold off for now

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        • Ellisundefined
          Ellis @mrehorstdmd
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          @mrehorstdmd Ok just pushed a bunch of fixes, all clear 🙂
          @CCS86 I fixed the flow and overlap issues. The tab seems to print a lot better now. Give it a whirl.

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          • mrehorstdmdundefined
            mrehorstdmd @Ellis
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            @Ellis Thanks. I didn't get to it last night anyway, so I'll try it tonight.

            https://drmrehorst.blogspot.com/

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            • CCS86undefined
              CCS86 @Ellis
              last edited by CCS86

              @Ellis said in Pattern Pressure Advance Calibration:

              @mrehorstdmd Ok just pushed a bunch of fixes, all clear 🙂
              @CCS86 I fixed the flow and overlap issues. The tab seems to print a lot better now. Give it a whirl.

              Looks soooo much better in the gcode viewer! I'll try it tonight.

              Thanks!

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              • oliofundefined
                oliof
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                I took the liberty to submit a feature request (firmware retract) and a small bug report (missing unretract length setting).

                <>RatRig V-Minion Fly Super5Pro RRF<> V-Core 3.1 IDEX k*****r <> RatRig V-Minion SKR 2 Marlin<>

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                • Ellisundefined
                  Ellis @oliof
                  last edited by Ellis

                  @oliof I don't quite follow the logic behind having a different unretract length. Is that a common thing? Always seemed... bodgy to me. I don't print with large nozzles very often, though, so maybe that's part of it. PA is supposed to help with what you mentioned (needing extra pressure to start), or is that not typically enough?

                  I think at a certain point it becomes too many settings & too much clutter - it actually had firmware retract and I removed it (and a few other things) to make it leaner. Software retract works for everyone.

                  Once it starts becoming a wall of settings, it starts to become really overwhelming for new folks.

                  It's meant to be a quick test with only the features necessary to get it printed, not a full web based slicer with all the same features as your desktop one, y'know?

                  Hell, I've even thought about getting rid of the Z hop settings and just baking in the 0.1mm z-hop.

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                  • mrehorstdmdundefined
                    mrehorstdmd @Ellis
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                    @Ellis I usually use Z hop equal to layer thickness when I use it at all, so with the 1 mm nozzle, it's typically 0.5 or 0.6 mm...

                    https://drmrehorst.blogspot.com/

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                    • Ellisundefined
                      Ellis @mrehorstdmd
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                      @mrehorstdmd Hmm, possibly. Might just leave it alone.

                      Another thing that occured to me, the default print height is 1mm, which could be small for such large nozzles. It has a setting, but it's buried in expert mode then pattern settings. Any thoughts? Maybe do it by layer count instead?

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                      • Ellisundefined
                        Ellis
                        last edited by Ellis

                        I think the print it so small that it doesn't really have much opportunity to curl and cause problematic nozzle strikes
                        No overhangs either

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                        • oliofundefined
                          oliof @Ellis
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                          @Ellis

                          a) firmware retract is the only way you get proper retract on mixing hotends (2-in-1 like the relatively new tai chi, 3/5-in-1 like the venerable diamond, or 6-in-1 like @deckingmans). Maybe that's not relevant for your PA test.
                          b) I tend to stick with firmware retract because it's simple to adjust during a print if necessary.

                          different unretract length is not often needed, but it helped me with weird filaments and with large diameter nozzles.

                          I'd agree that both are ... rare use cases that don't necessarily need to be reflected. But I personally could use them.

                          <>RatRig V-Minion Fly Super5Pro RRF<> V-Core 3.1 IDEX k*****r <> RatRig V-Minion SKR 2 Marlin<>

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                          • Ellisundefined
                            Ellis @oliof
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                            @oliof I'll consider putting them under expert mode

                            For some background, I went into the 3d printing discord and showed it to some new folks, and they were really confused and overwhelmed, basically. Got a lot of screenshots with "what should I change"?, haha.

                            That's part of what lead to me trimming the fat like this

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                            • oliofundefined
                              oliof @Ellis
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                              @Ellis I absolutely understand and commend the goal of making this accessible to newcomers. I also do not expect any issue I file to be followed up with (-:

                              <>RatRig V-Minion Fly Super5Pro RRF<> V-Core 3.1 IDEX k*****r <> RatRig V-Minion SKR 2 Marlin<>

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                              • Ellisundefined
                                Ellis @oliof
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                                @oliof 😊
                                I am curious if the lack of an unretract distance setting causes issue with the test in your case.

                                If so, that seems a valid reason to add it - so let me know how it goes

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                                • mrehorstdmdundefined
                                  mrehorstdmd @Ellis
                                  last edited by

                                  @Ellis I've been setting it to 4mm. Should I print taller to look for any particular Z artifacts?

                                  https://drmrehorst.blogspot.com/

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                                  • Ellisundefined
                                    Ellis @mrehorstdmd
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                                    @mrehorstdmd I think only 3-4 layers are needed, just to ensure that it's decoupled from first layer squish, but you can also print it tall to look at the sides of the walls too!

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                                    • CCS86undefined
                                      CCS86
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                                      New version is printing much better, thanks!

                                      I do wish we could get line width % back though.

                                      You might also consider printing the PA labels at the first layer speed and/or with a thicker line width for readability.

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                                      • Ellisundefined
                                        Ellis @CCS86
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                                        @CCS86 It's still there! Tick "expert mode" up top
                                        I will reduce glyph speed to first layer speed and see how they print for me

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                                        • CCS86undefined
                                          CCS86 @Ellis
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                                          @Ellis said in Pattern Pressure Advance Calibration:

                                          @CCS86 It's still there! Tick "expert mode" up top
                                          I will reduce glyph speed to first layer speed and see how they print for me

                                          Ahh, missed that! Didn't notice it added settings to the other categories. Thanks.

                                          Interestingly, testing at 70mm/s I see the sweet spot around 0.037

                                          But at 120mm/s, the best value actually drops to around 0.028

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                                          • Ellisundefined
                                            Ellis @CCS86
                                            last edited by Ellis

                                            @CCS86 PA seems to change at different speeds, same story with Klipper - unfortunately nothing can ever be simple, hah.

                                            That's why I usually recommend to tune at your perim speeds, as that's where you will see it most

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