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Changing Z-Height has no effect? **SOLVED**
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:04 pm
by dajay23D
Changing z-height has no effect? I thought I got this down, but things changed when I upgraded to the E3D V6 and carbon arms...
It may just be a coincidence, but after the upgrade, I can't seem to get my z height correct. I'm using Kisslicer 1.5 beta w/ MatterControl. The nozzle doesn't lower any regardless of me adjusting the z height. I did it multiple times w/ different thicknesses ranging from .003" - .009" feeler gauges. Every time the print starts, the nozzle goes to the same spot, not low enough. My only remedy is to set a negative Z offset in Kisslicer. But, I never had to do that before. I tried to recalibrate X, Y, Z..nothing. I'm printing 75mm x .2mm height discs for this test. Any ideas?
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:32 pm
by geneb
Are you forgetting the part where you have to choose the menu item that sets the zero point after you've used the knob to reach it?
g.
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:39 pm
by dajay23D
hehe. No, i didn't forget that part.
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 5:10 pm
by geneb
Ok. I had to ask.
After you set your Z height, do a G0 Z0 F3500. Does the nozzle stop where you set your z height?
g.
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:25 pm
by KAS
You might also need to click home before setting the Z-Height.
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:29 pm
by dajay23D
geneb wrote:Ok. I had to ask.
After you set your Z height, do a G0 Z0 F3500. Does the nozzle stop where you set your z height?
g.
Yea, anything's possible.
Well, i tried your gcode and it does go exactly where i set the Z height, @ .004" I homed it multiple times..etc. I also tried different variables, extrusion rate, extrusion width and infill extrusion width...nothing worked. But oddly, there was a point where everything did worked, but I thought my z height was too low, so I readjusted it and now it's consistently no affect....
Should've left it alone!
Maybe it's not the Z height?! i'll try another slicer to see if its the same thing.
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:28 am
by geneb
If after the Z0 it goes where you want it, it's not your Z height. You might have something mis-configured in your slicer.
g.
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:24 pm
by dajay23D
I set my z height to .001", almost touching glass! and its printing w/out the Z offset. I'll just have to keep calibrating it and see if it changes. Thanks for everyone's comments/help. Still not quite sure what's going on. I exaggerated the z height really high and it did make a difference. But for some reason, when i get lower, doesn't do much. Or not like before. Maybe i'll try reinstalling KISS or run an older beta and see what happens.
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect?
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:34 am
by geneb
Try MatterSlice and see how that works.
g.
Re: Changing Z-Height has no effect? **SOLVED**
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:47 am
by dajay23D
I believe I've solved the issue. I used a diff slicer and didn't have the issue. I went back to KISS and changed something I didn't think would affect anything, but sure enough, it did. It's under the SUPPORT tab, flow gain. I thought flow gain would affect support features only, but it affected the rate of extrusion. Soon as I put it back to 1, my one layer disc beads connect. I was hoping setting that # would not make the supports stick so much....