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  • 5 August 2017 at 20:35 #310589
    Nick Hulme
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      I have a part that only seemed to work if I printed it one at a time, but that gets old quickly.

      I've just found that the latest version of Cura allows you to enter print head dimensions and gantry height to determine part spacing, avoid crashes and print several parts one at a time, in the same session. 

      Nice!

      Edited By Nick Hulme on 05/08/2017 20:36:27

      Edited By Nick Hulme on 05/08/2017 20:37:24

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      5 August 2017 at 20:35 #31529
      Nick Hulme
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        5 August 2017 at 21:31 #310599
        Nick Hulme
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          Photos –

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          1, 2 and 3.jpg

          Whale Tuffnol is for adhesion of Nylon and it really works!

          5 August 2017 at 22:39 #310604
          charadam
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            Am I correct in thinking that the print time will be multiplied by the number of items printed?

            5 August 2017 at 22:41 #310606
            Anonymous

              Roughly speaking, yes.

              Andrew

              5 August 2017 at 23:53 #310613
              Nick Hulme
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                This is a Nylon part which for temperature gradient reasons doesn't seem to like the conventional multi-part approach, if you have a lot of small parts to print you can save a lot of travel time using a "one at a time" strategy,

                Regards,

                Nick

                Edited By Nick Hulme on 05/08/2017 23:53:59

                6 August 2017 at 14:32 #310685
                Neil Wyatt
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                  You do need to be sure of your print head dimensions though!

                  6 August 2017 at 14:41 #310691
                  Nick Hulme
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                    In the latest version of Cura you need to use a Custom Printer profile which will then make no assumptions about fans etc. and allows you to enter a dimension from the nozzle centre for X- (min), X+ (max), Y- (min) and y+ (max)

                    If you have a measuring stick of uncertain providence you can always add a couple of mm for good measure

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