1mo ago

first timer here, Sovol3D S06 ACE arriving this week, open to suggestions :)

www.sovol3d.com Sovol SV06 ACE High Speed Auto Leveling 3D Printer

Sovol SV06 ACE is a 3D printer with a speed of up to 600mm/s. It can print a 3D Benchy in 13 minutes; it is very advantageous among similar products. Pre-assembled components can be assembled in 15 minutes. Fully automatic leveling technology can avoid tedious leveling processes and automatically ca...

After immersing myself in 3D printer content on YouTube and Lemmy, I'd talked myself all the way up to spending AU$2000 which is just absurd for a first timer, but then talked myself into the Sovol3D S06 ACE as a decent starting point, haha

Anyhow, I'll be running this in my garage (garage door open) and I think the first batch of filament in the pack is either PLA or PETG, which seems beginner friendly

I've been wondering about 3D printer profiles and calibration in slicer apps... is there a way to print as many benchies that will fit on the bed, but each which different profile parameters, so I can see which profiles do or don't work best? Or do current slicer apps always produce a plan that uses the same parameters for the entire job?

Note that I'm 100% on Linux (no Windows here), so I'm probably limited to https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer or https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer (or maybe https://github.com/GladiusSlicer/GladiusSlicer if I'm in the mood for contributing my own code)

I've consumed probably too much YouTube at this point, but any especially important hints and tips for a first timer would be appreciated!

P.S. oh, just noticed, https://lemmy.ml/post/23597074 thanks!

5 comments

Start with PLA since PETG can be finicky with moisture.
Garages are nice but try to keep drafts to a minimum. PLA is more forgiving there too.
Have fun tinkering and figuring it out. There’s just some skills you’ll acquire as you go. Slicer experience giving you an understanding of orientation for strength and/or to minimize the need for supports.
PLA is also cheap enough to just figure it out. You’ll have bad prints, regardless but you’ll also make some cool stuff too.

Smart idea starting out with a cheap printer as you'll learn quite a bit more this way (tinkering and repairing) and find out if you really actually like the hobby or that it's not for you without spending a fortune first. This can be extremely frustrating at times but also rewarding.
I've been printing for several years and have never heard of a way to print with multiple profiles at once, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible as things are being discovered all the time and I don't exactly stay up to date on every facet.
I'd just start out one benchy at a time and learn from experience. Challenges will come, and that's where you'll learn.
Also, keep your filament dry and get some cheap hygrometers to measure the filament's moisture content (in a dry box, bag, etc) even brand new. This is one big cause of headaches.
- Not per item “Profiles” but a lot of slicers let you do overrides.
  For example you can override with per object settings in OrcaSlicer (and I presume Bambu). In Cura you can add settings that even apply to a box region (such as increasing infill in a certain weak part of a print or using adaptive layer height just as the top of some Conical shape)
  
  I feel like an idiot because you're absolutely correct, and I've even used this recently in Bambu Studio (which I believe is forked from PrusaSlicer, so it may be there as well). I haven't used Prusa or Orca slicers, but it is somewhat limited in Studio, especially when printing "per object" instead of "per layer"
  I'd still recommend OP print one benchy at a time because it's very easy for one object to wipe out the entire print bed of parts if misconfigured.