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Cura Machine settings for BLTouch

Apart from adding the automatic BLTouch calibration before printing, there are many settings in Cura which affect printing quality. Keep in mind that even if BLTouch calibration is configured and executed correctly, printing quality may still be adverse due to other settings.

1. Automatic bed calibration

To make sure that when printing, the bed calibration automatically takes place, add G29 under the latest line containing G28 in the Cura machine settings. The following images show where to find and edit the machine settings:

  1. Cura settings → Printer → Manage printers



  2. Machine Settings



  3. Place “G29 - Automatic Bed Leveling” under the last G281)

2. Initial feed for sticking layer

Additionally, change the extrude feed stock 2) from 3 into 5: G1 F100 E5

3. Cura 4.4.2 - {speed_travel} bug

In Cura 4.4.2 there is a bug in which the speed_travel variable is defined as mm/min., but interpreted as mm/second. Therefore the printer has a super slow travel speed and is a factor 60 too low. Solve by replacing the {speed_travel} placeholder with the value 3000.

Start G-Code End G-Code
G21 ;metric values
G90 ;absolute positioning
M82 ;set extruder to absolute mode
M107 ;start with the fan off
G28 X0 Y0 ;move X/Y to min endstops
G28 Z0 ;move Z to min endstops
G29 ;level bed
G1 Z15.0 F3000 ;move the platform down 15mm
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length
G1 F100 E5 ;extrude 5mm of feed stock
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length again
G1 F3000
G0 Y20 F3000
M117 Printing…
G5
M104 S0 ; turn off extruder
M140 S0 ; turn off bed
M84 ; disable motors
M107
G91 ;relative positioning
G1 E-1 F300 ;retract filament before lifting nozzle, to release some pressure
G1 Z+0.5 E-5 ;X-20 Y-20 F3000 ;move Z up a bit and retract filament even more
G28 X0 ;Y0 ;move X/Y to min endstops, so the head is out of the way
G1 Y180 F2000
M84 ;steppers off
G90
M300 P300 S4000

Cura Profile settings

Cura comes per default with settings and profiles for the Anycubic I3 Mega. Even after multiple attempts, it was not possible to get the first layer to stick. So with advice from this page it was possible to get some decent result: A flat equally distributed bottom layer with regular layers on top of that. Also at start the extruder motor had sometimes difficulties in pushing the filament strong enough inside, By reducing the speed, this did not happen again.

The following “0.15mm High” profile (PLA) was created from the default “High 0.1mm” profile:

Parameter Default High 0.1mm Profile High 0.1mm Profile High 0.15mm Profile Unit
Comment DOES NOT WORK WORKS FINE WORKS FINE
Quality
Layer Height 0.10 0.10 0.15 mm
Initial Layer Height 0.10 0.10 0.10 mm
Line Width 0.40 0.35 0.35 mm
..Wall Line Width 0.40 0.35 0.35 mm
….Outer Wall Line Width 0.40 0.35 0.35 mm
….Inner Wall(s) Line Width 0.40 0.35 0.35 mm
..Top/Bottom Line Width 0.40 0.35 0.35 mm
..Infill Line Width 0.40 0.35 0.35 mm
Initial Layer Line Width 140 200 200 %
Shell
Wall Thickness 1.2 1.2 1.2 mm
..Wall Line Count 3 3 3
Top/Bottom Thickness 1.2 1.2 1.2 mm
..Top Thickness 1.2 1.2 1.2 mm
….Top Layers 8 8 8
..Bottom Thickness 1.2 1.2 1.2 mm
….Bottom Layers 8 8 8
Optimize Wall Printing Order
Fill Gaps Between Walls Everywhere Everywhere Everywhere
Horizontal Expansion 0 0 0 mm
Enable Ironing
Infill
Infill Density 25 20 20 mm
..Infill Line Distance 1.4 1.75 1.75 mm
Infill Pattern ZigZag ZigZag ZigZag
Infill Overlap Percentage 15 15 15 %
Infill Layer Thickness 0.15 0.15 0.15 mm
Gradual Infill Steps 0 0 0
Material
Printing Temperature 200 195 195 ºC
Printing Temperature Initial Layer 0 0 0 ºC
Initial Printing Temperature 190 195 195 ºC
Final Printing Temperature 185 180 180 ºC
Build Plate Temperature 60 60 60 ºC
Build Plate Temperature Initial Layer 60 60 60 ºC
Enable Retraction
Retract at Layer Change
Retraction Distance 6 6 6 mm
Retraction Speed 40 40 40 mm/s
Speed
Print Speed 50 40 40 mm/s
..Infill Speed 50 40 40 mm/s
..Wall Speed 50 40 40 mm/s
….Outer Wall Speed 50 40 40 mm/s
….Inner Wall Speed 50 40 40 mm/s
..Top Bottom Speed 20 16 16 mm/s
..Support Speed 30 30 30 mm/s
Travel Speed 50 50 50 mm/s
Initial Layer Speed 25.0 10.0 10.0 mm/s
Skirt/Brim Speed 40 40 40 mm/s
Enable Acceleration Control
Enable Jerk Control
Travel, Cooling, Support, Build Plate Adhesion, Dual Extrusion, Special Modes, Experimental
All Default values
1)
To save time and machine wear, enter “M420 S1 ; use last-saved matrix for leveling”. Obviously the leveling measurements must have been done before and stored with the M500 command after performing leveling.
2)
The line with “extrude Xmm of feed stock”
projects/3dprinting/anycubic_i3_mega/cura_bltouch_and_profile_settings.txt · Last modified: 2020/10/30 01:09 by admin