I downloaded the Repetier host for OS X directly from their site. It didn’t contains the exact slicer settings for the Vertex and now I’m confused.
The models print out pretty ok, but for example this model has extreme amount of ‘webbing’ (i don’t know what the correct term is).
result after cleaning
Could you please give me a rundown of all the relevant settings and their values for Slic3r?
First, there is no EXACT settings for this.
The settings might have to be tweaked depending on what type of filament you use, the extruder temp, print speed etc.
Have a look at your retraction setting in slic3r and maybe increase the retraction length a bit.
But don’t set it too high, as otherwise you will possibly jam your extruder.
I don’t know the standard settings for the Vertex, but i think it sould be around 3mm.
You can also download the velleman repetier version for windoes and copy the slic3r settings files to your installation.
They can act as a starting point too.
[quote=“ichbinsnur”]First, there is no EXACT settings for this.
The settings might have to be tweaked depending on what type of filament you use, the extruder temp, print speed etc.
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As i’m a total beginner, i have no idea what parameters affects the print result. I would be cool to have a few photos with helpful hints like “this the the result of too high temerature”, “bad nozzle width” etc.
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As i’m a total beginner, i have no idea what parameters affects the print result. I would be cool to have a few photos with helpful hints like “this the the result of too high temerature”, “bad nozzle width” etc.[/quote]
Well, almost all parameters affect the print quality in some way. 
It is mostly impossible to make such photo documentation cause too many parameters influence each other
to say THIS IS NOZZLE HEIGHT or THIS IS TOO HOT or …
A picture of your print result might be more helpful in that case.
Maybe have a look at the docs here too:
manuals.velleman.eu/category/kit … 00-x29%3b/
I’ll try to figure out if the Slic3r settings for the vertex are available for download separately.
See above for a picture of my print result…
That was ‘before’. My first major adjustment was to change the nozzle size from 0.5mm to 0.35mm. Which lead me to an slic3r error saying the layer height cannot be bigger than the nozzle size. So I changed that from 0.4mm to 0.2mm. I’m printing out a snowflake with these new settings as a test object.
We don’t have Slic3r settings for the vertex, only for CuraEngine.
And CuraEngine is not implemented with latest mac build of repetier.
From the Vertex Cura parameters you could at least set the following settings in Slic3r:
Extruder :
retract dist : 9 mm
retract speed : 70mm/s
min travel before retract : 0.1 mm
Filament : 1,75 mm - % 90
Extruder temp : PLA 210° - ABS : 245°
Print speeds :
Nl : 45 mm/s
Travel : 180 mm/s
1st layer : 15 mm/s
other layers 45mm/s
infill : 60 mm/s
Layer height : 0.105 mm
First layer : 0.2 mm
It should get you started but there are a lot of other parameters. Keep the default value for now.
thank you! i will try them
Robv, I recommend you try slicing on a windows pc or a linux pc instead of a mac. CuraEngine slices much faster (in the order of 20X faster or more) and we provide custom settings for it. It is a much nicer experience and we do not recommend running the printer without our CuraEngine settings. You could damage your nozzles as the fans on top of the printer provide cooling not for the part alone but also the nozzles, they help control the heatbreak. So I truly recommend using the CuraEngine. Slic3r also has really bad support for 2 nozzles, and I would urge you not to try it…
You can install windows on your mac in a virtual machine and slice your files there?
Well ain’t that the best advise I ever heard (not). I bought a printer that specifically supported the Mac environment by not being too dependent on hardware, in this case for being able to print standalone from the SD card. Slicing times I do not care about because time is something I have. I have a Macbook as my main platform. On your page you specifically mention “Software: Repetier - CuraEngine - Slic3r
(RepRap compatible)”
Maybe you should try to advise me how to make sure the fans run with Slic3r engine instead.
By the way, when i’m printing all 3 fans are nicely buzzing and the printhead stays nicely 200ºC.
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Maybe you should try to advise me how to make sure the fans run with Slic3r engine instead.
By the way, when i’m printing all 3 fans are nicely buzzing and the printhead stays nicely 200ºC.[/quote][/quote]
Agreed…
All us mac user would like to have nice set of parameters please
I have been experimenting (of course) with the settings of my Slic3r configuration on OS X.
After printing a few items with Repetier/Cura on Windows, i could confirm that my printer was sufficiently calibrated. It is always nice to have a point of reference.
Well now, the Cura configuration gave me pretty good results:
Speeds (slow / fast mm/s):
Quality 0.1mm:
Filament:
Mapping these settings to Slic3r should be possible I think.
Any thoughts?