Cura VS Ellis-PIF-Profile

Are you using Cura?

EDIT2: Turns out one of my problems was dodgy End code in Cura [5.4.0] Questionable end gcode in some default profiles for Anycubic printers · Issue #16621 · Ultimaker/Cura (github.com)

Full release notes and new Cura downloads can be found here https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases/tag/5.5.0

So I'm using beta version of Cura (5.5.0) with V3 SE profile from https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/pull/16796 and I just figured out that Creality print is way faster than Cura. As far as I can see, settings are almost identical; print speed is set to 180mm/s in both programs. I'm using stock PLA profile in Creality print and eSun pla+ profile in Cura - same temperature, infill, walls and fan settings.

github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/issues for a bug report including Windows version.

In this case, Cura is an open source project, so the most straightforward way of submitting a feature request would be by creating an Issue in the code repository, where you can explain your idea along with why it’s important to you, who else you think it could be valuable to, and what you want both minimally and ideally.

If you're using the Startup Optimizer plugin, try disabling it temporarily - it can occasionally interfere with the list of available printers. Should that not help you could manually re-insert the profile by copying this JSON into the appropriate directory (eg C:\Program Files\UltiMaker Cura 5.4.0\share\cura\resource\definitions).

This reminds me of this known issue we mentioned in the changelog: Support Brim is missing if the Buildplate Adhesion is set to None. We are tracking reports here.

Yes..there's some sort of bug in 5.3..5.2 is ok, the developers are working on a patch for the new version: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/issues/14811

Look at the details! I can recommend Ellis PIF settings.

These are the Ellis print settings. These print settings are the result of ~2 years worth of meticulous work.

If you want real nice colors, Paramount 3D is the way to go. As far as settings go, I use slightly modified Ellis profiles. For ASA, I use my ABS profile but increase temps to 260.

Here's Ellis's guide which a lot of people follow:https://github.com/AndrewEllis93/Ellis-SuperSlicer-Profiles

But, it's Blasphamy to to tell someone to use SuperSlicer without also linking Ellis' PIF Tuning Guide, that also links to his SuperSlicer PIF Profiles.

There are a lot of things you can change, but I think one of the most important things is your start GCode. If Cura is re-homing the Z for instance and SS isn't, that could explain why your prints aren't sticking. Another thing you can do is to export a sliced gcode file from both and examine what happens before the printing starts to determine the delta. I personally use Ellis' PiF profiles with a couple modifications to the machine/extruder limits to fit my machine and my start/end gcode macros.

I'm using eSun ABS+ with the PIF_Standard.ini profile: https://github.com/AndrewEllis93/Ellis-PIF-Profile/blob/master/SuperSlicer/PIF_Standard.ini I've slightly modified extrusion multiplier etc. as per the guide but everything else is stock.

Then apply this to your printer: https://github.com/AndrewEllis93/Ellis-PIF-Profile

The Ellis-PIF-Profile is a pretty common starting point that a lot of us use but you'll still need to adjust a few things to work with your particular printer.