Changes

|Warping

|Warping

| rowspan="2" |Not enough/too much model base surface contact to the print bed

| rowspan="2" |Not enough/too much model base surface contact to the print bed

|Using a brim or a raft (adhesion)^*.

|Using a brim or a raft (adhesion)^*

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|-

| rowspan="2" |Bad adhesion

| rowspan="2" |Bad adhesion

|Using a brim or a raft (adhesion).

|Using a brim or a raft (adhesion)

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|-

|Uneven print bed/Bed too far from nozzle at initial layer

|Uneven print bed/Bed too far from nozzle at initial layer

|Relevelling buildplate.

|Relevelling buildplate

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|-

| rowspan="2" |No extrusion

| rowspan="2" |No extrusion

|No filament

|No filament

|Replace filament spool.

|Replace filament spool

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|-

| rowspan="2" |Filament clog due to nozzle clog

| rowspan="2" |Filament clog

|Unclog the printer (it is uncommon that this is the right fix).

|Unclog the printer (keep in mind that it is uncommon that this is the correct fix)

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|-

| rowspan="3" |Underextrusion

| rowspan="3" |Underextrusion

|Ask a Makerspace employee to assist with further diagnosis.

|Ask a Makerspace employee to assist with further diagnosis

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|-

|The forwarding mechanism (gearbox) ground through the filament

|The forwarding mechanism (gearbox) ground through the filament

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|-

|Wet filament

|Wet filament

|Remove wet section of the filament (0.25 to 0.5m length) and re-load.

|Remove wet section of the filament (0.25 to 0.5m length) and re-load

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|-

|Print not level

|Print not level

|Model not well seated on bed (in slicer)

|Model not well seated on bed (in slicer)

|Use the snap to bed feature in your slicer (when available), add a brim to preview which flat sections are well seated on the bed.

|Use the snap to bed feature in your slicer (when available), add a brim to preview which flat sections are well seated on the bed

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|Drooling

|Drooling

|No supports when needed

|No supports when needed

|Add supports.

|Add supports

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'''*Though it may be counterintuitive to increase part base area with a brim when the issue is that the base surface is too large, using a brim permits heat dissipation, reducing warping and making the brim sacrificial if warping does occur regardless (reducing the impact to the part).'''

'''*Though it may be counterintuitive to increase part base area with a brim when the issue is that the base surface is too large, using a brim permits heat dissipation, reducing warping and making the brim sacrificial if warping does occur regardless (reducing the impact to the part).'''