Guide to Ironing. How to make top surfaces smooth with PrusaSlicer
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Try PrusaSlicer 2.3:
www.prusa3d.com/prusaslicer/
Our blog post about ironing:
blog.prusaprinters.org/make-t...
Documentation:
help.prusa3d.com/en/article/i...
Starfleet badge model by Andrew Sink:
www.prusaprinters.org/prints/...
0:00 Quick overview
0:17 When to use Ironing
1:03 Ironing settings
3:58 Ironing modifiers
6:10 Downsides
7:38 How does Ironing work?
9:50 Calibrating Ironing - Věda a technologie
Please do not remove the “All Solid Surfaces” setting!!! I print miniatures and this makes soooo much of a difference!!!
All you that thumbs up! Please spread the word and please spend that few seconds and send the Prusa team an email to ask them not to remove the setting!!!!
Hey, thats very interesting! What are your settings when printing miniatures? thanks!
@@Arakash theres a guy on CZcams who describes it all on an ender3. You pretty much play the settings a bit. Ironing 100% infill and a few others.
Also the example given for clear filaments might enable me to do something I previously tried and thought was impossible.
tbh I'm not getting ironing applied on every layer, tested with 2.3.0 beta1 and rc1. Anybody successful?
3:05 I like how you just casually mention this absolute game-changing feature. Clear prints is something that I've always just assumed would never be possible in 3D printing. At least not with out weird workarounds.
came here for ironing, got surprised by all the new other features
How ... ironic?
Same here! Can't wait for the g-code viewer and paint on supports. I guess that was a different video though.
Same!
oh man i love how much info in this video. I wish someone would do same about every Slic3r feature
Very impressive feature, great job Prusa!
It's fantastic. I am always excited and surprised with each new version how the slicer can be further improved.
Love this feature; can't wait to see it released with PrusaSlicer by default!
PS) Thanks for using my Star Trek combadge model!
I doubt it will ever be on by default, just due to the time increase and that it does not help all models.
@@CodeMonkeX Sorry, I meant the option to include ironing would be included with the slicer!
@@AndrewSink the latest update will allow this
Just to want to say I love these videos. They're concise, and your approach explains everything without dumbing it down too much OR assuming too much from your users. Really impressed, thank you!
Always, when you think you can't improve further, prusa surprises you. Amazing!
Superb introduction to ironing and the various settings and attributes. Very helpful, thank you for posting.
A fantastic explanation of process and the features.
I really appreciate all the features that are being added to the FREE software. Somewhat amazed that it's still free given all it has to offer. Thank you, Prusa!
Ironing icon is spot on! 👌 Love little details like that 😁
Been waiting a long time for this. Great feature.
guys, first what and how, and then the details :) Thank you for your fantastic work
The new Prusa Slicer 2.3.0 is a very useful further development. Have been using this version for a few days and the new features like ironing work fantastic. To the Prusa development team: You did a great job. Thumb up!
I’ve been waiting for this feature for sooo long! Thanks!
At 7:20 you mentioned about fuzzy edges after ironing. Cura got crucial modifier for that called "Ironing Inset". That modifier let you set the distance how far from the edge the ironing should finish (in milimeters od fraction of milimeter). It basically eliminates the problem with fuzzy edges. This is extremely important, especially on objects with rounded edges. This video was prepared 2 years ago for PrusaSlicer 2.3. Now we have official 2.6 version and equivalent of that function is still not present in PrusaSlicer. Do you think about solution to "fuzzy edges" on ironed objects and when can we expect it?
Cannot wait for this full release, super excited for it!
Hope they release soon!
Great video Micki! I did not know of all these ironing settings
Thank you for making this so extensive and enriching.
Keeps the solid print feature. This will be game changing!
The video I was waiting for! Thanks!!
This feature is FANTASTIC! Than you SO much for having this! :-) :-)
Weird how I was just wondering about this feature earlier today... Awesome info and timing :)
Loving the new changes to 2.3!
I can't get over how good PE Slicer is... like leaps and bounds more advanced than slicers that come with $20,000 printers like a Markforged. You guys are amazing.
Well done! Looking forward to test it!
Awesome, thank you Team Prusa ❤️❤️❤️
That is a pretty cool implementation, Well done boys and girls, Yet another fine example of why someone should buy from Prusa over a Chinese POS, When the last time someone heard of them innovating to an already existing product like Prusa has time and time again.
Well it's slicer option and actually has nothing to do with printer itself. I did this first time quite a while a go on my Chinese POS Anet A6 with Cura. It actually worked really well. It's really nice to see that I can _finally_ use this feature with my Prusa.
@@jothain That is true, Cura had it back in 2017 but I never found it to work very well.
Was literally looking for how to do this a few days ago when cura would not accept a blender model. Thanks.
i like the simple/advanced/expert mode, it seems like it really reduces clutter.
It was THE feature i missed grom Cura, glad to see it here :)
There are other stuff in cura, but they are much, much more situational, whereas this will be useful often :)
Next thing i hope will be fuzzy skin :)
That’s the only thing preventing me from switching from cura to ps.
@@konrad7592 fuzzy or ironing?
@@AudreyRobinel fuzzy :-)
As a hardcore fan of S3D this excites me! I am really looking forward to play with the PrusaSlicer
same
Same - s3d got me hooked, but the bs they're pulling with paid upgrades on an 'all upgrades included' price bait and switch...followed by other slicers getting some crazy cool features, it's probably not a bit step to change.
@@frollard I moved to PrusaSlicer a year ago because S3D still does not support reloading models, a basic feature almost every other slicer supports.
Earlyer this Year you talked about non planar slicing and if its worth it. A good start would be to enable such a feature for just the last few layers. You wouldnt have to modify your printer with a longer nozzle and you could cover the print steps on almost-planar areas. that would be a big increase to prints that have round tops like heads or so.
It's amazing how quickly you respond to the community request. Let's make PrusaSlicer better than Cura!
I’d love to see an ironing inset, which offsets the distance of the ironing path from the perimeter. That’s also implemented in cura and I found, that it vastly improves the quality of edges.
Good overview of this new feature! Excited to play with it more. BTW what is that amazing spool holder you have there that shows off all your amazing Prusament rolls like that?! 😉
Just what I need, thank you!
❤️👍 Thank you!
This is a great tip that I will be using! 👍🇨🇦
Great feature! I've been waiting for this feature for a long time!
Really very useful.
One question, can you make that modifiers can be adjusted down to a surface? Or from one surface to another surface? Without roughly adjusting them? Or from one layer height to another layer height?
Thanks very much 😉
Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹
Best slicer ever. I actually use Ender 3 and now i would like to buy a prusa i3 mk3+ because of the prusaslicer.
I can’t wait to use it!!
Cool! Video is super useful. Mahalo for sharing! : )
very helpful, thank you!
Fuzzy skin is still something I really would like to see in PS. Especially together with an anti-ironing rough top surface mode and textured built plate 😍
Imo the biggest game changer is the "Avoid crossing perimeters" option that now actually works.
This is cool! Is the time for each feature type shown in this video part of the 2.3 release too? I'm on 2.2 and can't find out how to get it to appear.
2.3
Great feature. Seems like this could be left on with the detection of top layer flat area
Another thing to keep in mind when ironing that I discovered playing around with one of the alphas of 2.3, make sure you have plenty of top layers and/or the top layers are well supported. I did a sample print with very few top layers (3 I think) and because the nozzle spends so much time going over the top that it became soft and started to droop a little between the support of the infill.
Increase your step over distance.
it's pretty nice. Very Cool!
Nice guide
Would it not be beneficial if you could set another temperature for ironing? I guess it's easy enough to manually play with temperature in the gcode, but i think it would be a nice feature to add into the slicer.
Soooo, Is the new version finally leaving alpha and beta, and finally released as the new Prusa 2.3?
Gorgeous!!!
I have had some issues with a 0.25mm nozzle and ironing. It gives a nice finish but the nozzle tends to clog. I wonder of there could be a series or retractions to keep the filament moving a bit... I am using a Hemera but it sort of looks like there is some softening... perhaps a temperature for ironing? This would allow some great customizing.
They should have the option to exclude perimeters / set distance away from edge for ironing. For the perimeters maybe have the option to print the top infill first, iron it, then print the perimeters.
Nice feature. :)
But is there any chance, "Print over USB" is coming back to PrusaSlicer?
I really miss this :/
Prusa slicer is greate. Its easy to use, i love it
Great feature!
But could have needed this function a few weeks earlier when I printed 100 bottle openers (about 350h print time) with a logo on it :D
great feature but everytime I try using ironing, my nozzle clogged.
I'm using stock MK3s but with genuine copper-plated 0.4 nozzle, HeaterBlock, and titanium heat break from E3D driectly
Great video, im starting to use Prusa as well . what is the music that started the video?
Hi there!
Is there an option to turn Ironing on, but letting the perimeters untouched (without having to do tricky things, like importing an personalized model, with offset surfaces, that exclude the the perimeters or changing the gCode).
If not, I think, that could be a nice and relatively easy to implement option, that would help to keep edges clean and sharp while keeping almost all the surface smooth and flat.
Btw, very nice and comprehensive video :)
Would ironing not cause Clogging issues on our hotends? other than that concern this seems a amazing feature!! ill be trying it out today!
does it work for the base of spiral vase mode? It would be really cool if those prints held water
Esta genial!
Could the surface of the print at 0:55 be ironed using non-planar slicing?
Were can I find a tutorial fot the filament holder with the ball bearing at the end of the video? Thanks!
I don't think that exact one is available anywhere.
It looks a lot like a laser cut version of the spool holder that comes with the Prusa Mini.
The Mini version is adjustable to allow for different spool dimensions, something they obviously wouldn't need in the Prusa office.
STLs for the Mini are here - www.prusa3d.com/prusa-i3-printable-parts/
Mini instructions - help.prusa3d.com/en/guide/building-your-mini_177717#179085
Awesome! When will it be available in “non-beta”?
It's out now!
@@bew , thank you for letting me know! ;-)
How long does it take for a prusa to arrive from the moment of purchase?
I have tow halves of an object that need to be mated to each other and have been placing these mating surfaces down into the print bed using PrusaSlicer. Would "Ironing" these surfaces provide a smoother surface than printing flat to the print bed? I ask because it still does not have a tight fitment. Thanks for any directions.
Ironing is such a huge step for me. Is there a way to not iron the perimeters, so not so much of the fuzzy edges occur?
how about watching the whole video.
Just add a modifier make it a lil Smaller
Yes i am aware of that thank you, but i mean an actual option. For example a loot of my prints have a very complex top surface like a Name or something and then its verry hard do make the right modifiers.
@@bercha3091 ad a chamfer to your top surface and that may help.
Not surez what i do is go around with a sharp blade and clean if the edges
thanks bro. i am using pla material and i want to control it to be air proof what setting shall i change and increase for that goal?
Finally ! i've been looking at Cura's ironing for so long ^^
Even if it’s some functional part that it’s hidden somewhere that no one will ever see, I try to make them as nicely looking and crisp as possible… am I weird for this? The ironing feature is really awesome.
how can i remove the Round Seams with PLA without chemicals.. ? someone orderd some of my designs but they have round edges instead of sharp and i cant find much about it
If you, like me, are getting constant extruder jams on an original Prusa MK3 using the default Prusaslicer profile for it: that's a cold end jam due to heat creep from the motor cause it's just extruding too slowly. Doubling ironing flow to 30% and speed to 30mm/s will work! TEST YOUR OWN PRINTERS BETTER, Joe!
프루사 슬라이서에도 아이어닝이 드디어 도입되네요 2.3 정식버전이 얼른 나왔으면 좋겠습니다
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저 역시 바랍니다. 더 이상 기다릴 수 없어
English please 😀
@@fabianboshoven6146 korean pls
Nice rep box Mikolas!!
When does this come one in the not-beta release?
2.2 came out about 20 days after the first release candidate. So maybe in 2 to 3 weeks from now? Just speculation.
WOAH! How did you taste that modifier box so quickly like that? 5:42
To be honest the Monotonic infill interests me more than the ironing. Not that the ironing isn't an amazing feature, just I have for so long wished the top and bottom layers were filled in a uniform direction to stop the "shimmer" from the filament being laid down in a different direction :D
My nozzle kept on clogging when Ironing. So I came here to find out how switch it off. But even the UI you show here is not the same as the version you show here. But thanks. I still learned something.
Ani v režimu pokročilý, ani v Expert nemám takovou tu lupičku. Kde to tedy najdu?
My computer starts to slow down after a few minutes in your program. RAM is not out yet, no CPU load. What happens? It helps to restart the program.
why does it extrude at all when ironing? I wrote my own gcode post-processor that literally "irons" the layer with no extrusion and it's fantastic
@@irfuel that's why I implemented it, large surfaces. I get that it can happen, but it's never happened to me. I tried turning it to 0 in the new slicer and it wouldn't let me. Come on Nanny Prusa!
Please fix the Hull line on the 3D Benchy. All other Slicers are able to Print it without Problems. Ecept Prusaslicer or Superslicer..... sad because i liked Prusa. So now i switched to Cura
Please add ironing for first layer as well. It will be nice to have layer less top and bottom layers.
Please add infill lines multiplier like in Cura :D
Been playing with it in Beta verry cool feature . But I wonder if you would do 1 external perimeters then infill ironing? Also the Big thing that could help is having the % of the overlapping vary with thicknesses of solid layer below it... If you do that Prusa logo with calibrated fillaments and less % like 5% event without ironing it's a LOT nicer... I'll try to do one today
I hope you keep the iron all solid surfaces setting!
Unfortunately this significantly increases the print time :) But the quality is perfect.
Is it possible to make ironing behave in a way that it smooths out the layer lines?
No, they're on an axis the print head wouldn't be able to get to.
Please allow a modifier for adding a brim to selected objects.
Working on it right now! :)
What's the ETA for the MAC version to have ironing?
I downloaded 2.3.0-rc1 for Mac. You can switch ironing on but it doesn't do any ironing.
What are those spool holders with the metal bearings?
They're very like the spool holder that comes with the Mini, but apear to be laser cut.
STLs are here - www.prusa3d.com/prusa-i3-printable-parts/
Assembly instructions (mini BOM)- help.prusa3d.com/en/guide/building-your-mini_177717#179085
@@_Piers_ thanks for the info!
Ooh the old Star Trek badge. I liked the 30th century ones better though, cause they are tricorders personal transporters and some holographic screen thing too.
Great feature, but I’d like to keep my nozzle as clean as possible. This sounds like it will get dirty real quick because it’s just scraping over the layers over and over again.
sweet, but what about fuzzy skin like in cura? :)
Oh yes I would love that function as well!
why is ironing not showing up in Prusa Slicer software? I just updated to 2.1.1, but in advanced mode it's not there. Is this not available on the Mac version?
I think the ironing function is available in 2.3.0 and higher :)