Industrial Smooth Surface Settings by MoonTiger3D

MoonTiger3D

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P1S

P1P

X1 Carbon

X1E

A1 mini

H2D

Standard - both plates

Designer

22 min

1 plate

4.9(169)

Textured, fixed “accel lines"

Designer

21 min

1 plate

4.9(53)

Smooth plate (ONLY if loss of bed adhesion)

Designer

28 min

1 plate

4.8(9)

Open in Bambu Studio

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1177

2592

404

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Settings with ironing worked down to perfection to create stunningly smooth surfaces and overall prints that almost look like they were cast from PLA instead of printed. There are two print profiles: Textured and Smooth. Textured uses the adhesion of a textured plate to create a standard first layer. Since the smooth plate is notoriously horrible with bed adhesion if not maintained properly, I made a first layer with the Hilbert Curve pattern to minimize travel moves, since there's a chance of bed adhesion loss every time the nozzle has to stop and re-extrude in a different place. This method also makes the nozzle lines on the smooth plate completely invisible. Both profiles work with both plates if the build plate is maintained/glued properly, but they are optimized for quality and minimal print time for their respective plates.

It's only 20-30 minutes out of your day and 2 grams of filament off your spool, so give it a try!

9/23/24: Apparently, most of you are not having the smooth plate bed adhesion issues that I did when I created my presets, so I changed the print profile names accordingly to emphasize the former “textured plate” profile, which is now universal. The smooth plate profile is still up, but it is for those of you who do not use alcohol or glue to maintain your build plates and need a way to fix your bed adhesion.

If you like this project, feel free to check out my other refined print presets:

0.2mm nozzle settings for 0.4mm nozzles

Hueforge quick presets

Comment & Rating (404)

@say_no_to_poop

Seems like some people are not understanding the point of this. the point is not to print it although you could, the point is to download it and look at it in bambu studio to see what the ironing settings are and then use those ironing settings on any of your own prints that you want to have a really smooth top surface, assuming they have flat top surfaces.

The designer has replied

@moontiger3d

Thank you. By the way, I recently posted a screenshot of the settings so everyone can see them. As much as I would like downloads, it’s more of a public service. Thanks for the reminder and sorry for the exceptionally late response!

@jckhczk

he’s done enough but he needs to go back and put that in the description .

@tundra3866cda

Boosted

Print Profile

Standard - both plates

Smooth as a baby's butt. Very good print. Print this out and check these settings for yourself. Take this boost- you earned it.

@moontiger3d

Thank you!

@gordei.dragon

Boosted

I see your a man of experience. Where can I find babies to compare to?

@26136

Replying to @gordei.dragon :

eBay

@jbsullivan10

this is fascinating, here is the sample (yellow) zoomed in on, and a non ironed peice (red) at the same zoom.

The designer has replied

@moontiger3d

That is actually exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for that!

@Leon280

Excellent settings. Although it slightly messed up the print (most likely my fault). Where it worked, it's truly as smooth as glass. The left side shows your settings and the right side shows the default Bambu Studio settings. Fantastic job, Bravo!!!

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@moontiger3d

I think that may have something to do with either residual debris on the nozzle or improper bed leveling. However, seeing the default settings, I would increase the layer height and the ironing flow. I’m really sorry; I’ve never seen that issue before.

@Leon280

Replying to @moontiger3d :

I will test it at my earliest convenience Thank you for your prompt response

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@user_1991469144

finished printing my print using these setting, the black one is perfect and blue one is rough. printed them at the same time and they took 5 hrs compared to the 1 hour it usually takes. any idea why blue would’ve stuffed up?

The designer has replied

@moontiger3d

I assume it's because blue is not calibrated to its needs. Either flow dynamics, acceleration, or something else is causing the surface to under- or over-extrude due to a different diameter/flow rate/density/expansion/other issue. Are they the same brand?

@user_1991469144

yes same brand

@user_1991469144

both Bambu basic

@senpai92

Overall, it works quite well, but often I encounter these minor flaws (see photo). Do you know which settings to adjust, as I would like to use this technique on larger pieces in the future?

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@moontiger3d

That problem is actually quite unavoidable. My best bet would be to increase the layer height, add a bit of ironing (see my other model), and increase the line width to make a smoother top surface. Let me know how it goes.

@senpai92

Replying to @moontiger3d :

There is some improvement, but I don’t know why the two enclosed sections are not smoothed, even though the nozzle passes over them. I increased the smoothing width and flow rate.

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@Bernlak

Print Profile

Textured, fixed “accel lines"

0.2mm nozzle, you can see the fiber from the cloth i cleaned it with more than any lines. this is fantastic.

@juicecrab

did u mod settings for 0.2mm? im trying to do some fine badges and 0.2mm is the go...

@moontiger3d

Replying to @juicecrab :

I’m replying way too late, but what do you mean by modded 0.2mm settings?

@rainer.1976

Print Profile

Standard - both plates

sehr gut

@moontiger3d

For some reason, that looks more like a Jolly Rancher than my model, but if it works, it works!

@rainer.1976

is very smooth

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@Andrepadua

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Print Profile

Smooth plate (ONLY if loss of bed adhesion)

Phenomenal! The blue, with a 0.6mm nozzle, didn't work as well. Probably needs the tuning to be appropriate for 0.6mm. But look at the white! You can't even tell it's printed! Now i'm excited to use this profile in my models.

@moontiger3d

That miscalculation may be because of the flow rates of the 0.6, plus its larger surface area. It was not designed for such a nozzle. However, if and when I buy more nozzles, I will post the presets for each of them.

@Andrepadua

Boosted

Replying to @moontiger3d :

Yeah, i didn’t mean it as a complaint - just a comment on my testing. I’m assuming the results you got took MANY tries with different variations and i was pretty sure 0.6mm wasn’t going to work. I figured it would be nice to post it just so others knew. The 0.4mm is where it’s at, and it’s amazing!

@a10bouh

Print Profile

Standard - both plates

Nickel Smooth appearance but not overly smooth to the touch (perhaps my filament profiles need recalibrating)

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@moontiger3d

No, I believe the problem is size. I do believe you need to recalibrate your flow or at least Z-factor, but make the platform as smooth as it is in the original file and I think it'll turn out better than a handheld model.

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