All-in-One 3D Printer Test - *Version 2*

New & Improved Tests:

• Bridging test
• Retraction test
• Tolerance tests (new improved articulating test)
• Stress test
• Bed level test (new improved bed level test for X1 & P1 series)
• Stringing test
• Calibration test
• Overhang performance test
• Cooling performance test
• General small feature

*Warning: “Detect Thin Walls” must be enabled (already is in my profiles)

Image of profile with large-scale bed level test (one profile option):

There is also a print profile without the large bed level test. It's good especially for A1 Mini printers:

Advice:

• I strongly encourage disabling your aux fan (it's terrible)
• Print without any slicer supports or brim
• Modify any settings you want to see the results of. You don't have to use my exact profile.
• It is completely normal for the tolerance test to fail for 0.05mm if you are using a 0.4mm nozzle! It doesn't even slice unless you are using a 0.2mm nozzle.

Tips on usage and how to interpret results:

• All things on the test that are labelled with a number can be measured with calipers. 
  • Example 1: Vertical pole separated by 25mm - measure the distance to ensure that your printer maintained exactly (or nearly exactly) 25 mm from the base to the top of the poles (it shouldn't change).
  • Example 2: The small rectangular poles in the corner. Are they the height you'd expect (or the nearest multiple of the layer height you set?)
  • Example 3: the hollow cylinders allow you to measure wall thickness precision, hole diameter, as well as the cylinder diameter itself (i.e. the 10mm cylinder, 1 mm walls, which would leave an 8mm hole). 
  • Basically if you measure everything labelled you'll see how closely your printer reproduced the model in real life. Using this you can make adjustments if needed.
• The tolerance tests that stick out the side of the model are about whether they move as expected (not smaller than expected and not larger than expected). With a 4mm nozzle the 0.10mm test should move but the 0.05 shouldn't (since it won't even slice).
• Most other things are just about if they look right. 
  • Overhang tests show you how your filament will look at different degrees of overhang without support
  • Bridge test should all look good and if it doesn't you might need to fix something 
  • There shouldn't be ugly stringing or you might have a filament issue (i.e. wet), etc.
• Bed level and adhesion are about the big surface area performance. Is the entire model adhered to the plate and adhered evenly? Are there gaps or portions that are oddly bumpy? If yes, you might have a bed level, trimming, or adhesion problem.

Unfortunately I couldn't begin to tell you how to solve the many problems you could possibly discover on an all inclusive test like this. If you have a problem you'll need to do some googling (or ask chat gpt) to find suggestions on how to resolve your specific issue. I can't put them all here - and I don't know them all myself. If this is daunting… well I'm sorry to say you need to get used to it if you want to 3d print. 

The only key things I can think of that this test doesn't do are:

• Temp tower
• Flow rate (it does it passively but not directly)
• Support variations and Z top distance

I might add a V3 later that does more for support testing too. For now, this is what I use for new filament, and it is more than I've seen any other test do.