Fully Calibrated Profile - Elegoo Rapid PLA+ Black - Free 3D Print Model

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0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 12% infill

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Description

I've spent a lot of time looking around for the best print settings for various filaments and there aren't many out there listed, so I decided to share mine as I make them.

This is a fully calibrated profile for Elegoo Rapid PLA+ filament, black, done on a Bambu A1 with the 0.4 hardened steel nozzle using Orca Slicer. I used a basic cube as a model for this because it is quick and easy to print for a test, but I have been printing with these settings on various models of various shapes and sizes and its been working great.

I highly recommend using OrcaSlicer over Bambu Studio for this, but it should work pretty good for both.

Directions for use (there are screenshots to help if you are new to this method):

Click “Download STL/CAD Files”
Choose “Download All”
Open OrcaSlicer or Bambu Studio
Click File → Open Project
Choose either the .3mf file with Orca in the name or Bambu in the name, depending on your slicer (Orca Slicer is highly recommended)
If it prompts you to choose between open as project, or open as geometry only, choose open as project (pictured)
Make sure you select the Bambu A1 0.4mm nozzle in your Printer at the top left of the slicer (pictured)
If you use a different printer, it may transfer over just fine, but if you use a different nozzle size, it will not work
Make sure you select “Elegoo Rapid PLA+ Black” in both the filament dropdowns (pictured) and the process dropdowns (pictured)
It should select these by default, but sometimes it does what it does

I also attached screenshots of the filament settings so you can do this manually if you are only looking for the calibrations and don't want to also use my process settings (print settings). It does help me with Bambu points if you download the model though, so I'd certainly appreciate it if you did that regardless of whether you actually use it or not =)

I calibrated the following:

Nozzle temperature for the hardened steel 0.4mm nozzle (this should be the same for the stainless steel 0.4mm nozzle)
Bed temperature for the Bambu Supertack and the Bambu PEI textured plate
Flow ratio (overall)
Flow ratio (first layer)
Pressure advance
Ironing for surface quality
Max volumetric speed

Print settings optimized for the following:

Speed
Layer adhesion
Wall strength
Surface Quality
Supports to be easy to remove
Cooling

I have the speed cranked up pretty high and still got fantastic results, but you can definitely lower the outer wall speed from 400mm/s to 50mm/s, and the inner wall speed from 500mm/s to 100mm/s if you see any issues and want pristine surfaces - the slower the print, the nicer the surface. But its a trade off for speed and this works very good at high speeds. Elegoo claims this filament can hit 600mm/s but when I tried it I got some inconsistent results, I found 400mm/s for surfaces and 500mm/s for internals to be the sweet spot.

Please feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer. Also feel free to boost if this was of help to you. I plan to post a few of these per week as time allows me to calibrate more filaments and colors. The more well received they are, the more motivated I'll be =)

print quality optimization

pressure advance and flow calibration

Comment & Rating (30)

@user_4206077560

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I'm very new to 3d printing. Do you know why I have so much string here? I used this profile for the exact filament(Rapid PLA+). The cube also have all corner "caved in" a little bit. The rest looks very good however. It prints very fast it scares me.

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@oohhddaanngg

That looks like moisture in your filament. If you put it in a filament dryer at 55°C for about 8 hours it should go away. Even filament that arrives vacuum sealed can be full of moisture, as they don't dry them at the factory before they seal them, and the factories can be very humid. But also, you used a profile for the black color and used the white filament. They actually have very different pressure advance calibrations, and some of the other numbers are a a little bit different, but I don't think that's what caused this problem in this case - just something to be aware of. The additives they use for the different colors can dramatically change the chemical properties of the filament. Some similar colors have the same calibrations, but colors that are very dark and colors that are very light are often very different in what they have inside them. You could try the white filament profile I made here - https://makerworld.com/en/models/1132085-fully-calibrated-profile-elegoo-rapid-pla-white#profileId-1132515 - and it may help a bit, but I really do think its a moisture in the filament problem.

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@user_4206077560

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Replying to @oohhddaanngg :

ooh thank you. I'm going to try more of your profile. It was insane speed and the iron is perfect. I think my filament is very wet. Weird they always say PLA doesn't get wet but i guess each brand is different. PETG printed perfectly. Thanks.

@oohhddaanngg

Replying to @user_4206077560 :

I always take my new filament out of the packaging, put it in the dryer, and then seal it in a vacuum bag with a desiccant pack when its done. Not every roll is wet from the factory, but enough of them are that I would have random problems. Doing this with every roll has made my life a lot easier because it solved so many problems I was trying to solve with slicer settings before that weren't working.

@wsantos

I've tested slicing it and it's slower than defaults, what am I missing? default is on the left

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@oohhddaanngg

I would need to see more of your settings to know for sure, but I use 0.16 layer height in my profile for better quality. Its going to be slower than 0.20 layer height which is what your screenshot on the left that is faster is set at, so its not an apples to apples comparison.

@BoltCrank85

Unfortunately in the latest versions it says unsupported

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@user_1890164726

Hi, I just got a Bambu A1 and bought this filament. The truth is that the cube prints with amazing quality... I come from an Anet A8... but when I print another solid the last layer leaves me with filament marks. Why might it not be leaving it the same as the cube

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@oohhddaanngg

Can you show me a picture of the filament marks? I'm not sure the automatic translation worked correctly as I do not know that term in English

@user_1890164726

Hello, you have translated it correctly. In the image, the cube is under the piece I am printing with your profile

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@user_1890164726

Replying to @oohhddaanngg :

This is at 0.2 but at 0.12 it happens to me similarly. I also replied in the profile thread. Thanks!!!

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@user_1532097723

can I use the app for this? which filament should I chose if so?

@user_1532097723

Can confim yes you can using generic pla. wow. you're a legend this is mint!

@stevendom57

Hi. I understand the filament profiling and what it does. I am confused about the process profiling. I am assuming that the principle purpose is to allow a faster max speed. How does this work if I have a multi-filament print where some are Elegoo Rapid PLA and some are normal PLA. Will the combination of process and filament profiles allow the Elegoo Rapid to go full speed and the other PLAs to slow down? Thank you for any clarification that you can give me.

@andusbeckus

Does this work with the normal PLA+ as well as rapid?

The designer has replied

@oohhddaanngg

No but I actually do have one for the normal PLA+ posted in my profile

@user_1253785968

Could the print profile be used on a P1S? I've been trying to import the profile without success. Thanks.

@KenanNynor

Im 100% testing this out today! Regardless of whether or not it might work for me, thank you so much for the profile, i have been having struggles calibrating it myself! Especially the ironing settings were a struggle for me :)