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Layer Shifts Tower (Shifts, Ringing, Hull line)

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Hollow towers without ceiling tests
Hollow towers without ceiling tests
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This is a layer shift tower. It's designed to introduce issues with several different features, starting and ending at different heights. It will show artifacts like general layer shifts, ringing, and benchy hull line.
It comes in 2 variants - with infill to test how infill and floors can affect layer shifts and hollow to test how features only will affect layer shifts. It will also test your printer's ringing if you print it 4 times rotated differently on a single build plate sharp corner to the center.
I've designed it to argue that it's not just the infill pattern difference causing layer shifts, but mainly the walls' features - as you see in my printed hollow towers. My theory is that slowdowns for those features can mess up with the printer's tolerances, and those features can introduce obstructions to the nozzle path, which is especially visible on multiple objects. In some cases, a nozzle can hit the feature after it warped upwards, and thus get its coordinates shifted for some time.

I recommend printing all 4 towers at the same time in order to introduce travel between models that will accumulate error by introducing a factor of traveling between models. It'll also let you inspect how each feature affects each axis of the model.

 

Mods have removed a model with ceiling - it has a few additional hidden features in it. I've had it set up to print fine, but mods are… mods, and they removed it for me not wasting more plastic to prove it's printable…


I hope those models will help shed more light on the issue, especially when printing multiple objects. Especially when doing it in multiple colors.

 

WARNING: this is only for BambuStudio. Orca Slicer will produce additional internal geometry I wasn't designing for.

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Thanks for this test! What do I do if my test did not turn out properly? What are the next steps, please? EDIT: I'm working on adjusting the tension on the x, y, and z belts. I'll run the test again and hopefully that will solve the problem!
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Hi. This test is designed to fail. But you can try to tweak your printer to minimize certrain flaws of those towers.
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nice print great test
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follow up question, what does it mean when my printer passes this test but it prints my other prints with layer shifts that move some then go back. Your test comes out perfect then I print other objects and it is still bad. I even printed older successful print and it still does it.
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Hi. Do you have a feature screenshot? Maybe a link to file and photo of the shifts you're getting?
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Replying to @SneakyJoe.live :
I was chasing a bad Model that did not take to getting sized up. Thanks to doing all the calibrations the machine is printing other stuff like new.
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Printed perfectly. Nice little test, but ended up being a little too short to investigate my particular issue. Thank you.
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This helped so much, thank you. was getting crazy layer shifts all of a sudden. I adjusted the belts and still had it then I printed https://makerworld.com/en/models/385389-bamboo-lab-x1c-z-lead-screw-flex-cap-bushing#profileId-387596 and replaced my worn out ones. Your test object came out great after that.
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Printed to test X-axis layer shifting issues, excellent 👍
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its ok
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Great test. Easy to print
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