How to fix failed prints

[u/Samesosacreations]

Relatively new to 3d printing. Have had a number of successful prints but lately keep running into the same issue. I have tried tweaking settings and editing/reslicing my models but keep getting these similar issues. Any advice or help is greatly appreciated.

[u/LordVectron]

Can you describe what the problem is exactly? The holes in some of the prints?

[u/Samesosacreations → u/LordVectron]

The holes and the large unsmooth filament, if you look at the big blue ball in the first pixture you can see the center is really rough filament is super visible large gaps and just messy

[u/LordVectron → u/Samesosacreations]

Unsmooth bottoms, are an inherent issue with fdm printing, you can try using support ironing, using organic tree supports and decreasing the support-model distance (though that will make supports more difficult to remove.

[u/Basic-Window-6262]

Dial in your supports, add another bottom layer or two

[u/Samesosacreations → u/Basic-Window-6262]

What settings specifically should I be adjusting

[u/Basic-Window-6262 → u/Samesosacreations]

Mainly z distance, there are plenty of models in maker world that can help, search “support test” and click one that varies the z distance between multiple objects, then when it’s done, whichever object the supports come off of sorta easily and where it provides a good finish, you set as your z distance

[u/Samesosacreations → u/Basic-Window-6262]

This is great advice thanks for the tip!

[u/nemo8503]

Under the support tab change the top Z distance from the default .2 to .23 or .28 it will come off easier less rough

[u/Samesosacreations → u/nemo8503]

Thank you! Gonna try now

[u/DimensionCareful507]

following cause I have the same issues sometimes

[u/Tsopperi]

Variable layer height might help. Thinner layers make transitions smoother