Cura Slicer settings for the Spray Jetboat
Updated: Aug 26
You will need to start from the standard quality profile and create some custom profiles.
You will need the following profiles. Customize them and then save them with the following names:
Spray Solid:
Quality - no real change here.
Shell
Wall Line Count - Set to 3 or 4. This will ensure concentric reinforcement around holes.
Check Optimize Wall Printing Order
Check Outer Before Inner Walls
Check Filter Out Tiny Gaps
Check Print Thin Walls
Horizontal Expansion - You will have to test this on your machine but to get parts to slide together accurately this is where you will make that adjustment. For our Creality 10s Pro the value of -.04 seems to work.
Hole horizontal expansion - Also for us we have it set to -.04 but you will need to experiment on your machine.
Z seam Alignment - Set to user specified or sharpest corner.
Seam Corner Preference - Set to smart hiding.
Infill
Infill Density - 100%
Infill Pattern - My preference is concentric but feel free to experiment.
Material
We highly recommend that the majority of the models for this boat be printed with PetG. Follow the manufacturers recommendations for bed and nozzle temperature.
Speed
Well, how pretty do you want it? How much time do you have? As always, the slower the better. You will have to experiment with this one but we have general success at 50 mm/s. On very small parts we will bump this down to maybe 20.
Travel
Check Z Hop When Retracted
Check Z Hop Height - we use .2 mm.
Cooling
It is our opinion that most of this model benefits from the stronger adhesion afforded by turning off print cooling giving the layers a few more seconds of bonding time.
Support
As a general rule, we include custom supports with each of the models. You can chose to use them or omit them and enable supports. Your call.
Build Plate Adhesion - We tend to prefer using a raft.
Mesh Fixes
Check Union Overlapping Volumes
Special Modes
Surface Mode set to Normal
Experimental
No change here unless you would like to experiment with Tree supports. We find them superior in many cases to the standard support structure that Cura Auto Generates.
Spray 25 percent.
Quality - no real change here.
Shell
Wall Line Count - Set to 2.
Check Optimize Wall Printing Order
Check Outer Before Inner Walls
Check Filter Out Tiny Gaps
Check Print Thin Walls
Horizontal Expansion - You will have to test this on your machine but to get parts to slide together accurately this is where you will make that adjustment. For our Creality 10s Pro the value of -.04 seems to work.
Hole horizontal expansion - Also for us we have it set to -.04 but you will need to experiment on your machine.
Z seam Alignment - Set to user specified or sharpest corner.
Seam Corner Preference - Set to smart hiding.
Infill
Infill Density - 25%
Infill Pattern - My preference is concentric but feel free to experiment.
Material
We highly recommend that the majority of the models for this boat be printed with PetG. Follow the manufacturers recommendations for bed and nozzle temperature.
Speed
Well, how pretty do you want it? How much time do you have? As always, the slower the better. You will have to experiment with this one but we have general success at 50 mm/s. On very small parts we will bump this down to maybe 20.
Travel
Check Z Hop When Retracted
Check Z Hop Height - we use .2 mm.
Cooling
Turn print cooling on.
Support
As a general rule, we include custom supports with each of the models. You can chose to use them or omit them and enable supports. Your call.
Build Plate Adhesion - We tend to prefer using a raft.
Mesh Fixes
Check Union Overlapping Volumes
Special Modes
Surface Mode set to Normal
Experimental
No change here unless you would like to experiment with Tree supports. We find them superior in many cases to the standard support structure that Cura Auto Generates.