Simple Temperature Tower In Cura 5.1.0 - It's Now SO Easy!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ค. 2022
- 3d Printer Temperature Tower
In this video I'm going to show you the super simple way to create a temperature tower in Ultimaker Cura 5. The exact same process works in Cura 4.13 too if you are not on Cura 5 yet.
The whole process will take about 5 minutes and will enable you to find the perfect printing temperature for any 3d printer filament you want to print with.
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You're a real champ for making such a simple and concise tutorial , thanks!
Amazing work sir, without playing in the geode, not that confident yet. This makes it so much easier to comprehend. Thank you.
This has saved me so much time searching through temp towers that didn’t work properly. Thank you for all your helpful advice!👍🏻
As others have said thank you for making such an easy video for a beginner 3D printer to follow! You have earned a new subscriber!
Thank you for the simple, and above all: concise tutorial without all the rambling some other tubers do. This was video exactly as long as it needed to be and no more. Thank you again.
Thank you for this. Not too many people on TH-cam give good tutorials like this anymore.
Quick, thoughtful, and very informative.
This is how all tutorials should be.
Quick and recent vid that goes through the process.
I'll follow your tutorial and see how it goes.
I'll update you guys but I'm confident it will all be fine.
Thanks to the uploader for the informations!
You described this best. Well done 👍👍👍 No one else is like this, bravo
Thank you for this. Super easy to follow, straight to the point.
Great tutorial. This is my second time back here to learn how to do it again because I forgot. Thank you!
Thanks, great video and easy for someone new to temp towers and actually all the marketplace and scripts you can get in Cura were new to me too. So yeah this is really helpful, thanks again.
Thank-you! Found this after sifting through a million outdated and convoluted guides. So much better.
Pleased I found your video on TH-cam very clear precise instructions, I will look for more of your videos.
Thank you for again a clear explanation. I had to increase the Cura temp tower by 2,125% to ensure every temperature "layer" was 42 layers on my Ender 3 V2 with every layer 0.2 mm, thereby using an offset of 4 layers and a distance of 42, the temperature change occured at exactly the same place in the tower for every temperature "layer". I was a bit confused until I found out that in the gcode the first layer is layer #0, while in Cura the first layer is #1.
Clear and straight to the point. You've earned a sub! Keep up the great work!
Agreed, This guy is solid and always to the point. Have watched several videos of his and always learn something new.
Clear and straight to the point!!!
Thank you!
Great video, very easy to follow. Thank you!
This video made me figure out how to change temps during a print. Excellent! Many thanks! It's printing at the moment
Glad it helped, thanks for the comment 👍
Great! Simple and Easy video to follow thanks alot!
The fact that you only have 3k subscribers baffles me. Loved the vid. Short, sharp and concise.
not anymore
That temp tower script has a big problem that most of these scripts share. Its using an M104 command to change temperature. 104 doesn't wait for the temp to complete changing before continuing. So each band is cooling as its printing: You don't have a band that is just one temp. In a normal print you want that smooth gradient and not something obvious in your print. That's not the use case in a temp tower. Here you want an M109 which is "change and wait", so that each band of change is truly that one temp. I usually go through with Notepad++ and find/replace all those M104 to M109
Excellent tip, thanks👍
Clear, concise… perfect! Thank you! 👍
This video is underliked for sure. You did a great and quick job. Thank you!
awesome info! i would love to see a diag section with these tests, like how do we select the correct temp what are we looking for? same with other tests
Thank you for making your videos easy to follow along! God bless :)
I don't usually comment on videos, but you really helped me out with this tip that this extension exists. Thanks!!
Thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad the video helped.
I will have to resort back to my basic math skills, which were not one of fav topics in school, but hey anything that will help feed my addiction. Thank you for the great video. Much appreciated.
works on 4.10 cura also but so informative and easy thanks
thank you for your service
Thanks for the easy to understand video!!
Simple, clear, and to the point!
Thanks 👍
Thank you brother!
This dude is a fuckin legend. Deserves way more subs for his simple and easy to follow guides. His Sonic Pad series is amazing!
thanks mr to have simplified my procedures
Super easy to follow. Thanks!
nice work Ricky, very helpful
I like when things are crisp and concise . Thanks a ton,
You are welcome!
This is the best free software Ive seen. Respect.
Thanks alot!!
good walkthrough. thanks!
thanks for the tutorial!
thx easy to understand and quick
Thank you very much!
Many thanks. Very useful. I've printed a tower, but now guess that i should have set cura not to add supports?
Well made. I loved the reminder at the end to delete the GCode. Thanks!
Easy Peasy, thank you.
Awesome buddy, easy to follow!
Really great video! Worth a like and subscribe👍🏼
Amazing video!
Great vid as always. :)
Thank you sir 👍
Nailed it!
Grate videos they are helping me out with my ender 3. could you please do a video on the Cura 5.1.1 Auto tower retraction speed I can't seem to get it to work.
So do you need to add post processing script for the extension or only if you use your own?
thank you gonna do this when i get home today
Great video, can you make a video about how to use the retract tower from cura plugin?
Very good. Thanks
can you do you for retraction tower please?
i would also like this
Thanks!
My superb new Elegoo Neptune3 Pro came with a custom version of Cura (4.8.0) which will accept the calibration shapes plugin but doesn't have the TempFan script available in the iist. I understand that the latest versions of Cura now have a profile for the Neptune3 Pro but as I'm a total newbie to 3D printing I'm not keen to change my version of Cura yet as I'm still finding my way with it! Is there any way to set the temperature settings to do this test in such an old Cura version? Love your videos, so well explained, thank you! EDITED - Oh, it's ok, I worked out how to do it! You have to use the "ChangeAtZ 5.2.1(Experimental)" script and trigger it on the Layer Number, set the temperature for that block, then add another script with the next block's first layer number and its block temperature, and so on, so 9 blocks would need 9 scripts. Sorted! EDITED AGAIN - OOPS! The whole tower printed at the same temperature. This caused much head-scratching because I definitely did the post-processing code correctly. Eventually I had to learn what the gcode codes are for temperature changes and examine the gcode that the printer was using to print the tower. And it turns out that if you use the standard Elegoo Neptune3 Pro's SD card method with their custom Cura 4.8.0 version supplied with the printer, the standard transfer file to put on the SD card is a "TFT File" which contains a really nice thumbnail of the build item to display on the printer screen while it's printing. BUT!!!!! That file format seems to strip out any Post-Processing commands! That's really weird, I'm not sure if it's a bug or a convention for TFT files. Anyway, if you want to print with temperature changes on the Elegoo N3P then you have to use "Save to File" and NOT "Save as TFT File" if you're going via the SD card. Printing direct to the printer over USB doesn't have this issue because that doesn't use the thumbnail variant of the datafile. I'll report this to Elegoo but I hoipe this helps anyone similarly stuck with what's otherwise a great way to create your own temp towers :o)
i dont have the temperature part in the post processing setting. how do i get that
I tried this with cura 5.2.1 and also an older version of cura (4.3.x or so) on my ender 3 pro. (with 4.2.7 Motherboard and Sprite extruder) the printer heated to 260° for PETG and that was it. It did not start printing. Any suggestions?
at first i thought it has to settle a little bit, but even after a couple of minutes sitting at 260 it did not start the print
Interesting video Ricky. For some reason my version of 5.1 does not have the calibration shapes plugin or anything like it. I've downloaded a temp tower from Thingiverse and I'm using the ChangeatZ 5.3.0(Experimental) plugin. It's more complicated because you have to hand-crank the actual temperature at the specific Z height. It's not as elegant (easy) as your process but I'm hoping it works.
Yes, the calibration shapes plugin disappeared but you can still get it. Have a look at the link in the pinned comment above for the link.
I have the Same Glass Bed as you do, but why did you Print on the Back side?
Can I ask probably a dumb question? Since I and kinda new to 3d printing and I am trying to do a linear/pressure tower, but there is no script in cura to do the adjustment. Do you know if there is something that I’m not seeing?
I did this and didn’t realize until about halfway through that the fan was on zero. I had to manually turn the fan on so it look like anything other than molten block PETG.
what should a speed be set on. ender 3 old one
It's me again. LOL. Great video. I'm running Cura 5.0 and I have both, the Calibration shapes and the Auto Tower. That said should I still mess around with the temperatures or would the Auto Tower do that for me?
Hi, i haven't played with auto towers but i believe the idea is that you just pick one and print it. It should have all of the temp changes already added.
so im having problems with this, cause the sonic pad wont change the temps even if i have the modified g code, so i had to regulate it manualy :/
Hi there. amazing tutorial. Some levels has 41, others 42 layers, do you noticed that? Is the model with a problem or there is a purpose? If we had Brim, it had one more layer to the base, to take out in offset, correct?
220 with base 41 layers, height 41
215 = 42 layers, height 83
210 = 41 layers, height 124
205 = 42 layers, height 166 should be 165
200 = 42 layers, height 208 should be 206
After this it goes on but, at 195 the whole bridge is printed in the wrong temp. So this is a bad temp tower.
Anyone else who "figured out" this trivial approach after seeing the first temp tower and was hoping for a lazy one? :-D
I was hoping cura would have some means of encoding temperatures within the model directly, (kind of STL metadata) so that the plugin would provide the temperature information with the layers. Would have been very nice to do this with two clicks instead.
Trying to find more information on the "Auto Towers" cant seem to find anything. 1. is it really just click and play? 2. I use a 0.8 mm nozzle is that accounted for automatically?
hey quick question. do you add supports or not? doesn't seem like it would be able to print the bridge without supports
No supports, that part should be able to 'bridge' which is when filament is extruded in thin air but cooled as it extrudes and is suspended between two points.
I can't get the temp tower numbers to change, after adding the G code settings. Any help is welcome.
after turning on the fan, cura developed a glitch where it is extremely slow. Almost like it's running at 5 mm/s. I am currently troubleshooting this problem.
лучший спасибо!бро
cant find tempfantower in post processing scripscura 5.1.1
Maybe Cura has been updated since this video but I can't find "TempFanTower" as an option under "Add a Script". I have the latest version of Cura which is 5.7 in April 2024.
The TempFanTower script is not displaying in my "Add a script" list. Is there anything else I need to do to add it?
Looks like the new temp tower model already has the temp changes built-in. I just sliced it normally, it's printing now with 5 degree reductions every 42 layers, no script required
Are the results valid if it is printed using the Klipper fast profile? Not sure what other than temp affects the validity of results. Thanks
Yes, you are best using whatever profile you are likely to print with. You'll find you need to increase print temps when you run faster too.
Hey, I just wanted to check briesofty if there is a way for to import a new soft into the program, for example softs or sotNice tutorialng that
Sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking.
cura have changed ^^ nice script plugin
Does anyone have a link on how to install market place plug in. Set up private in pinned
I downloaded the plug in and the temp changes are in the code when I slice!
I don’t have the tempfantower :( how do i get it?
Add a script : Temp Fan Tower does not appear in my list of menu options for adding a script. Where is this available ? Thanks.
guide starts at 0:55
I am trying to do this in Cura 5.1 but there is no calibration shapes plugin to download??? Do I need to install an older version of cura or do you have any suggestions. Trying to print a temp tower and retraction tower for this new TPU I just got. Any help is appreciated.
Hi Eric. The plugin is missing at the moment. Check out the pinned comment above for a way that you can still install it.
I’m doing this but when it tries to print temps don’t change. What am I doing wrong please
I don’t have tempfantower, what do I do?
I tried this with Cura 4.4.1 and i dont have the temp tower script in my list? I did install the calibration shapes plugin. It also asked me to install anopther plugin (something CA TIA) and each time i launch Cura now i get a message in the bottom middle saying "3DS CATIA plugin The plugin could not find the required software...." :c
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Hi, I'm noob here, so purpose of this test is to get the best temperature for your filament right? So when i start printing anything just use the best temperature from this test as reference right?? No need to do other test?
In theory, you would do a temperature tower for each filament to find the best temperature to use for that particular type and even brand. In reality, the same types of filament will be very similar to each other so you can try a print to see how it performs if you don't want to do a temperature tower. I rarely do them myself and instead, will watch a print with new filament and adjust the temperature on the fly to dial it in.
If you change layer height to 1.6 all of the post processing parameters add up and you get 52 layers per level
I want to test PETG from 220 to 250. there are 7 sections with 50 layers and the base is 4 layers. Each layer needs a 5 degree increase.I have Ender 3 Pro, no firmware upgrade since I havent added anything that requires it yet. After following your direction with my specs, it started the nozzle at 120 degrees instead of 220 degrees. Any idea what went wrong? I'm using Cura 5.5.2
Hi, did you double check the nozzle or 'print' temperature in the normal Cura settings? This also needs to be set at the same temperature you want the first layers to print at.
Rick, I printed the tower for PLA, but I never saw the nozzle temperature change and I see no changes in the ladder, but I have not measure with calipers yet. To the eye it all looks the same. Some strings, I may have to tinker with the settings a bit... Let me know if I'm pestering too much, I tend to do that.
Have you looked in the gcode to see if it's telling the printer to change the nozzle temps?
@@RickyImpey I was just going there but I figured coming from Cura it would have been correct...glad I didn't assume. I did find a webpage that has ALL the codes but I didn't see a download link for them en toto....haven't had a lot of time today....thanks again!
@@RickyImpey I did check the code and the M190 commands were there but I'm not positive they were in correct format...I need to learn more. And get more time to play 3D. I have yet to find a complete list of the codes in gcode, maybe I should look in CNC sites...need more time in a day.
Crazy question but what am i looking for at the levels that print? I gather a near smooth layer at the "optimal" temperature level?
That probably needs to be a whole video in itself. A smooth surface could be what you're looking for. Some people want the bridging to be the main focus. Others might break it apart and see what the layer adhesion is like at different temperatures. It all depends on what factors are important to you really.
@@RickyImpey well frankly what i want is a print that wont fall apart and will not look too rough in texture.... was using a silk pla that had a max temp of 235....suggested of 220.... but at 220 the part was ripping apart as the adhesion seemed not good
@@gillandro2 I see. I find it does depend on the brand but I have most success with silk PLA at around 200°C, pretty much the same as regular PLA. I usually only increase the temperature to try and get a more shiny surface.
@@RickyImpey thank you for your advice
Do I turn on retraction while doing the tower
Yes, I would have retraction on.
in modify g-code i have no that option