Ender 3 V2 Ultimaker CURA 3D Printing Off-Center Fix
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2022
- Details on how to fix off-center prints in CURA.
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Victor. I have to say. THANK YOU! I'm new to 3d printing and it's people like you who make this more of a joy than a chore.
Hello Friend, Thank for commenting and encouragement. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. This alignment issue can be solved this way in CURA but I found the root cause is that from the factory the limit switches are improperly placed. If you're printing right of center that means the x-limit switch needs to move left by the same amount that it's off center. Also if your prints are towards the front of center that means the y-limit switch needs to move back by that same amount. Linked is the video I made about it.
th-cam.com/video/8biqiHTd73o/w-d-xo.html
Have a Happy New Year!
Holy crap it’s about time I found someone that had the correct solution. Everything else I’ve seen is about changing center to the home coordinates. Thanks!
Hello Mertz, Thank you for commenting and kindness. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. I had a heck of a time as well trying to figure out how to fix it.
Best of luck with your mods!
Amazing I looked everywhere trying to find a way for my Ender 2 Pro to print in the center of the bed. Your instructions were spot on and now I can make use of the full bed and given that the build area is small for the Ender 2 that's saying a lot. Thank you so much for sharing this.👍
Hello Rick, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
You are truly amazing. Thank you so much for helping with this problem, I have had this problem for MONTHS and nothing I found helped with the problem, only your video helped, so thank you very much!
Hello friend, Thank you for commenting and encouragement. I' glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your prints!
Well done on this video. It helped me deal with a headache I have been just dealing with for the last 6 months.
Hi Shannon, Thank you for commenting and encouragement. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your prints (:
Thank you so much for this short but very informative video! I was having issues with printing models that were close to the limits of my print bed. but the right side kept getting cut off. I thought it was a bad STL file, or my slicer program causing the problems. After several failed prints I started googling, and came across this video. I followed your method, and found out that my X-axis was off by 8mm and Y-axis was off by 6.5mm. put those offsets in, and now i am dead center! now my prints aren't cut off on one side. thanks again! happy printing
Hi Brendan, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad that you found value in this video for your viewing time. Yeah, I hear you, it's super annoying to not have full access to your build volume.
Enjoy printing big models (:
Nice one mate. Worked a treat! Thank you.
Hello friend, thank you for commenting. You're most welcome. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
My man! I just picked up a machine this week, Ender 3 Pro, and this is my current issue. Thanks for sharing this extremely helpful tip!!
Hi Obie, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
Thank you so much, I have the same problem with my ender 3 v2 printers. This will absolutely be something I will look into tomorrow. Keep up the great work you are doing, you are saving time for many of us printing noobs like myself. I can barely make a square in fusion 360 :)
GREAT help
Hi Euro Rider, Thank you for commenting and kindness. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. Let me know if you have any other questions, I enjoy helping.
Thank you so much! I recently switched my ender 3 hotend to a sprite pro and finally got it to print but it was off center. You're video helped me get it back to center!
Hello Gary, Thank you for the kind comment. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
thank you so much for this video, i been pulling my hair out for a few days now because my printer was printing off centre Ender 5 pro.
Although I didn't use your file, the explanation of what to do was understandable and to the point. got my issue sorted out in under 10 minutes. My x/y axis was out by 60mm & 60mm respectively.
great work thank you
Hello Ultimatedavethe3rd, Thank you for your kindness. Wow, 60mm off, I would have also been pulling my hair out. Glad the video solution helped you resolve your issue. Great work grasping the gist and applying it to your machine.
Best of luck with your mods!
Thank you. I've had my Ender 3 for five years and just noticed yesterday that it was off center. I've never printed anything large enough to fill the build plate until now and it was a disaster. So again thank you.
I had a feeling something was off a few days ago, because I noticed that my BL touch was checking right on the front edge of my print bed and a couple inches from the edge in the back. My bl touch was landing on my binder clips on the front throwing off my bed leveling. And it was never an issue until now, because I never printed anything big enough for it to be a problem.
Hi friend, thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. Yeah, I hear you, it was very frustrating when I ran into it for the first time. What's more interesting is that the root cause of the off-center issue is from mechanical misalignment. Using CURA allows the alignment problem to be corrected via software.
I use 4 Ender 3 V2 in my business and each one required different CURA values to get the prints centered so I realized the cause must be mechanical. I found that when my printer X&Y coordinates were set to 0,0 the nozzle opening wasn't half on and half off the left front corner of my build plate. The last part of the puzzle was to maximize the reach of the nozzle so when I set the X&Y values to the maximum size of the build plate the print head could get there without hitting anything. My actual build plate for my Ender 3 V2 is 235mmx235mm but the CURA profile default is 220X220 so assuming the 0,0 home position is the left front corner that means the center is 110 but in reality it should be 117.5 which is the cause of the issue.
@@vbaredwell, now that it's centered I have a whole new issue. I just changed filaments. I went from hatchbox to polymaker. The hatchbox printed beautifully. The polymaker won't stick to the bed unless I'm pushing the filament through with my fingers. I should've known better than to switch brands.
@@bkpickell What type of build surface are you using?
@@vbared the creality glass bed. Never had an issue with it until I switched to polylite pla pro. I'm sure I have to tweak my cura settings. I've been playing with temps. I've already bumped it up to 210. That hasn't helped, I may try 215 or slow down print speed. Maybe the issue is extrusion speed. I just really hate when I switch brands and go through half a roll of filament just to get a successful print. I went through this with lightweight pla last year. Never did get it to print right after going through the whole roll.
@@bkpickell I used to have similar issues prior to switching out all the glass and magnetic build plates in my print farm for this Garolite that weighs just 7.1 ounces.
The only requirement is that you need to use a bed probe to build a mesh of it. The Garolite sheets is 1/16 of and inch thick so it will conform to the aluminum plate beneath it.
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Run the bed temp at 80c and PLA, PLA+, PETG, NYLON, and ASA will stick to it like crazy. When the bed cools you'll hear the parts crack as the Garolite releases them. Another side benefit is that you can run your Z-offset much higher (about .23mm) which eliminates stringing due to the nozzle no longer being low enough to collect filament along the edges as the print progresses.
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I did as you showed, and ooh yes it worked like a charm. Thank you for a great video. Now I can print on the full bed :)
Hello Euro Rider, Thank you for commenting and kindness. It made me crazy trying to figure it out. There was little info on how to fix it as well.
Best of luck with your mods!
@@vbared well you definitely nailed it.
Man you are a life saver. Wish you many more subscribers. Cheers
Hello Jayanthi, Thank you for commenting and kindness. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. The off centered prints drove me nuts for some time until I stumbled across the solution for it from another content creator, so I had to share it again to help others find it.
Best of luck with your mods!
@@vbared Forgot to say, I followed your other video on installing Klipper on ender 3 v2. It's literally The best step by step guide. And that pdf is just amazing. Thanks for all your efforts to make a single downloadable folder for installing klipper. Thanks again. Cheers 🍻
@@aeropsyche I appreciate you very much, thank you (:
Brilliant! Thank you for this video
Hello SmashGhost, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your prints :)
Another great video. Never thought to check that.
Hi Onneeye, Thank you for commenting and kindness. It had been driving me crazy looking for the solution using different search terms so when I stumbled across it on another creator's channel I had to share it on mine.
Best of luck with your tweaks.
I had this exact problem and was way off. Thank you!! It was such a great help.
Hi David, Thank you for commenting and encouragement. Yeah, it drove me crazy and I just started messing with different settings until I found the one that moved the print. I'm glad the setting was useful to you.
Best of luck with your prints.
Thanks!
Bought a new printer which was the same as my old one which broke beyond repair, and the newer one has an extra bit that sticks out which hits the stop switch on the gantry. This now makes the nozzle centre further to the right. Thanks to this I can adjust it back! Cheers Dude
Hi ArcanePath360, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you were able to get back to printing normally. It's super annoying when you don't have access to all the build volume.
Enjoy your weekend :)
you da man, this is just what I was looking for
Hello friend, Thank you for the kind comment. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
Awesome Victor, would never have though to check that honestly
Hi Glenncol, Thanks for commenting. HaxSaw67 deserves the credit for this fix. I just stumbled across it and thought the community could use another video on it since it was so hard to find it in the first place.
Best of luck with your mods!
Thanks so much man I had no idea why my prints where so far off center. And when I tried printing a large print it cut off a huge chunk on the right. Now it’s all fixed!
Hello 55kp, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. Using CURA to address the issue is an easy solution. Since making this video I've found that the root cause of most of the print alignment issues is due to the x and y limit switches not being in the proper location. The way to test if this is the case for you is after homing your printer send the print head over the X=0 position and then bring the Z down to about 2mm to see if the nozzle tip is half on and half off the print bed. What you'll find is that your nozzle will be off of this point. The same test can be done with the Y-axis. To fix the problems the limit switches need to be moved in the direction needed to gain the proper alignment. In most cases, they will be off by a few millimeters. I made a video about this problem that also affects the bed mesh.
th-cam.com/video/l-mrw8YvLBU/w-d-xo.html
I still scratch my head to this day wondering if many of the companies making 3D printers actually have any real-world 3D printing experience.
I went a little more low-tech to check mine. I created a 220 x 220 square in TinkerCAD and left just a 3mm border by putting a 214x214 hole in the middle. Exported and sliced in Cura 5.2.1. Printed without a skirt and measured all 4 sides after printing compared to the edge of the bed when done. All 4 measurements were within 1mm (perfect would be 7.5mm on all 4 sides) so close enough for me. This also allowed me to check for any bed skew by measuring at the corners of each side of the square.
That's awesome, great job learning to work with CAD. It was a game changer for me, designing your own parts is a powerful with 3D printing.
solved my problem. Thanks!
Thank you for commenting, I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your projects!
Thank you! After reading on how I was going to have to write in some G-code, or other complicated ways, This took me 10 minutes (including printing) and it's right in the center! (-10 x -22 so it was way off center) Thank you again
Hi Dan, I'm glad you got it centered. It drove me nuts for some time before the solution presented itself.
Best of luck with your projects!
Thank you for making this video it was a big help 😃I went to Thingiverse for a center ring STL file. Now my printer is printing center on the print bed.
You're most welcome friend, I'm glad the video was helpful.
Best of luck with your projects:)
Thank you very much 👍 .
Was not possible to print part with X=215 and the same in Y direction.
The Nozzle was staying in X direction -5.3 and in Y direction -5.0 .
Now is working!
That's wonderful, I'm glad the video helped you solve the alignment issue.
Best of luck with your prints!
Hi Victor, for my E5 Pro this solution of using the extruder offsets in Cura has allowed me to stop using the Cura X and Y print placement offsets, which sometimes I would forget.
I certainly wish that somewhere somehow a standard for what is front and what is rear was corrected as I sit at the front of my printer as does the display panel, not the rear and as you know my E5 Pro modifications have reversed the bed 180 degrees which makes Cura's layout reversed by 180 degrees. Trying to explain this at times is more that a brain tease.
I to agree that there is something in the mechanical design and setup of the X and Y axis and the home switch position that is most likely causing the centering issue. But when looking at all of the settings for the bed size in the firmware, the mesh setup, the mesh insert values and the Unified Bed Leveling calibration values and the mechanics of the printer build, I think that this is a simpler way to center the print.
Don't forget to test all the e-steps for X, Y, Z & E and tweak where needed as this can cause nozzle location issues as well.
Thanks again Victor for the " = " tool function in OnShape. I love adding new ones to my work.
Doug
Hi Doug, I'm sure there is a way to fix this via firmware. We just need to learn more about it or compare the configuration h file of the Ender 5 Pro to the one for the Ender 3 V2 to find the differences. Thank you for the tip about the checking the e-steps.
Enjoy your day!
It worked! Thank you!
Hello Tolga Ozisik, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
Thank you this solved my problem ender pro 3
Hello CHITTOWN RC 1, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. It drove me crazy trying to figure out why all my prints were off as well and though I couldn't be the only one with this issue.
Best of luck with your mods!
Thank you!
You're most welcome, friend :)
Same printer and had the same changes... Thanks
Hi Thomas, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
Thank you VERY much! 👍
Hello Joanne, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
Nice video. Nice detail.
Thank you, friend, I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods :)
Thank you so much for this
Hello Adam, Thank you for the kind comment. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mods!
@@vbared It is now 100% centered now😁
@@rondashadow Great job, Adam! Isn't it crazy that the default Ender 3 profile in CURA start off like this. I'm amazed how many things like this I come across in this hobby.
@@vbared My S1 was the same it's fixed now as well. It's not good CURA is like this at all and I payed for my copy.
@@rondashadow Wow, even on the paid version. I guess the silver lining is that it can be fixed. Excellent job taking the time to dial your machines in.
I'm currently trying to figure out a way to adjust the gantry bar without having to totally remove it every time it needs a tweak.
Thank you sir! I upgraded top the Sprite extruder, and my prints were off, almost falling off the front of the print bed. -17.2mm in the Y..... Again...THNANK!!!!
Hello DazDnCnfusD, Thank you for commenting and kind words. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your mod!
I put away my ender because of this issue. LOL Big THANK!!! I will try it out
Hello James, Thank you for your kindness. I was pretty annoyed about this issue myself and glad that you going to give your Ender another shot. They have a lot of potential with just a few tweaks and mods.
Best of luck with your projects!
The Professional Firmware allows you to edit the XY MIN/MAX Position and also the bed size.
Hello Miguel, Thank you for commenting and suggestion about the Professional Firmware. Are you the same Miguel that developed it? Like you I looked at the firmware first but this issue in the video is introduced by CURA. I can divide my bed width and depth by 2, enter those values into X&Y using the printer control dial and my print nozzle moves to the bullseye at the center of the print bed. This indicates to me that the issue isn't related to the printer. The default Ender 3 printer profile values in CURA are off. So dispite the model showing in the slicer that it's in the center CURA adjusts the print position and creates the G-Code.
I racked my brain on this for months and found another TH-camr that explained how he fixed it. I felt the solution was valuable enough since I was unable to find the answer and made my own video to share.
Best of luck with your mods!
@@vbared Good to know, thanks!
I believe the problem are the default Cura settings put the bed at 235x235 and it should be 220x220. It caused mine to over shoot center approximately 8mm up and right of center which makes sense if it measures 235 from bottom left corner in each direction.
Hello MadSQUABBL3Z, Thank you for commenting and info. One new thing I found out after making this video, is that the X and Y limit switches aren't in the right locations from the manufacturer. The nozzle tip should be half on and half off the build plate when x is at 0. Same thing with Y at 0. If you tell the printer to move to the center of the bed but the limit switches are each off by several mms, that's the reason why it will off center. So I designed parts that allow adjustments of the X and Y limit switches so you can actually get the nozzle to the correct positions.
@@vbared would you be up for making a video on the adjustable x and y limit switch parts? Limit switch adjustment in combination with the 235 vs. 220 seems like the true solution to the offset issues.
Edit* nevermind I see you already have it covered! Lots of good technical stuff on your channel, greatly appreciated!
@@g10118 If something is unclear just ask and I will make a follow-up video about it. I post the videos as I come across these issues and learn how to solve them. Unfortunately, they sometimes seem unjointed or scattered.
Hi Victor, Great video. I was wondering why we can't solve this problem by adjusting the printhead settings? I believe the "center" is calculated by Cura using the printhead settings but I'm not sure. Have you tried this?
Hello Dean, Thank you for commenting and kindness. What solved it for me was to add the correct values into the Extruder 1 tab. Another thing that should also solve it but I haven't tried it to uncheck the Apply Extruder offsets to G-Code in the Printer tab. The Printhead Settings will determine how big and in what position the Printhead assembly is so when doing sequence printing one at a time you'll see a gray box around each model so the head won't hit your previous print.
Best of luck with your mods!
@@vbared Did that work? Im having this same issue and really dont want to deal with measuring that type of stuff.
@@danielkatkin Hello BdenandMe, Thank you for commenting. Did what work unchecking the apply print head settings to G-Code? Unfortunately it doesn't, measuring is a pain, I know. I'm afraid the only solution I found to get the prints centered is using the method described in the video. You're only going to need a a pencil, a ruler and a few test prints to sort it out.
thanks
Anytime friend, thank you for commenting.
If i used klipper can i fix it from config with out fixing from cura?and how
Hello friend, The alignment issue is a result from a printer not being mechanically tuned. What I mean by that is when you tell your printer to move to X 0 and Y 0 the nozzle tip should be half on and half off the print surface. On an Ender 3 V2 that means left-front corner. If your machine when sent to those positions is off by a few millimeters in each direction the prints will not be centered. I'm sure there is a way to correct this in Klipper but the root cause is mechanical misalignment and is the method I use to fix the problem.
The proposed solution is at around 11:30, and its not really a solution but a workaround. The printer needs to be recalibrated in its firmware. I got the same issue when I upgraded my firmware and did some hardware modifications to the gantry. Still haven't found where you _actually_ solve this.
Hello PerkeleTV, Thank you commenting. A workaround is the proper terminology to use for this. I have an Ender 3 V2 running a E3D V6 hotend and had to move the X & Y limit switches to re-center the nozzle to the middle of the bed. Again another workaround but it solved the problems for me and something to try if you haven't done it already.
Best of luck with your mods!
@@vbared Thanks a ton for elaborating! Much appreciated
Were you able to identify the source of the problem? I'm about to go crazy, I can't find the source of the problem for a long time.
I can't get my 3v2 to create a mesh. it overshoots the bed immediately and I'm pulling my hair out going from video to video to find a fix
Hi Chris, Thank you for commenting. Please provide the following:
What firmware are you using?
What bed probe?
After homing, move the x to 0 and the y to 0. Is the nozzle over the left front corner of the build plate or off to the left?
If possible take a video of the problem, make sure to comment as you are controlling the printer, upload it to Google Drive and share a link so I can see the issue you're having.
If too lengthy to type feel free to call me 478-227-3301 , I screen calls I don't recognize so please leave a message and I'll call you right back.
Great video, but my Ender 3 Pro just keeps ignoring these settings :(
Hello Snaj, Thank you for your kind comment. I make sure that my printer can center mechanically first. To check this simply set the mid point of of the x & y axises for me it's 117.5 x 117.5 , then take measurements to determine if the print nozzle is at they center point. If it's not then adjust the positions of the X & Y limit switches by the same number of mm that the nozzle was off by. For example: let's say when you move the x axis to 117.5 it's actually 115mm from the left edge of the heated bed. You would need to move the x-limit switch to the right by 2.5mm. Do the same for the y-limit switch. Once you can make it center mechanically using the controls then try the bullseye test print and make any final software adjustments needed using CURA.
Let me know if this helps you solve the problem.
@@vbared Thanks for the comment, I was able to adjust Y axis by having the switch move a bit forward. My main issue is with the X axis since it seems like it is not possible to move it because the way it is mounted. Cura adjustment doesn't seem to effect the printer since I entered like 1cm and it printed in exact same location. I am not sure it is because it has Marlin 2.0 or something else.
I created these parts to give some level of adjustment to the x-limit switch. It should allow you to get it mechanically centered so you can fine tune the CURA software side.
drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1F4ZpF49QI-pwa9o_9SExqXjjru8hgUAY
Here is a video on how to install it - th-cam.com/video/8biqiHTd73o/w-d-xo.html
@@vbared Thats very cool. I assume it can be installed on a ender 3 pro as well. I will definitely give it a try.
@@snaj9989 Good morning, Yes, I'm using it on my Ender 3 V2s, Ender 3 Pros, and Cr10S Pro V2. It should work with most if not all of the Creality printers.
Why aren't you just correcting this misalignment in the firmware?
Hello Mickmarriott9453, Thank you for commenting. Yes, that's an option for sure. What I've learned since making this video is the problem stems from the end switches not being in the correct position. To fix this issue I designed a few parts to make the limit switches adjustable so that when X is at 0 the nozzle tip opening is half on and half off the bed. I then do the same thing with Y=0. This solves all the alignment issues with CURA and bed mesh creation.
4:15... oh MAN! This would be a LOT easier on tinkercad😂
Hi, Thank you for commenting. Yeah, I'd love to learn other CAD software. Please provide some good Tinkercad sources that helped you learn it.
@vbared so sorry to be a dusch! Have you tried tinkercad? Its as basic as it gets😆 But I think dagging and x out and a circle and aligning them would be more simple to show😝 but its noob stuff so you just keep doing you and thank you for the video!! I need to use something other chan tinkercad!🫥
Thank you for the WOW moment!!
You're most welcome, friend. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your tweaks :)