Getting the Right Flow: Ultimaker Cura 5 Flow Rate Settings

[@missile1506]

You definitely have one of the most informative channels on KZbin. Thank you for all the great content!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Your very welcome!

[@andyb7754]

Thank you for another GREAT educational video. After finding your channel I've learned a lot. Thank you again.

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Andy you are so welcome I’m truly glad I can help you!

[@miguelceccherini800]

very good explanation, perfect pronunciation for those who are not native English speakers.

[@rent2ownnz]

Dude you are a scientist! Love the presentation and passion and humour you bring to the table! Yours videos are informative, in depth and most of all interesting to watch. You have turned a topic that would make most fall asleep of their chairs in the fetal position :).... and turn on the lights and action and brought 3d printing and all its pitfalls to the forefront of problem solving. I have not seen another you tuber put so much thought and organisation into every single tuning and problematic Cura and printing in general. you need to change your name to "THE CRAZY 3D PRINT SCIENTIST GUY" Well done!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Ha ha ha. You almost made me fall out of my chair. Best comment ever. Thank you for the new title. It’s a complex topic due to having so many tangents. This series took a ton of work. Comments like this made it worth it. Thanks again!

[@mattg7053]

This video was EXTREMELY WELL DONE! Very informative and easy to follow. Thank you so much! You totally helped me! I had to take my esteps from 93.0 to 101.6!!!!!

[@earlleblanc]

I know the thread is a couple months old but it is full of great information and delivered with great detail

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Thanks so much I’m glad you liked it!

[@blueberryhaze3603]

hi im new to 3d printing world and im lucky to find your videos! this is one of the best flow wideo i ever see.. and im not one of those who dont want to do a test i also like perfect prints.. for start i buy 4KG of filament just to test and learn.. my friends tell me im crayz and i alredy know it.. tnx a lot!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

🤣😂 tests are good but that’s a lot. Glad these vids are helping!

[@jesuscastillo8211]

Loving your videos!!! Watching all of them right now

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

That’s awesome! I hope they help you!

[@andrewwilliams3601]

Great video, well explained. I just have one remark about the 100% precision of the second method. I'd like to draw your attention to how measuring tools, including calipers work. There are two factors to consider when using them : resolution vs precision. The resolution of a tool tells you how many increments your tool has. Say you calipers measure down to 0,01mm. Well you may be measuring a 20x20mm cube, and you calipers can read it as 20.00mm. But your tool/calipers are only PRECISE to 0.02mm. Well that means if you measure 20.00mm, then it could be 20.02 or 19.98mm. Another common value is a resolution of 0.02mm, but with precision of 0.04mm. Again, you'd be think you'd be measuring 20.04mm and correcting for that when in fact your measure was spot on at 20.00mm. So sure, calipers are a good tool, but don't rely on them too heavily. That value is true for good quality tools, such as Mitutoyo, but most people buy cheap calipers that may have a precision less than that even. If you want better precision, you'd need a micrometer, which is designed to measure very small values with a good precision. You can refer to Mitutoyo's table for reference : www.mitutoyo.com/webfoo/wp-content/uploads/15003A.pdf or search for precision vs resolution calipers on google. Cheers for the video though. Keep up the good work.

[@PlanetWendell]

Ive had a little experience with 3D printers, so I just purchased a FLSUN SR and love it. But it is by far a plug and play printer. I came across your videos and you have helped me so much getting the most out of my printer. Thank you, keep up the amazing work..

[@itsmepaulriley]

This series is AMAZING. I love how detailed you get on explaining everything. I just started 3D printing this week and immediately started issues when I tried to change anything in the settings. Printing a temp tower now and a flow tower next! I hope you're going to continue the series with a video on Supports! Thanks so much for the videos and the help!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

I'm so glad you like the series. It was a lot of work and your comment means a lot. There is definitely a huge learning curve when getting started. The last video of the series comes out Tuesday. I'm not covering supports due to I did a support series last year that is still accurate due to Cura didn't change much from Cura 4 to Cura 5. Here is the playlist just skip to the support videos. Cause I also went over some of the things i do in this series. You can see it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJizaKx9p5djpZY Best of luck with your printing. Feel free to join the Discord group. its a great place if you have issues lots of people that are knowledgeable that are willing to help. Plus you can just ask me there too!

[@itsmepaulriley]

@@ItsMeaDMaDe Oh awesome! Thanks again!

[@WarrenPenner]

Good stuff here! Thanks, again, Chris!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Thanks a lot!!

[@stoniebro-nies]

Currently I’m printing at .002in so a thin hair discrepancy on my Ender3v2 and after watching this I’m definitely going to tweak some settings and see how much more accurate I can become. Thank you for the amazing advice though out this whole video. Definitely wish I found you sooner as I just came across you yesterday. I’ve already learned so much more about fine tuned settings it’s astonishing.

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Woah! .002?!? That is crazy thin. I’ve never seen a print with that thin of a layer height. Didn’t know the Enders could do that.

[@uniearesende]

Thanks for sharing. Great info here

[@Moneymonke-iy6ji]

Thanks for this video it help my 3d printer print like a charm thank you so much

[@B_M_A]

Incredible video my friend, very helpful tips. You really are a great teacher and explain things very well.

[@housemine9791]

Cube all the way. Thank you!

[@JayDmx]

Man! You're amazing. Your explanations are great! Keep it up!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

[@danvalcamlau]

hey, im just staring so pretty green to all that stuff let me tell you that you nailed it for me anymay, keep up the great video. thanks

[@VR6NAVYVW]

I finally found Waldo!

[@yiis2086]

Talking about flow - your moustache ❤

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

😁

I took a picture of a flat printed surface. Wich is supposed to to be completely closed. And In Illustrator I measured the relative width of the lines and gaps, find the percentage wich would be the correct width and transfered the value to cura. Worked!

[@scothughes9092]

Awesome way to daily in my printer. Thanks

[@Addicted2cars]

Thanks a lot, this tutorial helped me with the Flow Rate in AnyCubic Kobra 2. It was too high from the factory :)

[@NielsLinneberg]

Great video, saved my day :-)

[@xaktveo]

Great video and info. I could resolved a problem with a "Whistle model" that required a precise measurement. Thanks

[@0x187]

very well put together video! helped me understand very much

[@zsakosbimbo4383]

You are the best one .THXXXX

[@WhereNerdyisCool]

Now you need a section on mastering supports! I do a lot of very large prints with 0.8 nozzles and I’ve been testing and tweaking a lot of the Tree Support settings. Looking forward to more tutorials!

[@jsalonis]

Using my Sonic Pad/Ender 3 S1 Pro and your video I was able to make a perfect cube in 4m 4s. I think I can get it to half that time with a few tweaks...thank you so much for this info! It would be amazing if you had a Sonic Pad and made videos about it. Your way of explaining things just makes logical sense and that's what I need to be able to understand things lol. Thank you!

[@turionb1408]

thanks for all the awesome vids. love it

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

No problem hope they helped!

[@wolfman75]

👍👏💯😎Great Info!!! Well Done!!!! Thanks Chris!!!

[@CodyTheAddictedGamer]

Did the calibration cube and got flow spot on. I think my z offset needs a slight adjustment due to not sticking to the bed the best.

[@KCQuadTronX]

thank you !!!great video i learned so much!!!

[@uniearesende]

I actually find the accurate method easier than the "easy method"

[@projectxmarketing3431]

Thank you

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Your welcome hope it helped

[@richardsimmons6470]

THis is really useful Ive done the Tower flow test and like yours is around 100 - 105 (need to gey a decent magnifying glass the cube on both machines is so close to 400 its ok

[@turionb1408]

awesome thanks man

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

👍

[@FalaschiM]

It's amazing all the knoledge you shere with us! Specially for me that i'm just starting out, you make my detail obsession easier!! Thanks! Quick question: How often do you run calibration tests? Because i'm sure that after some hours of printing, or printer parts changing and other factors, calibration will go off. So how often would you say it's good to do temp and flow rate tests?

[@rachaelb9164]

I never thought about that icon as looking like a flat hamburger until your videos lol.

[@lupo19047]

Thanks for this wonderful channel. I'm a newbie. Got my printer 2 days ago. Leveled the bed, and set the extruder eSteps. Then did a flow calibration. It was too high. Dialed it back (was supposed to be 0.8mm because I used 2 lines per wall), it's now 0.81mm for 3 walls which I thought was fine. But the 4th wall is 0.94. WTF?? But the interior surface of that wall is nasty. All sorts of stringing. So I think it's a retraction problem and not a flow problem (since 3 walls were perfect). If you have any insight, I'd love to hear it, since I have about 36 hours of experience. THANKS AGAIN !!

[@fff1531]

Calibration shapes does not come up in Marketplace. Not sure why. Any thoughts. Great step-by-step video!

[@gkaruk]

Your videos are fantastic for noobie to 3d printing. I got my Ender 3 v3 SE weekend (21/10/2023) and now working through your videos to improve the printers accuracy. On this video one thing im struggling is getting accurate measurement from the Caliper I have. Not sure if way im using it or flex in print or just not a good Caliper. What some Caliper makes of quality/accurate calipers in your years of experience do you recommend?

[@ariadnedanelle]

Hi Chris, first I wanna say how much I appreciate your videos. You explain things so well and I like that you provide good examples of prints to help me understand how all of these settings work together. I have a request if you are looking for ideas. I am a relatively new and I wanted to try those cool interesting filaments right away. But they are finicky and I just cant seem to find much on how to resolve the issues specifically encountered with finicky filaments like matte, wood, glow, glitter, etc. Specifically mattes with multiple colors just wont work for me but single color mattes are fine (?!). Not very many guide creators cater to people printing art and models and so they dont discuss these aesthetic filaments beyond a cursory note. But I really want to use them. Can you help a gal out?!

[@SeanSaunders-l8v]

The man with the mustache makes some good points 😂

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

🤣😂🤣 I’m glad he does!!

[@smokcan2]

Excellent video. Will you have one on retraction settings in cura?

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Yup! That will probably be next week.

[@Gengh13]

For those that don't have a caliper you can increase the bottom layers to a big number and pause the print and adjust the flow with each layer until you don't see gaps or protrusions between the lines.

[@CockatoobirdmanBill]

Love your channel, As of this time I am not a 3D printer!!!! But this time 7:26 pm tomorrow I will have a new Sovol Sv-05 And I can start pulling out what little hair I have left.....But at 81 years old I think it's time to try something new.......Be well and be safe..Now back to watching all the rest of your vids..............🦜

[@rocketboyjv5474]

This dudes mustache kills me. Beyond me someone would have that everyday and put it on the internet.

[@dwilbu00]

When measuring with the calipers, how much force do you use when squeezing the tool against the walls? Should I just let it touch or should I apply a little bit of squeeze? Thanks for the great video!

[@williamhoughtaling1602]

So on the temp tower it seems that the temp "gauge" stays at my regular 200°. Am I missing something? Shouldn't it change on the screen? The tower looks the same from bottom to the top

[@bigboomer1013]

This is exactly what i need. When printing the default bunny from the stock printer files, they look fine. But when i try to print a slug, it looks reaky bad. It cant print overhangs very well. I like calling this "basket weaving" because some of the rough bumby edgees look like a basket weave

[@faintandfuzzies]

Thanks for the great video. I've never had it explained they way you have where I could understand what you're suppose to do. I have a question though... I have corrected my E-Steps which were way off (now dead on). I have also used the box print to calibrate my flow rate. I have my walls down to .42, but the total width of the box is 20.32 which I think should be closer to 20.00. However, the box height is dead on at 20mm. What should I adjust to get the overall width of the box closer to 20mm? Right now my overall flows are 93%. I had them at 94%, but the widths were off. Any guidance would be appreciated.

[@bigboomer1013]

i get some weird results where the cube woul;d either be too tall or too short, vut the other mesurements would be perfectly 20.00 all i can say is that for some reason, the z offset afects my dimentions. like i can have the bed perfectly leveled and have a good first layer, but if the z offset is set realy low, then the cube will come out looking rather short or squished. but if you make the offset be higher, then the model will get taller. i myself dont know why it does this but its super anoying when you finaly get a good layer height only to see that you have to re adjust the bed leveling by bringing it up higher or lower to change the offset. for some reason, when i printed the default rabbit from my ender 3 s1 pro stock files, and have my offset realy low, i get those zits or squished look. i at times like calling the pattern on the skin "basket weaving" because that what the bumpy patern looks like

[@airsubzero]

Personal Self Notes: - low flow: gaps, holes, thin lines, poor bonding and weak print 2:12 we can see the layer underneath - high flow: over Extrusion or those blobs and zits and get really rough finishes, awful corners 3:57 & Stringing (9:49) - when it comes to our line width we don't want exactly what we're telling, lines are not squares butted up against each other they're rounded Corners because we're smooshing plastic those two rounded Corners just barely touching we're not going to get that good of a bond in between our walls so we want it to be just a little bit bigger that way those sides will actually bond together really well ( 0.41 or a 0.42 )

[@karlgabel9822]

Great video - awesome to be able to calculate flow rate based on wall width. I have a potentially stupid question here ; if the nozzle is .4mm, why would you want a .42 mm wall width? Does this have to do with squish?

[@boostedthirdgenracing]

I’m new to printing and I’m trying to do a calibration on my machine and the marketplace I can’t find auto towers or cubes

[@haushogg]

Great video. I did the cube test and I'm at 93%. What's next if one side of the cube is on 20mm and the other measurement is 20.19mm?

[@malcolm4k270]

Trying to tune my new np4 new to 3d printing. Going to be Following all your cura tutorials. You know when they’ll drop a profile for the updated version of cura for the Neptune 4 pro? Using the elegoo version of cura that comes with the printer. But it doesn’t have all the new functions that the updated version of cura got.

[@Jacey2001]

YES, great video well done. not done watching yet but I'm here to find out if I use super quality... do I need to manually set the flow to less? thanks so much for the vids

[@DarkRiderForever]

Love your videos lots of detail!! Makes all the difference.. I do have a couple of questions though.. First off do you have to change the flow with every different tip you use? Or is this one of those once you figure it out your all set? also i go back and fourth between a 1.0 for large quick i just want my part kind of thing.. And 5.0 when quality is more important.. when you printed your cube you got .44 and you were saying .42 was the sweet spot... I think i understand the rest of the math but for example my cube printed exactly 20 x 20 and 1.1 for the sides i m unsure if i got my flow set right cause with the math mine would be set @ 95% as well.. i do not seam to see any difference really in my print. i figured it would be much more noticeable with a 1.0 nozzle.. maybe i m missing something i overlooked in your video i watched it like 20 times... lol still kind of a noob sorry

[@john1182]

I dont see calibration shapes in cura 😢but it there on thiny verse. im brand new to printing (3 days) i have a very good pla+ settings but petg is kicking my but on large print, im working my through all of the calibration towers and now this cube test

[@jesuschal3802]

To my understanding Cura does a different flow math than Slic3r, e.g. PrusaSlicer. A 0.44 width in Slic3r behaves as 0.4 in Cura.

[@pelaotool]

great video, new suscriber here. one question, do i have to do this with every filament? ex: red creality pla, blue creality pla, the again red creality pla, silk blue pla and so on?

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

Filament diameter also effects this.

[@hanzodakun4458]

Thank you VERY MUCH for this video! It is really helpful and clear. I couldn't find the links to the calipers you mentioned in 17:04 though, did I miss them?

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Sorry you didn’t miss them I forgot to put it in the description. I just put it in there for you anything like the ones linked in the description would work.

[@hanzodakun4458]

@@ItsMeaDMaDe thanks again! I’ll get one of those! 👍🏻😊

[@bryandooley5453]

Thanks again for another awesome video - you are an awesome teacher! So, with the tests you did, are we likely to get different results if we change nozzle temp and/or print speed? Also, if I print with PLA and PETG, I will need to check this for each type because the numbers will likely be different. But do you tend to find much difference in flow between different PLA manufacturers?

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Thanks glad you like the video. When it comes to pla I do find slight differences not much.

[@wullie1320]

Great Vodeo. Very helpfull and great advice. If you can spare some time and give some advice. I'm printing a disc for a motor and when finshed and placed on a flat surface one side is fine, when turning the disc over there is a wobble. any advice to fix this?

[@KeithBoatman]

AWESOME VIDEO!! Going to watch the other videos now, but does flow rate change when you change the speed of the print?

[@chopperchuck]

My printer's so screwed up right now I can't even print out a calibration cube it just fades out for lack of a better term it starts off great and then it's like it slowly runs out of filament

[@mrabiff113]

I've installed cura 5.8 and i don't see park for calibration under extensions. Is no longer available?

[@woodsman9427]

do you have a video on level the build plate? need it for ender 3 vs 2

[@Tiggrbob]

I don't have "flow" as a setting in Cura. It is giving me an error that says "this setting has been hidden by the value of gcode flavor"

[@terrydillingham6196]

So temp tower, then flow test?

[@J.Severin]

i am printing with 126% flow, because i dont know how to change the e-steps on my anycubic predator. :(

[@garricks9630]

Can you please help me fix the z banding I'm getting on every print on my elegoo neptune 4 pro? It's driving me crazy!

[@gustavsvensson6877]

Weird question.. if i have different speed settings and adjusting depending on the print im doing. Do i have to adjust the flow, e-steps etc also? Does speed impact the flow enough to f stuff up?

[@njohnsonII]

Thank you for such a great video series. I have been following along and have learned a lot! I'm not sure where to ask this question: I've adjust my flow rate to get a good 20mmx20mm cube in the x and y direction, however my z measurement is always greater than 20mm. Any quick recommendations on what to look at?

[@franks3991]

I have a question someone might be able to answer. I printed out a cube like shown and only one side is 0.02 smaller than the other three side. Is that a problem or is nothing to worry about?

[@tomas041857]

I have a question about wall thickness. What do you do to correct a problem when you have different thickness for your walls?

[@andrewcasaday7218]

Is there any reason for a flow rate to be as high as 130%?

[@onemansvideos2134]

i recently went with a direct drive on my ender3 and now i have to check my retraction everytime before i send the file off how do i tell cura thats the new setting for my printer

[@charlesdix4831]

Looking for some help... I am getting essentially FLAWLESS first layer prints from simple boxs that I am printing for some boardgame pieces but when it starts printing the walls I get these seams of under extrusion. I have re-set my cura seetings back to the basics and I am still getting them.. Slowed the print down to 40mms and still having issues. Eliminated thin walls, ironing, pushed my flow rate up to 92.5%. I almost think the issue is not software buy filament feed motor but why would my bottom layers come out so exceptional but only the walls are failing?

[@dongriffin5797]

Would you run a temp tower first or a flow tower? I would imagine temp dictates a lot here as well.

[@OLDSCHOOL6239]

Great vids I've been learning alot! Quick question. I'm not even getting a clean looking tower to be able to judge. I'm getting a sea weed look during print on the back, it's strange. I've got an Ender 5 Plus with an 0.6 nozzle printing at the Speed you recommended. The Filament is PLA+ with a hot bed of 80 degrees and the Nozzle temp at 211. Could you give me some advice on what I might be doing wrong? I appreciated it.

[@enigmaticreverieproduction5169]

Do I have to change the speed to 50? I have a kobra 2 plus from Anycubic and cura profile is set to 180.0 probably because it’s klipper?

[@michaelmcfarland5223]

Doesn't these test work only on the specific roll of filament your using? All Filaments are not the same. So I would have yo run this test with every new spool used?

[@StarsAtNight1]

Yes, it's the same with calibrating e-steps with filament. You're tuning for that filament type/brand/batch.

[@tonyharion9816]

Thank you veru much for the great videos! ❤I have a question is I may: I have done flow calibrations and linear advance (didnt help much), and I still get fat corner instead of very sharp ones. Can you point me to any of you gideos that might help me with this issue? Runing a bet slinger on Marlin. Thanks!

[@markwilds2517]

Was wondering how do you correct prints that just barely came out right and you need to do some call fudging. I made a stand for my keyboard that holds it up as the feet broke off. It has two pin holders and a slot for my phone to charge. I have two phone with different covers one fits the other was tight a used a drummer on it and even at slow rate it melted the plastic make a mess. Did a lot of cutting to get it to fit but it look bad. Thanks for the help.

[@robertmarkgrey7819]

is the speed set at 50 necessary? or can u set to 180 for instance ..or better yet is 50 what my speed should be set to anyways because it was at 180

[@Joshua-ju5uc]

Why does cura tell me it has No Flow Attribute?

[@andyredvest37]

Question I’m new to this 3D print game som I’m noticing my print started acting up after months of printing fine all of a sudden , my finally print was started to come out all fuzzy I’m using Cura with same setup infill at 100 % and tree supports .Should I just reset my Endr 3 printer as well maybe that the issue

[@silverbullet6833]

as i haven't done my flow rate for maybe a couple of years and having just found this video i thought i would check it? why not i run an arbitrary figure from a flow test from ages ago of 96% which still seems to work well. so test 1 @100% average .435. 19.95mm x 19.93mm. recalculated flow average was now .44 1997 x 19.91. recalculated flow was now giving 44.25 and 19.90x 19.89.. then i noticed the outer wall flow doesn't always match the rest of the flows. i tried a random flow of 93.5 that's when i noticed outer wall flow was still at 95. the only discernible difference i can find is that dimensional accuracy is suffering

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

That’s interesting there are some other settings to possibly help with outer walls. You might want to check out my wall settings video in this series.

[@someonenormal5579]

it's weird after all calculations I've got 89% flow, printed anotehr topless cube and got .4 on the wall thickness and not .42, any suggestions why? =O

[@TassyDeval]

I cant seem to find that "Calibration Shapes". Has it been removed?

[@MrBdgr0]

You don't need it if you can do it yourself. Use a 3D modeling application and make a empty cube with wall width of your nozzle. Mine was 0.4 mm . You can adjust the height of walls by yourself.

[@dougdederich]

What were the calipers you found to be best for the best price?

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

These are a pretty good set. You want to find ones that the parts are metal no plastic amzn.to/3MIwyMe

[@olekczeek6819]

my flow is 550% is normal? if not how fix it?

[@bigboomer1013]

here is an update. i tried the flow tower test and im quite confused. every block looks exactly the same with no difference. and when i switched the color scheme from layer type veiw to flow, it doesnt seem to change at all. the flow rate on every block looks the same. i also tried out the speed tower and its all one solid color, as in the speed doesnt change at all as it prints. is there something here im missing?

[@jaysoncummins]

I did this for overture rock PLA last night and every level was bad. I'm leaning toward temp, thinking I had it at 195 but wanted to hear from anyone on ideas.

[@cyanidebass6519]

because of how cura handle calculation you were gonna look for 0.44mm on one single wall. you initial cube flow were right.

[@Spartacusse]

32:07 "You are not gonna be getting it at that exact size, you're gonna have to change other settings to compensate for that, and you shouldn't have to." Plastic shrinkage alone makes this statement invalid. You always have to compensate, 3d printers are not precision instruments, everything from plastic shrinkage to the +- tolerance in the diameter of the filament, pigments, additives, etc., will always require you to compensate.