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I'm somewhat puzzled which settings I need to look at in PrusaSlicer to solve those thin slits between perimeters. I've dialed in the flowrate optimally for dimensional correctness and 245°C (PETG) works really well for both flow and overhangs.

At first I thought of extrusion width, but that also increases the distance between each line. Raising the flowrate closes them, but also makes the printed parts grow in each dimension outside if the intended size.

Where am I missing something? Which settings do I need to adjust to not screw up everything else?

EDIT: It's not just corners!

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[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I know it's not as popular anymore, but this is why we calibrate our printers. [(https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/articles/index_tuning.html)] This is an excellent guide to getting your printer to work to near perfection if you do all the tests. But it does take time and effort to learn and do.

If you switch to Orca, they have a pretty decent calibration suite built in. It's not as rigorous as Ellis, but good enough for most things.

[–] iceberg314@midwest.social 1 points 3 hours ago

Might not be your issue, butI had issues like this on my ender 3 and I eventually replaced the hotend and they went away. It was like the old hotend just didn't have a consistent flow and there was some sort of clog or heating issue

[–] B0atsRcoolYo@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

You could try increasing 'Infill/perimeters overlap'. Its helped me before. https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/prusaslicer/gap-between-solid-infill-and-perimeters/

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The right flowrate for dimensional accuracy is likely not the right flowrate to end up with solid parts where internal lines are properly smushed together. The sides of a 3D printed object aren't flat, so if you adjust the flow rate so that the bits that stick out the most are exactly where you asked the slicer to put the edges of the wall, you end up with your internal lines just barely touching each other instead of properly bonded. You want to tune your flow rate to get solid parts when you ask for them, set the line width a little wider than your nozzle to give space for material to flow outwards (which happens whether or not you want it to, but things work better if you tell the slicer it's going to happen), and then when you've got a part that really needs the dimensional accuracy to be right, maybe temporarily use Orca Slicer instead to get its precise wall feature.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago

So Orca got more features for this? I thought about moving over anyway.

[–] faebudo@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it's in corners only tune Pressure Advance, but as this is on the first layer it's probably only the first layer, which is generally different from subsequent layers. Check the same thing on a higher layer to make sure that there really is a problem.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's not only on the first layer and also not only around corners (indeed the first layer is perfectly fine). The perspective is a little bit misleading, this is the third or fourth layer. Happens on all layers, it's just a little bit more common around corners and bends.

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

This comment is correct imo. Read / calibrate the pressure advance. I've had especially good luck with the adaptive pressure advance and highly recommend taking the time to calibrate it.

Its a little bit confusing to do, but once you get the hang of it and do a full calibration sweep it should fix all the 'corners have gaps' issues. (Also just any gap issues between line)

Pressure advance is going to impact any line where the head will be shortly changing directions. So though it typically is corners you can get it with any acceleration change of the print head.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Try decreasing the speed in corners and increase pressure advance a bit. There is a tuning print you can use.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

PA can impact more than just corners. It's when the print head is changing speed/direction

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 hours ago

The issue is also present on long straight lines though.

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 0 points 23 hours ago

Extrusion width?