Post by 3DMS on Nov 12, 2015 13:12:53 GMT
The printing time can be estimated by the 3D softwares called « Slicers » such as CURA, Slic3r, Kissslicer, etc…
The estimation mainly depends on several parameters:
The print estimation is also taking into account some hidden parameters such as accelerations on the 3 axes X, Y and Z. THose parameters are often hard coded and cannot be changed on slicers.
Often you can take between 10 and 20% of error margin for the slicer estimation. The real print time is more likely to be slower than the estimation.
During a print you can also help yourself with the process percentage on the LCD scree and in this way better estimate the remaining printing time..
The estimation mainly depends on several parameters:
- The size of the object to print
- The size of the hot end nozzle
- The height of each printed layers
- The thickness of the shell
- The infill percentage
- The different spees used : infill, inside shell, outside shell, movement speed etc…
The print estimation is also taking into account some hidden parameters such as accelerations on the 3 axes X, Y and Z. THose parameters are often hard coded and cannot be changed on slicers.
Often you can take between 10 and 20% of error margin for the slicer estimation. The real print time is more likely to be slower than the estimation.
During a print you can also help yourself with the process percentage on the LCD scree and in this way better estimate the remaining printing time..