For sure :) I'm still very new at 3D printing so this is what I've managed to figure out over the last two weeks or so. I've since modified them past the above print. Also worth noting that I hit this with a heat gun to get rid of filament strings.
I am printing on a Bambu A1 Mini, 0.2mm nozzle, with BuildVolume PLA High Speed, Grey. That is a South African brand so may not be relevant for you.
Printer settings - I just kept stock A1 mini
Filament settings:
- Retraction length: 1.4mm - may have been using 1.2mm with this print
- Z-hop when retract: 0.6mm - based on u/BADBUFON's comment here: https://www.reddit.com/r/FDMminiatures/comments/1kb4wu5/comment/mps2ndh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Haven't had supports being knocked off the build plate since :)
- Z-hop type: Auto - may have been using Normal with this print
- Retraction Speed: 45mm/s - may have been using 40mm/s with this print
- Travel distance threshhold: 0.5mm- was using default 2mm with this print - not sold on whether this matters
- Fan speed: 60% at 80s; 80% at 16s
Quality settings - I modified from the 0.06mm High Quality stock profile:
- Didn't change anything in Quality, Strength, or Speed
- Enable support
- Style: Tree Slim
- Threshhold angle: 15
- On build plate only: off
- Support critical regions only: on
- Remove small overhangs: on
- Support wall loops: 2 - needed this to stop supports breaking off part-way up (not off the build plate, just the support itself)
- Top Z distance: 0.14mm
- Top interface layers: 3
- Branch distance: 5mm
- Branch diameter: 3mm
- Branch angle: 45mm
- Branch diameter angle
I copied support settings from u/andrics96's settings here, but did modify them a bit. For example I found I had to increase top Z distance to 0.14mm, else pieces of the model would not be supported well enough. https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1cv7yhe/comment/l4o20dw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
For this particular model, I printed it upside down as I find that cloaks often do very poorly when printed right way up (I find the supports become too complicated and end up. It took some trial and error to get the orientation right, but for this model, I ended up with (absolute rotations of) X: -171.94, Y: -3.23, Z: 122.22.
For a model I printed today (from heroforge), I changed layer height to 0.8mm without suffering a perceptible difference in quality. n=1 but I might experiment with that layer height now.
Let me know if there's anything more I can share; I benefited tremendously from other people's profiles, so it's my duty to share what I can in return :)