Ghosting in 3D Prints - What is it and how do you fix it?
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- Ghosting artifacts can really ruin the look of a 3D Printed object! In this video we'll discuss what ghosting (or ringing, rippling, echoing) is and how you can reduce or eliminate it from your 3D Printed models.
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Thanks for sharing, Angus. I print lots of miniatures & terrain for tabletop gaming, and lowering speed is what has worked best for me. Will share with others who get ringing as well. Cheers!
Lowering the perimeter or wall acceleration settings in slicer has a huge effect on removing ghosting. Available at least in Slic3r (Print Settings -> Speed -> Acceleration control -> Perimaters) and Cura (Speed -> Print Acceleration -> Wall Accceleration -> Outer Wall Accceleration). I use 2000mm/s² as the default acceleration and have outer walls printed with 310mm/s² acceleration.
I posted a copy of your comment on the top comment for all to see. I think Angus should make this top comment as well.
Good to know! I had no idea the slicer even had such a setting
Well Jonni, aren't you even gunna thank UFO? It's been a year now and we're all waiting.
Thanks for the tip., im try it
@@jameslaine2472 yuo need to activate the options
As another commenter mentioned, it’s the result of having too much acceleration for the rigidity of the machine. The belts used on low-cost 3D printers are kinda springy, resulting in the attached components vibrating when suddenly accelerated. If you can’t upgrade the rigidity of your machine, the only other parameter you can adjust is to turn down the acceleration. Adjusting the speed may seem to help, but what’s going on is that the ringing is still present, but it’s just been compressed into a smaller area because the head isn’t moving as fast. Turning the acceleration down will actually reduce the root problem; not just mask the effect.
BTW, this is why CNC milling machines and lathes use ballscrews for driving their axes - they are much more rigid than belts.
They also use ballscrews due to the fact that they have to go through many more forces linearly. 3D printers have very low force witch allows them to use belts to save weight and costs. But yes they are more rigid than belts.
And the tool head moves slower.
Since I upgraded my frame for a solid metal frame, I have a lot of ringing..
CNC Machinist and design engineer here, you're correct about the ballscrews, linear guides are even better! But no budget 3d printer will have those on their machines, I've found that adding 4 tungsten weights to my Elegoo Neptune 3 dampens vibration quite a bit. Also setting the machine on a paving block helps quite a bit too.
A 4 year old video!!! still completely relevant today! I’m new to 3D printing, and Angus has all the answers... plus I love his challenges and test prints
Just the other day I did a basic search for Ghosting tips. Everyone was arguing about settings. Then Angus swings in and explains things better. I'd rather go with things everyone can agree on and easily understand.
Thanks Angus. You're such a good resource for people that just want to know without having to take a master class or sift through all the internet arguing
Thanks Angus. It always helps to be pointed in several directions when troubleshooting complex problems.
Angus,
Thank you so mich for these videos! Your channel has saved me alot of time and trial and error.
Keep up the good work!
I really like the idea of putting the paper onto the printer to show the vibration. Great visual aid. Thanks Angus.
You could also try adjusting the timing belt tension. The direction change isn't transferred as quickly to a loose belt, so the ghosting is at a lower frequency but more pronounced. A tighter belt will help transfer vibration to the frame faster and hence dampen it.
>timing belt
Great video Angus. Clear and concise. A great help 👍
Ghosting can also be reduced by fixing your printer down to a rigid base. I screwed mine down to a 3/4" plywood base and saw an instant improvement. I still get ghosting when printing fast, but generally it's acceptable. Also it reduces the frequency I need to re-level my print bed. I'll look at improving the rigidity of the X-Z axis next with braces
I think you mean momentum instead of moment of inertia which is related but really a different thing. Doesn't detract from your excellent video.
It does distract. He's supposed to be a college graduate.
"Graduated Sydney's University of Technology (UTS) in 2013
Bachelor of Industrial Design
First class Honours"
Great video! I just experienced this after sorting out my tpu setting to the point where I have drastically increased my printing speeds.
Thanks, you helped me confirm that careful assembly with strict tolerances will eliminate yet another 'common' problem. That and a double Z screw. Like others, I want to switch all belts to drive screws. Get them within 10,000/in in the XYZ and never have any of these common issues that stem from 'minimum engineered products'.
Very informative. Great video Angus!
Great walk through of the issue easy to understand and learn from great job as always , will have to try these tips now on my ender 2
Thanks you do a great job. Cheers and have a happy new year.
Great video Angus!
You're explaining some pretty advanced concepts in your video and know they are not always the easiest to distill down to just a few words or phrases.
Just a subtle correction: Changes is acceleration and deceleration as well as speed DOES NOT result in moments of inertia.
Moment of inertia is a geometric property. Nothing to do with the material or forces/accelerations acting on the object.
The belt tension can also make a big difference. If your 3D printer is belt driven you kinda have to find a good balance in belt tension. A loose belt dampens vibration quite well, but may result in higher tolerances. While a tight belt decreases the tolerances but also increases the springiness of the belt, potentially 'causing things to bounce back and forth a little after a sudden change in speed. Similar to a weight hanging on a rubber band when the other end of the rubber band is suddenly moved up or down slightly.
Cool. Small imperfections aren't usually a concern since my prints get post-processed but it's good to know exactly what's going on and ideas to fix it if necessary. Thanks for the info.
I thought the the same, then I became obsessed with having perfect prints at .2 layer height and only having to lightly do post processing on whats left of the start stop seam.
HypnoToad !!!! Great channel Agus, I love your explanations and opninions. Cheers from Québec City Canada !
THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Good info as always Angus. Cheers
Excellent teaching video. Thanks, Angus
great, explaining printing issues is much more helpful, than reviewing printers ;-)
this is gold hahaha
Love these reviews, especially when you use the Cetus, since it's the only printer i own so far and I love this printer.
Would love to see more troubleshooting videos like this :)
+Maker's Muse what if I have a slight offset on the horizontal axis.
Its shows some lines clearly more inwards or outwards.
I've a Prusa Mk2, can you please tell me how to fix it?
Edit:I'm not quite sure, but maybe at around 5:00, you can see this on your mk3 print as well. Some layers are clearly more outwards than others.
Angus I was actually going to ask you if you had a video like this and you went and made one before I had the chance to ask.
I really appreciate the videos dude, thanks a bunch. :{J
Spooky scary vibrations send shivers through your print...
You could also get a bowden setup. I have a cantilever design and don't have this issue at all.
Interesting - I thought I'd had just about every 3D printing fault but I've never seen this one! Perhaps because I'm always printing in slow motion! Thanks, very interesting.
Tks A. I have learnt so much from your channel.
Thank you so much I’ve had a big problem with this
Would you say it's a ... Ghost in the Shell?
I wouldn't.
Only if printed in vase mode.
I'd say that this makes him a "ghost buster"...
*badum-tish*
Nice one. It’s ghost is whispering to it.
Curse your sudden but inevitable joke!
Hey @MakersMuse Could you do a video about TL-Smoothers? I bought some and am planning on installing them in a few days, but really would love to know more about them.
Would accelerometers mounted on the moving axes be able to measure ring and provide feedback for auto-tuning jerk and acceleration (and possibly correct belt tension)?
I tried your ghosting test on my TEVO Michelangelo. It came out nearly perfect, with only slight ghosting around the text and Makers Muse symbol. I was using WYZ white PLA 1.75mm filament. The Gcode had the default printer settings. It might help that my printer is on a sturdy wood desk.
Also, if you change the orientation of your printed part by 90degrees in the slicer, this may help reduce ringing further after all hardware optimisations you can realistically achieve have been performed.
when I was building my ender-3, with the assembly guide of another youtube channel, I noticed that the v-slot bearings came pressing too hard on the aluminum frame, so as the video told me to also manually set the offset screw I made adjustment so that the gantries can move more effortlessly but not wobble. can these resistance caused by too much pressure on the bearings also causing ghosting? I sort of reckon that it will, but I never had any ringing right from the first print.
For some reason I find it hard to take my eyes of this fascinating content.
All glory to Hypnotoad.
Thank you, that will be useful without any doubt!
when you print a horizontal line (e.g. g01 x54) where does the proposed resonance come from? the defect appears to be intermittent and associated with a particular x range (and maybe direction of travel?). i'm suspecting this is chatter of the x axis rails/rods that can be remedied with a drop of oil. what do you think?
Have you considered using a tuned mass damper fixed on the head to reduce vibrations? Such as a small weight mounted on a flexible wire or a spring for example. This is commonly used on tall buildings to mitigate the effect of wind or earthquakes.
Useful info. Appreciated.
All Glory to the Hypnotoad!
No
Small correction: moment of inertia is an object's resistance to changes in angular acceleration. The moment of inertia is just a property that comes from the mass and geometry. It's not 'caused' by the motion, but is rather the property of the object that makes it more difficult to make quick changes in direction. The moment of inertia of the extruder is constant regardless of whether it is moving or not.
Great video and cool desing! My problem right now is retraction. i cant find a way to fix underextrusion in parts like you're tolerance test. i have tried small amounts slow , fast, big amounts fast, slow etc. this leaves practically unuseable parts.
Should I disable the speed reduction for the short layers for that test?
I already put my mk2s on 2cm thick rubber plate but I noticed this ghost effect on a print.
Does the concrete above the rubber doing a big difference?
Also I thought that I have ghost effect because I put the motors in silent mode instead of power mode . what do you think?
Should I also make the table rigid (to the wall for instance) or let it be loose as some form of dampening?
Hi Angus love all your vids! Can you please do a video on z seams, they are very annoying and I would love to know how to make it less visible, thanks.
thanks a lot dude! really objective and helpful!!
What video editing software do you use? Can you recommend any free versions?
Also: check belts are properly tensioned if you get ringing
Wasn't the Mk3 review coming soon in the Clearance/Tolerance video that was 2 months ago?
Angus, would it be fair to infer from what you showed here that the delta type 3D printers should exhibit less ghosting than the cartesian/gantry style 3D printers since the print head is the vertex of a tetrahedron, and is therefore thoroughly braced by default?
I was really hoping for more information in this video, about how to tweak jerk and acceleration settings. The defaults in Marlin firmware are really not right for my printer, and i end up having to print excessively slow as a result (I have no Idea what my printer's original factory settings would have been, because upgrading Marlin changed them)
Thanks for the video. Subscribed.
What kind of foam should I use to minimize those vibrations?
The surface reflections contributes as well to the visibility of the ghosting. With Glossy filament it's much more visible than with a matt finish.
Thanks dude, I recently noticed some ringing on my cheapo machine, now I can fix it!! 😜
Thank you!!! Subscribed!
Dude, love your videos, but do you know what moment of inertia is?
Could you a video on printing nylon on the Cetus? And quality printed upgrades for it? Loving mine.
It's a good machine but not designed to print nylon at all sorry. The extruder is primarily peek and nylon temps are too high.
Angus do you know how to cure scaring on outer layers, where it leaves a gap on the start of a new layer until it primes more filament....Using a wanhao i3 with a micro swiss all metal hotend 1mm of retraction, PLA @ 200c bed @ 60c and cura as slicer....Thanks chris
Also spring tensioners can allow bouncing. Replace them with solid tensioners
one of the quick ways to sometimes get rid of ghosting is to change the orientation of your print and try to have the widest parts lowest when possible and have the print head print less and less per layer as it travels up. Doesn't always help, but some times it does.
What about ringing on the side of a curved object, e.g. the side of a sphere/ back of a marvin? I always thought that it was due to the step resolution of the motor. Is that the case or is there another way that it can be fixed?
Could you add a damped mass to the end of the Cetus's arm?
Hello , I am happy to found your video for how to fix the problem on 3D printing ,
here I got a problem hope you can help , my problem is when I start printing every thing is OK , but after around 50% then the print head will cooling down , I have use a new set of heat sensor , but same problem got .so hope you can sharing your experience , thank you very much , regards
John
hi I did a print of it no Ghosting at my normal print speed, so I up the print speed till I started getting ghosting,eg 15mm/s to 25mm/s so now print at 20mm/s with no ghosting, THANKS MAKERS MUSE
very useful, thanks !
I've been watching you a lot and I love your videos. I hope I can get my own 3d printer someday :)
Nice, going to test this on my raise 3d n2
i noticed some ghosting on a reprap model 3d printer.
which happens when you put support between prints (overhang)
this only happens on a few layers tough.
the layer where the support layers start and where they end.
the file is a really simple file with no text and less than 15 sides with 1 half circle.
One tip:
Putting your printer onto a foam board or put it on springs for vibration Isolation does not reduce the ghosting. It just changes the eigenfrequencies of the whole system so the ghosting will appear at different movement speeds / changes of speeds.
Putting the printer on a vibration isolation only reduces the vibration that the printer gives to the surface it stands of. In general the printer on it's own will "wobble" more.
Would it be possible to use a normal 3D Printer in some sort of non-conductive oil (Like the stuff LinusTechTips used to dunk an entire PC into) And if it is possible at all, would it be able to prevent the need for putting Supports on your prints since the oil might provide the support it needs.
Interesting idea, but i think oil would severely mess with layer adhesion.
At that point why not just go full SLA
Might work though, try it out and tell us how it goes.
Usefull! Thnx
Wouldn't it be possible to set the settings to slow down before changing directions? That way you can still print straight or smooth lines at a decent speed while not getting the ghosting from the sharp turns
Can it be effective to convert printer from belts to screws to reduce ghosting?
Thanks for the what's what on 3D printer Ghosting Angus... Was new to me.
I'll be honest it's a way complex phenomenon and difficult to address completely but definitely something that way too many modern 3D Printers suffer from!
One thing I never see mentioned and I see a lot of people doing is mounting the filament spool onto the top of the printer. Putting all that weight high up is just exaggerating the swaying that the printer is doing and increasing the ghosting.
Here are some further suggestions for reducing ghosting.
1. Take into account the geometry of the printer. So, for example, on the Cetus, oscillations in the cantilevered arm contribute to ghosting, so try rotating the print 90 degrees. This will reduce ghosting on one surface (but increase it on the other) which may give a better result for your print.
2. Place the print on a different place on the print bed. So, for example, on the Cetus, moving the print to the left will mean the print is nearer to the cantilevered arms fixing point, so the magnitude of the oscillations in the arm will be smaller at this point.
3. Design your prints to reduce ghosting. In particular avoid sharp corners, if possible. So fillet your corners if they are not required to be sharp. This will also have the benefit of marginally reducing the print times (since the print head does not need to slow down as much going around corners).
Stiffening and reducing mass both have the effect of raising the natural frequency, and dampening like with shock absorbers as you mention has the effect or reducing the amplitude but widening the range of that response. Likewise slowing down the print speed lowers the working frequencies of the system. The goal is to push the systems resonance response high enough that it's outside of the working range. This method can of course reduce resonance but it can also introduce new resonances that weren't there before.
There is an alternative in that you can increase mass and attempt to push the resonance outside of the working frequencies by decreasing the resonance frequency substantially. This isn't necessarily a good fit for 3d printing but it does well with someapplications.
Ultimately though no simple solution like this will do as well with as little as a control system in the firmware with proper resonance compensation. Traditionally for mechanical systems you use a a state observer (a low order Luenberger observer) to inform a feed forward controller which deliberately offsets the resonance peak from the control signal. This is part of why higher end 3d printers despite similar construction standards to other cheaper printers, can at times get better results. A lot of thought is given to system rigidity, resonance, and the control logic itself.
great one!
I downloaded this stl, sliced it in Ideamaker for my Flsun Q5. It is printing now but the print head is moving so slowly you have to touch it as to make sure it is printing. Is this test only for Cartesian style printers?
I found putting a couple of kilos of filament on top of the lid ( Flashforge Dreamer) improved print quality a lot.
Great video!
I must obey the Hypno-toad!
Could I send you a picture of a print problem I have been having and get your opinion? It may be moisture, but I cannot figure it out and it is driving me crazy constantly changing settings to try and fix it.
love the hypnotoad shirt :)
it's weird for me. i get nice outer walls on my prints (i print molds for casting), but when it prints the inner "bowl" part, i get some layers that stick out, and some that are ok.
imagine printing a box with a half sphere cut out of the middle.
layers 1-40 are fine, layers 41 through 59 stick out like a band, layers 60 through 82 are perfect, then 83-100 are sticking out like there is a band again.
it really messes up my casting, since those details show up in the casted object.
You can also rotate the print +/-90° and use the other axis.
i am new at 3d print. please make a tutorial video . inside ender 3 menu . like inside the tune and option what does it do .
I "upgraded" my lower tray (the structural one below the heated one) on mine to a metal one and I guess it increased the weight because it ghosts horribly now. Need to change it back.
Ghosting is bad, but scars are worse!! Thanks a lot for addressing ghosting, but next please let's fix these stupid scars of mine. Thumbs up Angus!
To me, ghosting is somewhat of a "perfect storm" of issues. Frame rigidity, vibration absorption properties of the base, acceleration/jerk settings, and print speed. I would also add nozzle wear, printhead weight, drive belt tension, etc. Unless the ghosting results in an unusable part, it's really not a huge issue, especially if the part will be post-processed. As far as small details and such, if you want good, fine details, you really shouldn't be using an FDM printer in the first place.
Great video overall. Still yearning for more Fusion and Meshmixer tutorials... ;)
I´ve some questions regarding 3D printers, and I hope someone in here could help me out
Can you print your own transformer or action figures with ANY 3D printer or do you need an especific type of printer?
What´s the best material to use if you want solid toys: ABS or PLA?
How solid is going to be the toy? Like Hasbro´s solid, like a Lego´s brick or is going to be like a really cheap plastic?
Do you need to sand the pieces or they´re already smooth as soon as they leave the print?
What´s the best software to use to create toys for 3D printing?
How durable is going to be the toy? Is going to break as soon as it hits the floor?
And what´s the best way to deal with tolerance´s issues?
I love how most people who watch these Chanel’s don’t have 3D printers
I'll buy one after I get my first microwave. Can't do all the high tech stuff at once.
really? I never knew that. I started watching these channels right around the time I got a printer, I don't know how else you could fall into that rabbit hole lol.
It’s more about going into a purchase with an idea of what it can and can’t do. All large purchases should be researched first.
My ghosting problem with my creatility cr-10 s5 is from the absolutely massive weight of the bed. 500mm square aluminum plate with the frame underneath and same size glass plate, the heater and the aluminum plate for leveling screws. The whole thing probobly weighed over 10 lbs. I modified it to only weight about half as much.