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OK, I think I understand. When you said layer height I thought you meant the height of the layer from the base, but I think you mean what I would call the layer thickness or Z increment. I haven't any real plan for what I want to make with a 3D printer. I recently had a nylon part made using SLS and...

Thanks iDig3Dprinting. I don't understand this part of your answer- "the slicer software that generates the g-code from the .stl file for the 3d printer takes into account the changes in width of the filament path due to different layer heights. " Why does the width of the filament path ch...

I am learning about 3dprinting with the intention of eventually building one. One thing I don't understand is that the 3D design or say the stl file, doesn't seem to take any account of the width of the extruded plastic. So to me this means that the resulting object is oversized in x and y by the ex...

I don't know about mesh leveling but I have a lot of experience with CNC machines. My advise is that you should do all you can to get the gantry straight first. There is probably a way to improve it but how depends on the way it is designed and fixed. It is true that software can be used to compensa...