/Ellis-SuperSlicer-Profiles

Please read each section, especially anything marked with ":warning:". These are important warnings that may cause you issues if missed.

Important Notes

⚠️ Required SuperSlicer version: 📄2.4.58.5 (last update: 2022-11-07)

  • You may want to back up your %appdata%\SuperSlicer folder before updating, just in case.
  • Use different SS versions at your own peril.
    • Newer versions often introduce new bugs or defaults, and older versions may not be compatible with certain settings (or will just error when importing the profile)
    • I will update this as I test newer versions.

⚠️ This profile's speeds/accels are tuned for linear rail CoreXY (specifically MY personal V2).

  • Your own printer, and especially other printer types, may need lower speeds and accelerations.
  • That said, these speeds are perfectly achievable on any well-built stock V2/Trident/V0.

Introduction

See my 📄tuning guide too!

Originally this repo was set up to share my own profiles as-is, plastered with warnings of what to turn down. Over time, however, they have become more and more tailored for sharing and for the community at large.

SuperSlicer can be tricky. There are a few problematic "landmine" defaults. These profiles try to remove as many of those headaches as possible, to hopefully ease your transition. I have spent a lot of time experimenting with different settings to hopefully save others from having to repeat the same troubleshooting. The 📌change log tells a story.

These profiles can work well on any printer, provided you adjust the speeds, accels, machine limits/dimensions, and volumetric flow limit accordingly. I actually use the same profiles on my Ender 3.

These profiles are constantly evolving. Please check the 📌change log occasionally to grab the new settings/findings, so you don't have to reimport the entire profile.

You can find the bed models and textures I am using in 📄here.

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Table of Contents

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How to Download

1) Navigate to the .ini file.

2) Right click "Raw" and click "Save link as"

If you do not use the "Raw" button, you will get errors trying to import.

Alternatively, download the whole repository as .zip:

  • Or, if you have git installed, just git clone https://github.com/AndrewEllis93/Ellis-SuperSlicer-Profiles.git from your directory of choice.

How to Import

If you downloaded the whole repository as .zip, extract it.

Select file -> import -> import config or press ctrl+L.

Select the .ini file of the profile you want to import.

Open each tab and click the floppy icon to save the profile. You may have to pick a new name. (you can type in the box that pops up!)

Start G-Code

If you are passing temperatures to your PRINT_START macro, make sure to uncomment/modify the start gcode appropriately.

See the 📄"Passing Slicer Variables to PRINT_START" section of my tuning guide for more information.

Volumetric Speed Limiting

The profiles folder contains profiles with this set to 11, 15, 24, and 30mm3/sec. Choose the appropriate value for your specific hotend (see below).

If you set this too high for your hotend, you may have extruder skipping and/or filament grinding.

What is a Volumetric Speed Limit?

The volumetric speed limit controls the maximum rate that your hotend is allowed to extrude. No matter how much you push speeds, layer heights, or line widths, it will never allow you to outrun your hotend.

Even when not pushing for speeds, I highly recommend putting an appropriate value for your hotend. It's a great failsafe.

I keep my infill speed set to 300mm/s. This is the absolute max I want my infill to ever print - but in reality, it will usually print more slowly due to this limit. This essentially prints infill as fast as the hotend will allow, up to 300mm/s.

For more reading, formulas, and methods to test your own max flow rate, see 📄Determining Max Volumetric Flow Rate.

Accelerations

These accelerations are tuned with my personal V2. As always, your results may vary.

Without Input Shaper

Choose a profile fom a "No Input Shaper" folder.

With Input Shaper

Choose a profile fom an "Input Shaper" folder.

Find the max recommended acceleration from the upper right area of your resonance graph.

If any of the profile's accelerations (excluding travel acceleration*) exceed your maximum, lower them down to that maximum value.

  • *Travels can usually exceed the max if you wish. See 📄here to determine your max travel accels.

    • The max is the approximate point where excessive rounding/smoothing may occur, NOT your absolute maximum movement acceleration.

I would still personally recommend keeping low accelerations for things like perimeters. Your IS tune can drift over time with belt tensions. I've also had some bulging issues when pushing perimeter accelerations. Set it and forget it.

Extrusion Multiplier

⚠️ The extrusion multiplier (EM) is tuned for my particular filament brand/batch. You will have to tune yours for your particular filament.

See 📄here for tuning instructions.

Cooling

This profile uses static fan speeds. The community has found that varying fan speeds, particularly with high-shrinkage materials, can cause layer inconsistencies.

⚠️Your optimal fan speed will vary based on your fan, material, layer times, and chamber temps.

My fans speeds may be too high for you, especially if your chamber is cooler than mine (~65C).

See my the 📄"cooling and layer times" section of my tuning guide.

I use Stealthburner with a Sunon 5015 fan.

Nozzle Flats

⚠️ My profiles use some aggressive line widths, which may not work well with some pointier nozzles.

You will only get good results if your nozzle flat is wide enough to support the requested line width. You can get a rough measurement of your nozzle flat with calipers.

This can cause thicker extrusion lines (like the infill) to curl up around the nozzle - and even occasionally cause gapping issues with the thinner perimeters, if it's pointy enough.

May cause issues.

Better.

"45 Degree" Profile vs Standard Profile

My primary profile is the "45 degree" profile. I orient the STLs to be at a 45 degree angle.

Pros

  • The main reason I do this is simply for easier seam placement for large numbers of parts using "rear" seams.
    • Orient the desired seam edge towards the rear of the plate (preferably the sharpest edge).
    • The alternative is "cost-based", which does a good job of placing the seams in corners, but crucially it does not align them. They tend to be scattered around the print at different corners.
    • Rear seams:
      • 😍
    • vs. "corners" seams:
      • (ehhhhh)
    • Force-aligning the seams can help with layer consistency. The other options can all allow the seam to jump around. That can cause artifacts like this:
      • You can see bands where the seam has hopped to a different edge of the print.
      • (This example is has the pressure advance a bit too low, but it helps to better demonstrate the effect)
  • With CoreXY, 45 degree motions only use one motor.
    • This can sometimes lead to better surface quality on straight walls. Patterns (VFAs) can sometimes occur when both motors are in use (with certain motor models).
  • Can sometimes result in better overhangs. It seems that airflow sometimes prefers 45 degree prints.

Cons

  • It can sometimes be harder to fit as many parts this way.
  • Sometimes the seams can still be placed oddly. Have a quick look at the gcode preview before printing.

Manual seam placement will always have the best results. This method is a compromise to save myself a lot of manual work for plates with large numbers of parts.

Rotating Parts

SuperSlicer allows you to set auto rotation when importing models in your printer profile:

To manually rotate, press ctrl+a to select all objects.
Type the rotation amount in "Z" the box at the bottom right:

Infill Line Widths

The infill line widths are set to a high value in my profile (160%) to save some print time, and to help with infill layer adhesion strength.

This proportionally reduces the amount of lines to be printed. The overall coverage area is still 40%.

If you need greater top layer support, or are printing decorative / low infill parts, you may want to reduce this value for for greater line density.

40% Infill @ 180% Line Width

40% Infill @ 110% Line Width

Suggested Changes for PLA

These profiles should largely work as-is for PLA. You will just need to set up another filament profile.

There is only one actual print setting that may need changing.

Print Settings

  • If using supports, you may need a larger support z-offset (support_material_contact_distance/support_material_bottom_contact_distance)
    • PLA has better layer adhesion than ABS, so supports are harder to remove.
    • The current value of 0.1mm still reportedly works fine for PLA for some people, however. You just need to print some support tests on your own machine.

Filament Profile

You can just duplicate the provided ABS profile and make these changes to it:

  • Increase fan speed to 100% (min_fan_speed)
  • Set layer time goal to 5-10 seconds (slowdown_below_layer_time)
  • Set chamber temperature to 0
  • You may need to set the filament profile's 📄max volumetric speed (filament_max_volumetric_speed) a bit lower.
    • PLA doesn't always achieve the same flow rates that ABS can.
    • The filament profile settings take precedence over the print settings profile.
      • This means you can have a "default" set in the print settings profile, and then tweak it here for individual filaments.
  • Set/calibrate the usual filament-specific parameters:

Miscellaneous Tips and Tricks

Changing PA Based on Nozzle Size

You can add the below code snippet to your filament's custom g-code section in order to have different PA values for different nozzle sizes. Wider nozzles need lower PA.

; Set pressure advance per-filament for different nozzle sizes
{if nozzle_diameter[0]==0.4}SET_PRESSURE_ADVANCE ADVANCE=0.0x
{elsif nozzle_diameter[0]==0.6}SET_PRESSURE_ADVANCE ADVANCE=0.0x
{endif}

Macro syntax: https://help.prusa3d.com/article/macros_1775

Part Spacing / Plating

Right click the "arrange" button to change part spacing.

Then click the arrange button (or press A), to automatically arrange everything.

Too close can introduce cooling issues. I tend to spread parts out when I can.

Advanced Bridging Over Holes (Sacrificial Bridges)

This section was contributed by 📄akhamar. Thanks!

To avoid the need to add tapered screw holes over countersinks, you can instead use a setting in SuperSlicer that allows for bridging over holes.

It is not a magic bullet, and still need to be used on a case basis, but usually works on countersinks for screws.

SuperSlicer Option

The SuperSlicer option is called "No perimeters on bridge areas", located in the advanced section of "Perimeters and Shell".

  • The internal setting name is no_perimeter_unsupported_algo.

Results

  • Previously, this example part would have had no bridging layer, which could cause the layer over the void/hole to attempt to print midair.
    • The perimeter circles (yellow/orange) would be printed midair and fall.
    • The ends of the infill lines (purple) around the hole would be partially printed midair and fall.
  • With this setting, a sacrificial bridge is printed for support, which can then be broken through with the screw.

Profile Change Log

Rather than having to re-import the profiles when updates are made, please check the change log occasionally to grab important settings changes / bug fixes.

Use ctrl + f in SuperSlicer to find these settings by their internal names below.

  • 2022-11-09 (flip flopping edition!)
    • ensure_vertical_shell_thickness - disable.
      • Just saving some print time / material.
    • retract_lift_top and retract_before_travel - revert to defaults (from the 2022-11-07 changes).
      • These brought an additional minor improvement to small infill areas, but I eventually decided that the potential top surface scarring wasn't worth it.
      • If you are having small infill overextrusion issues, it may be worth trying still.
      • Again, more reading on this subject is documented 📄here.
    • support_material_interface_layers - set to 2 (standard) - was 3 (heavy)
      • The new default of 3 interface layers is a bit excessive in most cases.
    • Minor rewording of comments in custom g-code sections
  • 2022-11-08
    • Add "Decorative Standard" profiles
    • Rename .ini files
    • wall_thickness_lines - set to 0.
      • This was in my profiles but this setting apparently doesn't always export properly. It just disables the feature that tries to automatically change line thicknesses to match your desired overall line width.
      • This setting is an oddball. For some reason it saves to print_custom_variables instead (paste wall_thickness_lines = 0)
    • Decorative profiles:
      • fill_pattern - set to monotonic
      • fill_density - set to 10%
    • resolution_internal - set to default (0.1mm)
      • Cleanup, just resetting to new default. Shouldn't make any major difference
  • 2022-11-07
    • Update profiles for SuperSlicer version 2.4.58.5.
    • These settings all come as a group. They were found to have a fairly significant improvement in small solid infill areas. Explanation 📄here and demonstration 📄here.
      They may also have a positive effect on bulging perimeters around external features, but I am still testing this theory.
      • infill_connection_solid - set to "not connected"
      • infill_connection_top - set to "not connected"
      • infill_connection_bottom - set to "not connected"
      • infill_overlap - set to 25%
      • retract_lift_top - set to "Not on top" (Reverted in 2022-11-09's flip-flopping editon, sorry)
      • retract_before_travel - set to 0 (was default / 2) (Reverted in 2022-11-09's flip-flopping editon, sorry)
    • New defaults modified:
      • enforce_retract_first_layer - set to 0
        • Stops Z hopping on first layer (this was the previous behavior)
      • wipe_inside_end - set to 0
        • Reverted. Was causing some seam gaps.
  • 2022-11-01
    • bridged_infill_margin - set to 300%.
      • This can help prevent some bridges detaching at the ends. The previous value of 5mm was too high and causing excessive bridging.
  • 2022-10-06
    • extrusion_width to 115% (was 125%)
      • This sets the default extrusion width. Any other widths set to 0 will use this default.
      • Some people had perimeter gapping issues at 125%.
    • bridged_infill_margin to 5mm (was 200%)
      • Can help edge pillowing in features floating on infill, especially with lower infill densities.
    • external_infill_margin to 4mm (was 150%)
      • Can help edge pillowing in features floating on infill, especially with lower infill densities.
    • first_layer_extrusion_width to 125% (was 0 / equal to default)
      • Still the same width as before, but the default width changed so I had to make it static.
    • infill_extrusion_width to 160% (was 180%)
      • Some people were having layer shifting and infill gouging issues at 180%.
    • support_material_speed to 120 (was 150)
      • Less likely to knock over supports in PIF profiles if enabled. It was already 120 in the decorative profile.
    • skirts to 1 (was 0)
      • For those without a nozzle brush and/or purge line.
    • filament gcode
      • Added example logic for nozzle-dependent PA.
    • z_step to 0.01 (was 0.04).
      • This setting rounds layer heights to even multiples of this value.
      • Setting it to 0.01 allows for finer layer height control.
      • The actual "full step distance" is 0.04mm on a V2 w/ 1.8 degree Z motors. 0.01 still keeps it at quarter-stepping, which is more than good enough.
        • In reality, though, a number of factors keep the motors from actually sitting at perfect full/half/quarter steps (QGL, Z offset, mesh, etc). This setting is of arguable importance for most printers. There's an argument to be made for stopping at the same position WITHIN each full step, but I haven't tested this and haven't noticed much difference.
    • Decorative profile: bottom_solid_layers to 3 (was 5)
  • 2022-08-16:
    • solid_over_perimeters to 0 (was 2 / default)
      • This could cause pillowing issues on internal slopes, particularly with small layer heights.
  • 2022-08-09:
    • Set default line width to 125% 115% (see 2022-10-06) and change all 120% values to 0 so that they use default (just for rounder numbers, e.g. 0.5mm widths instead of 0.48)
  • 2022-08-08:
    • Add decorative 45 degree profile.
  • 2022-07-25:
    • support_material_contact_distance set to 0.1mm (was 0.2mm).
      • I found the default of 0.2mm was giving really messy surfaces when supports are used.
    • support_material_bottom_contact_distance set to "same as top" (was 0.2mm)
  • 2022-07-18:
    • extra_perimeters_overhangs enabled.
      • This being disabled could cause gapping issues when this profile is used for decorative parts with fewer walls (or extreme overhangs). It should not kick in for most Voron parts.
  • 2022-05-25:
    • perimeter_extrusion_width to 120% 125%
      • For more strength.
    • bridge_speed_internal to 100% (was 180mm/s)
      • This will match your normal bridge speed. 180mm/s was causing the internal bridges to not always attach.
    • curve_smoothing_angle_convex and curve_smoothing_angle_concaver to default.
      • These were just a leftover from an old SS upgrade.
  • 2022-04-27:
    • thin_perimeters to 80% (default)
    • thin_perimeters_all to 20% (default)
      • Both of these settings are new defaults that got didn't come over properly with the update (came over as 100% / 0%)
    • Fixed my maximum speeds in the machine limits. For some reason I thought they were in mm/min rather than mm/s... surprised nobody caught this before now.
  • 2022-04-14:
    • use_relative_e_distances back to enabled.
      • Some people had M83 in their PRINT_START macros which didn't agree with this.
  • 2022-04-11:
    • Profiles updated for new beta SuperSlicer version 2.4.58.2.
    • Acceleration controls were moved to the print settings > speed tab and feature_gcode and post_process were cleared. Some accelerations were tweaked.
      • Fine-grained acceleration controls are now natively supported. The old custom g-code method and python scripts are no longer needed! 🎉🎉🎉
    • first_layer_size_compensation_layers to 3 (was 2)
      • Greater fade distance for elephant's foot compensation, to help prevent some perimeter separation on chamfered parts.
    • first_layer_height to 0.25 (was 0.24)
      • Just reverting a previous change where I set it to 0.24 to fix a weird bug.
    • max_print_speed to 300 (was default/80)
      • This doesn't actually do anything since "auto speed" is no longer used (only volumetric speed limiting), but the default value of 80 was confusing people.
    • thin_walls_speed to 80 (was 30)
    • support_material_contact_distance_type to "from filament" (default) (was "from plane")
      • Cleaning up. I had changed this at one point and don't really know what it does, so default is probably better.
    • z_step to 0.04 (was default)
      • This doesn't actually do much except affect the number of decimal places in Z moves. But some people were driving themselves nuts trying to find the "correct" value to put here, so... here.
    • duplicate_distance to 6 (default)
      • Just affects default part spacing when you auto-arrange your plate.
    • support_material_angle to 45 (only on 45 degree profile)
    • support_material_interface_speed to 100 (was 150)
      • These fast speeds could occasionally knock over supports.
    • use_relative_e_distances to disabled.
      • Absolute mode is theoretically more accurate, but it's probably negligible.
    • time_estimation_compensation to 100% (default) (was 133%)
      • This was a bodge compensating for the old custom accel controls messing with time estimates, and is no longer needed.
    • retract_lift_above[0] to 0.25mm (was 0.2mm).
      • Set to match first layer height.
  • 2022-02-19:
    • Set accel_to_decel values to half of accel values in feature_gcode.
      • Previously accel and accel_to_decel were the same value.
      • (Sorry, changed this multiple times now, keep flip-flopping on it)
    • Disable external_perimeter_cut_corners
      • This could contribute VERY minorly to gapping between perimeters on corners. You would probably never notice without a magnifying glass.
  • 2022-02-10:
    • Change infill_speed to 300 and set max_print_speed back to default.
      • infill_speed was previously 0.
        • This was not always reaching maximum volumetric speed, due to a misunderstanding on my part of 📄how auto-speed works.
        • Setting it to a maximum speed value (instead of 0) better accomplishes my intended goal (maxing out the hotend's capability for infill).
      • max_print_speed was previously 300.
        • This setting does not universally limit in the same way that the volumetric speed limit does (for some reason), so it's redundant and confusing to leave it on.
    • Change support_material_speed to 150.
      • Was previously 240. This could cause supports to not adhere properly or get knocked over (though supports are disabled by default in this profile).
  • 2022-01-02:
    • Change first_layer_height to 0.24.
      • SuperSlicer currently has a weird bug causing slicing to give up part way through. Setting first layer height to something that's not 0.25 fixes it for me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  • 2021-12-29:
    • Change resolution to 0.0125 (new SS default) and update formatting of feature_gcode
      • Some have reported "move out of range" errors with the old resolution setting of 0.002, likely a bug in SS.
      • The feature_gcode change is purely stylistic.
  • 2021-12-01:
    • Enable ensure_vertical_shell_thickess and revert solid_over_perimeters to default (2)
      • This can prevent occasional perimeter gapping on steep angles.
  • 2021-11-19:
    • Set new bridge_overlap_min setting to 50%
      • Fixes 50% bridge density in new SuperSlicer version (2.3.57.6).
  • 2021-11-11:
    • Change fill_pattern to grid.
      • Previously adaptive cubic. Caused occasional pillowing.
    • Change max_layer_height[0] to 75%.
      • Previously 0.3mm. Support for nozzle size based percentages was added.
    • Reduce seam_gap to 0.
      • Previously 15% internally. A new SS update now allows control over it. This should prevent seam gaps that occasionally cropped up previously.
  • 2021-11-07:
    • Fix various support material settings.
      • Supports are disabled in this profile, but the disabled settings had some unnecessary leftovers.
    • Added quotes around post_process paths.
      • This fixes an issue where it would error if trying to use a path with a space.
  • 2021-10-31:
    • Reduce retract_length[0] to 0.5mm
      • Previously set to 1mm, which was a bit too aggressive to start with.
    • Change overhangs_width_speed to 0.
      • This completely disables applying bridge settings to overhangs.
      • This setting was causing issues for some people, essentially setting overhangs to use 85% flow and high speeds.
  • 2021-10-24:
    • Disable only_one_perimeter_first_layer.
      • This was causing SS to crash when slicing first layer test patches.
      • I also just changed my mind about the aesthetics.
    • Change time_estimation_compensation to 133%.
      • Previously set to 87%.
      • This should make the time estimates a bit closer to reality, at least with Voron parts. As mentioned above, they will still only be so accurate with the custom acceleration controls, however.