Elephant Foot 3d Printing

To minimize bulges at the base of your model we recommend leveling the printer bed and moving the nozzle a little further away from the bed but not too far otherwise the print wont stick.

Elephant foot 3d printing. I can provide more in depth settings if you like but im printing pla at 185 with my bed set to 65. That is when the prints have the first layers larger than the layers above. The base of the model is slightly bulging outwards an effect otherwise known as elephant foot whats causing this 3d printing problem. If the temperature of the print bed is too high or if there is insufficient cooling the first layer may not cool properly causing elephants foot.

Im using cura as my slicing software. So as the title says im getting elephants foot on most of my prints that i print directly onto my bed. This very exotic name elephant foot is nothing more than a definition of a rather common printing problem. Its tricky to find the right balance between getting rid of warping and avoiding the elephant foot effect.

As you may perceive the reason is quite simple. Simply put it is when the print bows or curves out at the bottom. Before trying anything else make sure your printing conditions are ideal. I dont know how to fix it.

Elephants foot most often occurs as the result of an uncooled first layer. Elephants foot is a 3d printing term that refers to the outward bulge of a models base. When the models are being printers the initial layer is created at first. Elephant foot our esotic 3d prints.