Complete the sentence to explain what causes elephant's foot in 3D printing.
Elephant's foot happens because the bottom layers of a print [1] slightly due to heat and pressure.
Elephant's foot occurs because the bottom layers expand slightly when hot and under pressure, causing the base to bulge out.
Complete the sentence to describe a common method to reduce elephant's foot.
One way to compensate for elephant's foot is to [1] the first layer height slightly lower than the rest.
Reducing the first layer height helps prevent the base from bulging out by allowing less material to be squished.
Fix the error in the sentence about elephant's foot compensation.
To fix elephant's foot, you should [1] the nozzle temperature to make the plastic flow less.
Decreasing the nozzle temperature reduces plastic flow, helping to prevent the base from bulging out.
Fill both blanks to describe a common slicer setting to compensate elephant's foot.
In slicer settings, enabling [1] allows the printer to lower the [2] of the first few layers.
Elephant's foot compensation is a slicer feature that lowers the layer height of the first layers to reduce bulging.
Fill all three blanks to complete the explanation of elephant's foot compensation.
Elephant's foot compensation works by [1] the first layer height, [2] the nozzle temperature, and [3] the print bed leveling.
The compensation reduces the first layer height, lowers nozzle temperature to reduce flow, and adjusts bed leveling to prevent squishing.