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3D Printingknowledge~10 mins

Elephant's foot compensation in 3D Printing - Interactive Code Practice

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Practice - 5 Tasks
Answer the questions below
1fill in blank
easy

Complete the sentence to explain what causes elephant's foot in 3D printing.

3D Printing
Elephant's foot happens because the bottom layers of a print [1] slightly due to heat and pressure.
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Acool
Bshrink
Cexpand
Dharden
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Confusing expansion with shrinking
Thinking cooling causes bulging
2fill in blank
medium

Complete the sentence to describe a common method to reduce elephant's foot.

3D Printing
One way to compensate for elephant's foot is to [1] the first layer height slightly lower than the rest.
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Areduce
Bincrease
Cignore
Dduplicate
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Increasing the first layer height
Ignoring the first layer settings
3fill in blank
hard

Fix the error in the sentence about elephant's foot compensation.

3D Printing
To fix elephant's foot, you should [1] the nozzle temperature to make the plastic flow less.
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Aincrease
Bignore
Ckeep
Ddecrease
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Increasing temperature thinking it helps
Ignoring temperature adjustments
4fill in blank
hard

Fill both blanks to describe a common slicer setting to compensate elephant's foot.

3D Printing
In slicer settings, enabling [1] allows the printer to lower the [2] of the first few layers.
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Aelephant's foot compensation
Bprint speed
Clayer height
Dinfill density
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Confusing print speed or infill with layer height
Not knowing the compensation feature name
5fill in blank
hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the explanation of elephant's foot compensation.

3D Printing
Elephant's foot compensation works by [1] the first layer height, [2] the nozzle temperature, and [3] the print bed leveling.
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Areducing
Blowering
Cadjusting
Dincreasing
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Increasing layer height or temperature
Not adjusting bed leveling