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Il not even sure it’s possible. It might work for ballpark, “decent enough” settings but would that even be better than factory settings?

I have 2 PETG colors from the same brand that behave widely differently. I’ve seen batches of the exact same brand, material and color needing different temperature and retraction settings.

Each printer seems unique and seems to need slightly different settings than the next. Mechanical components wear out and drift out of tune. Thermocouples and hall sensors can drift. When rebuilding or upgrading your hotend, chances are you’ll need to recalibrate everything. Belts need regular retensioning and that might affect motion settings.

Thanks !

Super interested in the graphite bed, could you share some links ? I would love to avoid heat soaking mine for half an hour before each print ;)

Unfortunately Fusion360 has no official Linux support and is not easy to download and install, while Onshape is browser-based so OS-agnostic.

Yeah FreeCAD has a pretty rough learning curve. Especially since you need to learn parametric and its UI at the same time. I still mostly use OnShape because it’s become second nature, but last time I tried FreeCAD it was much easier since I only had to learn the UI.

Maybe give OnShape a try. Its interface is really good and will let you learn parametric CAD in one of the best conditions possible.

Yes this is normal. You have to group shapes to make them a single object.

On an unrelated note, TinketCAD is ok to make simple shapes quickly, but once you start working with complex geometry, it quickly becomes a nightmare. Parametric CAD (Onshape or FreeCAD) is infinitely superior in this regard.