Using Cura for Pegasus printers.

[revol]

I've been trying to get Cura working for my Pegasus 10", after exclusively using Simplify3D. I can't get my first layer to adhere to the bed. I'm using PLA, and with S3D I've never had trouble getting bed adhesion using painter's tape on a non-heated bed. It's not a z-offset issue. I've got S3D configured without an offset, so I'm just using what I have set in Marlin. It seems to me like it might be an extrusion issue, like something about the way that S3D gcode extrudes works better than Cura. My speeds appear to be set correctly, I've tried printing both faster and slower in Cura, and the same thing happens. Instead of the material adhering to the surface, it rolls.

[seattle_phil]

I've been trying to get Cura working for my Pegasus 10", after exclusively using Simplify3D. I can't get my first layer to adhere to the bed. I'm using PLA, and with S3D I've never had trouble getting bed adhesion using painter's tape on a non-heated bed. It's not a z-offset issue. I've got S3D configured without an offset, so I'm just using what I have set in Marlin. It seems to me like it might be an extrusion issue, like something about the way that S3D gcode extrudes works better than Cura. My speeds appear to be set correctly, I've tried printing both faster and slower in Cura, and the same thing happens. Instead of the material adhering to the surface, it rolls.

Since I posted that, I've pretty much switched over to Cura 2.5 exclusively for slicing (pronterface for sending G-code) and am pretty happy with the results. For PLA, I'm printing with a 70C bed, 200C hotend, .4 mm nozzle, 2.5mm layer. First layer is .4mm at 50% speed (30mm/s).

Try turning on bed heat. You can just start it via the LCD panel or pronterface before the print or put it in the start G code. Hairspray on 3/16" glass and I've never had a problem with adhesion. Interestingly, the PLA parts pop off when the bed drops to 60C. Before that they are pretty welded to the plate.