#retractions taking 23%+ of my print time

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west lantern
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So I’ve tried playing with settings and heard retractions shouldn’t be taking nearly this long, but I can’t seem to fix it. Here’s my settings and the model I am printing

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valid lavaBOT
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I'm sorry, but I cannot see your settings or the model you are printing. Can you please provide more information or share photos or screenshots? Additionally, it would be helpful to know the type of printer you are using and what material you are printing with.

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west lantern
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I use an Anycubic Cobra Plus and I use PLA

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The model is very small, only about 7” long so 14-15 hour seems long

pliant marsh
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what does the sliced preview look like?

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with your speeds, about 5 retractions take one second (assuming infinite acceleration, which you dont have of course)

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how many layers does your print have?

west lantern
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1099 layers

pliant marsh
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so thats 20-50 retractions per layer, average

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sounds reasonable

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you could maybe try inserting something in the "max comb distance without retraction" to reduce some retractions on small moves

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and tuning your retraction settings to only retract as much as you really need can be helpful too

west lantern
west lantern
pliant marsh
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this is a guide that should get you going

west lantern
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Thank you!

pliant marsh
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the other chapters are not bad too, worth a read and then pick whatever calibration you think is useful for your printer

pliant marsh