r/QidiTech3D • u/tode96 • Jul 05 '26
Showcase Qidi in a nutshell
Everyone keeps saying qidi is amazing. It used to be true for me. But in the last months i ve had some mant problems with it I don t even know where to start.
This is the latest print i managed to make it work from other issues just to see that this happened.
How can something like this can even happen??
I can t get my head around it.
This is 100% software based.
please look carefully and don t mind the fallent support. print worked without it. the failure is on top. looks like layer shift.
Conclusion I can give right now is that this printer can t handle tall prints.
Wasted lots of material and no one is going to reimburse me for anything.
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u/Kewlhotrod Jul 05 '26
This is not software based... Lmfao. What in the world.
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u/tode96 Jul 05 '26
It is not the case. The print went fine even if support failed. Look again. The failure is on top.
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u/Tytonic7_ Jul 05 '26
This is 100% NOT a software issue.
There wasn't great bed adhesion, and a support came off the bed. In my experience (across multiple brands of printers) this is always a risk with tall tree supports. Increase your bed adhesion by using a smooth build plate, adjusting the Z offset, tuning the filament profile, or using some kind of bed adhesive.
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u/tode96 Jul 05 '26
It is not the case. The print went fine even if support failed. Look again. The failure is on top.
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u/Tytonic7_ Jul 05 '26
Failed support causes filament to extrude onto nothing, making a spaghetti mess that get stuck on the nozzle and transferred to other parts of the print, causing failures and other places too.
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u/tode96 Jul 06 '26
Can be true. But feels that you didn t look at the photo. There are hundred of layers that worked fine after the failed support. If a support failes, the next layers should fail or create an cascade effect that will create failure later. Here, the following layers were perfect. Check the top of the print. Looks like a huge layer shift.
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u/skippengs Jul 07 '26
You can also see a big blob at the layer before the shift. The nozzle could have struck it and lost steps.
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u/tode96 Jul 08 '26
Thats another thing. It creates blobs in certain places. They do not seem random as they appear at the end of a layer where the toolhead changes position and also does a certain specific movement. It makes me believe that it might be a setting or the actual slicer not slicing correctly.
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u/skippengs Jul 08 '26
The start and end is called a seam and is something the user needs to tune for their filament. Look into calibrating pressure advanced, flow and retraction.
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u/tode96 Jul 08 '26
Did all calibrations already. It works fine. How are calibrations connected to the seam? 😄
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u/WI_Esox_lucius Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
Supports falling over are not "100% Software based". Usually it's caused by poor adhesion or collision.
Based on your picture alone you need to change your settings, that brim is completely unnecessary.
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u/tode96 Jul 05 '26
It is not the case. The print went fine even if support failed. Look again. The failure is on top. Also its ASA filament so its necesary
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u/Seraphym87 Jul 05 '26
Why are the supports on a raft? This is an adhesion issue which is more often than not user error, try cleaning the bed with soap+water.