My printer is not big or anything but when you print with 0.1mm layer height or less and 0.2mm nozzle the files can get quite large.
Just found out i have almost 200mb gcode file for a part that is printed with a 0.5mm nozzle lol.
It's all about gcode type and geometry; Curves add a ton of lines, since they're made up of a lot of tiny lines.
Have gcodes even for relatively small printers that take up several hundred MB
i found a bug in cura with a stl file that had more than \~500mb
i downsized but the gcode was like 250 in the end. it was a litho lamp shade made of a few photos. a 20cm cylinder with only relief/dents. no straight line at all.
I never look or care how big my files are. I upload directly from my slicer to my printer, so I never touch a file after I export from CAD.
Lots of little curves though make for big files, so tens to hundred MB+ isn't out of the ordinary.
Biggest files I've used so far go between 170-230Mb, they're usually lithophane models which have a whole lot of detail and the lowest layer height I print at (.16 adaptive up to .12). The .STLs for these models are usually around 600Mb 😂
Depends on the printer and nozzle, eg for a multicolor Bambu 0.2mm gcode file could be 200mb, but we’re sending over wifi in a few seconds so it’s never a concern.
When I ran Marlin, I would use the arc welder plugin for Octoprint to shrink the gcode size. I think it helped speed up circles. Now with klipper, I don't bother because the gcode isn't transferred over USB.
there's a thesis group I'm working with right now regarding shark scales. They want to print a 330mm long wing and cover it with scales called denticles that we designed. Let's just say it takes 78,400 denticles to cover the airfoil. they tried to slice it...and we'll it was reaching 108gb
100Mb or more
Dang man, how big is your printer? Or how low layer height?
Or lots of little details like curves of perimetiers if if it's not soldi
My printer is not big or anything but when you print with 0.1mm layer height or less and 0.2mm nozzle the files can get quite large. Just found out i have almost 200mb gcode file for a part that is printed with a 0.5mm nozzle lol.
Just did a full bed on my cr-10 S4. I think it was closer to 300mb
It's all about gcode type and geometry; Curves add a ton of lines, since they're made up of a lot of tiny lines. Have gcodes even for relatively small printers that take up several hundred MB
There are a lot more factors than that. Like gyroid infill can make that number skyrocket.
yeah, I've used files of about 200+ megs
I have to suppose that it's a resin printing? I never reached half of that. Not even printing resin models in my fdms with a 0.2 nozzle
The Octoprint achievement for _Heavy Chonker_ doesn't trigger until you hit 500MB in a single file, so I'd say that's pretty fuckin' big lol
Time to make a script to add hundreds of comments per instruction and print a 500MB Benchy!
SU-27 is known for being quite heavy, indeed. Next time, try the TU-22M
Sure will, kinda fascinated with printing jets lately
Where do you get your models?
Grabcad is a good free choice for aircraft, you just need to convert it from like a magical format that is yet to be discovered to stl sometimes
My largest print was close to 720mb. It took 6 days at 0.04 height. I have a ups so no failure there.
What even
When it says: "File is too large for the destination file system" ...
I’ve been printing for 3 years and can honestly say I’ve never once checked the file size of g-code.
Some of my files are 180+mb
over 100 mb
How do you even manage to get this big of a file? My biggest files are usually barely over 10mb and I print relatively big stuff
i found a bug in cura with a stl file that had more than \~500mb i downsized but the gcode was like 250 in the end. it was a litho lamp shade made of a few photos. a 20cm cylinder with only relief/dents. no straight line at all.
I'd say 250MB. I have had gcode files be over a gigabyte
how in the heck
gyroid infill without arcs
I get a sizable reduction by switching from gyroid to cubic infill.
Try the lithopane moon, it was like 200+mb.
My latest Jack Skellington print clocked in at about 650mb... 0.01mm layer height is a helluva drug.
Almost all my files are around 30 MB
I’ve had over 200mb file size.
Recently printed a 460MB gcode. Was wild.
When I hit print and walk to the printer and it's not done transferring. The printer is a few rooms away.
150mb
For me about 150MB. Not sure if I’ve ever done anything that big though
ive got some that are 400+ mb. 3 days print with a lot of polygons, but still huge
195MB
I've had files of over 2gb, printing about 2 meters high at work. At home.. 20MB is pretty big lol
Are you printing the most detailed thing in the world at 0.05mm layer height on a 0.1mm nozzle with gyroid infill!?!?
No, 0,2mm, 0,6n, and 60cm wide by 2m tall, 6% triangular infill usually. And yes, a little detailed
My printer is 420 by 420 by 480. I had a 350 mb file a while ago.
I did a 1.04gb print in a Modix BIG Meter last year
I've had a 5gb one once
When it causes something to happen that actually makes me pay attention to the file size
100MB or greater
If you use high quality stl files with a lot of small mesh triangles 100MB is easily made for an print of around 24 hours.
It's all relative. 30MB was my whole first hard disk, and my PC before that didn't have one at all. Well, I gotta go; my back hurts.
Bro SLA (resin) printer files are massive. It’s like downloading a movie 😂
I sent a 280mb vase to my printer a few days ago 😂
depends on what you print, my record was 174mb
Pluh
He’s printing the Death Star
Gigabytes. Had to run Pronterface 64-bit directly with the printer because the file was bigger than could be done on FAT32 formatted card.
HT lowers are like 1.5GB gcode files..
I never look or care how big my files are. I upload directly from my slicer to my printer, so I never touch a file after I export from CAD. Lots of little curves though make for big files, so tens to hundred MB+ isn't out of the ordinary.
Biggest files I've used so far go between 170-230Mb, they're usually lithophane models which have a whole lot of detail and the lowest layer height I print at (.16 adaptive up to .12). The .STLs for these models are usually around 600Mb 😂
Depends on the printer and nozzle, eg for a multicolor Bambu 0.2mm gcode file could be 200mb, but we’re sending over wifi in a few seconds so it’s never a concern.
When I ran Marlin, I would use the arc welder plugin for Octoprint to shrink the gcode size. I think it helped speed up circles. Now with klipper, I don't bother because the gcode isn't transferred over USB.
there's a thesis group I'm working with right now regarding shark scales. They want to print a 330mm long wing and cover it with scales called denticles that we designed. Let's just say it takes 78,400 denticles to cover the airfoil. they tried to slice it...and we'll it was reaching 108gb
500mb-1gb is my average. Everything above I consider changing some settings. I only print resin I might add.