Quick diagnosis
Improve bridges by tuning cooling, bridge speed, flow, temperature, and part orientation.
Likely causes
- Bridge too long
- Temperature too high
- Cooling too weak
- Bridge flow too high
Step-by-step fix
- Increase cooling for bridge tests.
- Lower bridge flow slightly.
- Tune bridge speed.
- Reorient the model if bridges are too long.
What to check before changing more settings
Only change one variable at a time. Save your current slicer profile before testing, use a small repeatable test print, and compare the result before moving to the next adjustment.
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