Understand the terms.
Print with more confidence.
From Partial Clog to Bed Mesh: practical explanations of the 3D-printing, slicer and calibration terms that appear throughout LayerCompass.
Partial Clog
A partial blockage: filament still exits the nozzle, but flow becomes inconsistent or collapses at higher demand.
Explain this term →
Heat Creep
Heat travels too far up the hotend and softens filament above the intended melt zone.
Explain this term →
Warping
Corners or edges lift from the build plate as the part shrinks and develops thermal stress.
Explain this term →
Stringing
Fine strands form between separated areas when molten plastic leaks during travel moves.
Explain this term →
VFA — Vertical Fine Artifacts
Fine repeating vertical patterns on otherwise smooth walls, often tied to motion-system excitation and speed.
Explain this term →
Ringing / Ghosting
Decaying waves that appear after corners, edges or abrupt direction changes.
Explain this term →
Pressure Advance
Compensates for pressure buildup and release in the extrusion system during acceleration and deceleration.
Explain this term →
Max Volumetric Speed
The maximum stable material throughput of a specific filament, nozzle and hotend setup, measured in mm³/s.
Explain this term →
Bridging
Printing a strand across open space between two supported points without support directly underneath.
Explain this term →
Arachne
A wall-generation strategy that varies extrusion line width to fit geometry more intelligently.
Explain this term →
Bed Mesh
A measured map of build-plate height variation that the printer can compensate for during printing.
Explain this term →
Layer Shift
One or more layers are printed sideways from the correct position and the rest of the print continues offset.
Explain this term →Diagnostics can link directly into the glossary so you can understand the concept without losing your troubleshooting path.