UPDATE:

I've tidied up object names and added 2 more plates for stubborn initial & top layers. Some filaments needed more than what I had on the MINOR plates.

If you use the STUBBORN plates make sure it's only on filaments that the MINOR plates don't help with as it will be filling pushing more filament onto those layers.

This for when you're setting up new filaments as part of your normal calibration tests.

This model/project has 4 plates. The first set of plates are the initial layer flow ratio and the second set are the top surface flow ratio. There are plates (STUBBORN) for filaments that the MINOR plates aren't enough for. You can use whichever plate you need.

Important: Make sure you turn on developer mode in you preferences if you can't see initial layer flow ratio or top surface flow ratio under your quality tab:

I've created this for when I'm setting up new filaments as part of my normal calibration tests. Make sure you've done your Flow Dynamics calibration and your Flow Rate calibration first before this. The order I usually do my calibrations of new filaments is:

1. Flow Dynamics
2. Temperature Tower
3. Flow Rate
4. This initial & top layer flow ratio test
5. Retraction
6. Max flow rate
7. Lastly depending on the type of filament or what I'll use it for, I'll do other tests like VFA or silk speed tests (you can find these all over Makerworld. I use the one by Ceer_oner)

After doing all the normal calibrations and starting prints you might notice your first layers aren't coming together correctly. For example:

The setting called initial layer flow ratio seems to fix the issue:

• The initial layer flow ratio (MINOR) takes only 25 minutes printing time and uses only 9.78g filament (dependant on your filament)
• The initial layer flow ratio (STUBBORN) takes only 15 minutes printing time and uses only 7.28g filament (dependant on your filament)
• The top surface flow ratio (MINOR) takes 1 hour 50 minutes printing time and uses only 76.1g filament (dependant on your filament)
• The top surface flow ratio (STUBBORN) takes 1 hour 5 minutes printing time and uses only 47.48g filament (dependant on your filament)

**If printing this on the A1 mini, you might want to rearrange the blocks to fit on your plate or move some of the blocks off temporarily**

NA = I know there are other flow tests but I found their surface areas too small and couldn't get a good enough judgement so I made my own.

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