# Brand New to 3D Printing - 37 hour printing time normal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Snapmaker 2.0 (3-in-1)\ **Created:** [June 13, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/brand-new-to-3d-printing-37-hour-printing-time-normal/7087 "2020-06-13T13:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![demoniousrex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@demoniousrex](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/demoniousrex)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/brand-new-to-3d-printing-37-hour-printing-time-normal/7087/1 "2020-06-13T13:26:15Z")
Hi, I appreciate you taking the time to look at this. As I said in the subject, I’m brand new to this, so please excuse my ignorance - and please also point me in the right direction if you’d rather not answer. I received my Snapmaker 2.0 yesterday, got it all set up and started the first demo print as instructed in the manual. I have two questions. 1. With the default settings that the manual instructed me to select it’s saying the vase will take 37 hours to print; is this accurate? Is this what I should normally expect in terms of print times? 2. I noticed that in the adjust settings menu I can raise the printing speed to 500%! (This thing goes to 11!!) I’m expecting there is some quality loss with this, yes? What speed settings do you all recommend? Thanks again for reading! Looking forward to being a part of the community! ---
**Author:** ![xchrisd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/xchrisd/32/1503_2.png) [@xchrisd](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/xchrisd)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/brand-new-to-3d-printing-37-hour-printing-time-normal/7087/2 "2020-06-13T15:10:57Z")
Hey @demoniousrex, welcome! For the vase, there is a quality profile for it, its called “caselibrary.vase.AXXX.quality”. For future questions it would be nice to have a gcode+stl, maybe also a picture (the 3d object you want to print), so please upload it. In this special case, you want to print a vase.- There is a preference under “Surface”, this is called “Spiralize Outer Contour” see the screenshot: ![Case-Vase_lib](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/2X/f/f8d34a8af79ae0f945fa263e20102e7db02927e0.jpeg) The print with this profile needs about 4hours. Generally i would say, its a lot of trail and error learning 3d printing. My favourite settings are: - layer height of 0.2mm (looks nice enough for my most prints) - initial layer width 120% (to get better adhesion) - initial layer speed 8-12mm/s (cause of adhesion problems of my unflat bed) - layer speed about 40mm/s (depending on the wanted quality) - wall thickness 1,2mm (depending on the model) - top bottom thickness 1,2mm (same) Here is a useful thread which may also helps you in the future: > [@3d Print Guide\_Walk Through](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/3d-print-guide-walk-through/5945): > > First of all, congratulations to a great machine! If you have any suggestions to this topic, feel free to send me a PM! You are new to 3d printing?- Be patient. The whole thing is very complex and just little adjustments will make the difference from failed to pretty prints. Start with easy, little things to create (1-3hours i would suggest) . Going to print the first time and then getting a 24h print on, maybe failes. There is a lot to learn, if it didn´t work for a long time, cool off a bi… Hope this helps! Feel free to ask again 😉 ---
**Author:** ![demoniousrex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@demoniousrex](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/demoniousrex)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/brand-new-to-3d-printing-37-hour-printing-time-normal/7087/3 "2020-06-13T15:30:58Z")
You sir are awesome! Thank you. Gonna take me a bit to get all the info you provided … But awesome! Thank you so much. ---
**Author:** ![demoniousrex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@demoniousrex](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/demoniousrex)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/brand-new-to-3d-printing-37-hour-printing-time-normal/7087/4 "2020-06-13T19:39:03Z")
So… Thought I’d post an update. Had to stop part way through. Restarted with the settings above and was able to get the total time down to 2 hours. It was doing way more than it needed to and it’s because I set the profile wrong on accident. Thanks again for all your help! ---
**Author:** ![Highcast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Highcast](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Highcast)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/brand-new-to-3d-printing-37-hour-printing-time-normal/7087/5 "2020-06-17T16:02:59Z")
Yeah. The bigger you go, the longer it lasts. This half of a small subwoofer enclosure takes quite a bit to print. ![lowerhalf](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/2X/2/29016033dcdc91fe4f2ce350c26f950ca09ecb25.png)