Spiffyman

I am new to 3D printing and I am not sure how to troubleshoot printing issues. In this post, I have a specific issue I cannot figure out and would love help diagnosing it. But I would also welcome beginner friendly resources to determine what the issue is and how to address it. I like gardening and with plants, you learn a method of identifying issues and working your way to ID the problem so you can narrow possible solutions. Example: I have a plant that looks unhealthy.

1. What about the plant looks bad? a) yellow leaves
2. is the leaf yellow or the veins in the leaf yellow a) leaf is yellow, the veins are green
3. are the older leaves yellow, the younger leaves yellow, or ALL leaves yellow? a) younger leaves
4. likely an iron deficiency.

So now I know the issue so I can then look at the various options that would address that issue, likely starting with the simplest option and trying more complicated ones as the simple answers don't solve it.

If there existed resources that could guide me like that for 3D printing I would be grateful!

Now, onto my current issue. I have a model I made that has some layering issues that make it easier to pull apart than it should. But the weird thing is it only happens to larger prints. I have tested this pretty easily because I have been making simple shapes will learning how to do parametric modeling. In the smaller shapes, the print is SOLID. But when I change 1 parameter to make it longer, the print is more brittle and the layers are not as clean as the shorter version. The top layer is also not as clean as the shorter version. The practice object I am making is basically 2 connected rectangles with one taller than the other. I printed several with 30mm length and they printed fine. When I change the length to 300mm, it prints poorly. That is what the picture I attached shows. I have tried printing several times on different parts of the plate, thinking maybe there is a part on the plate that is not flat, but the is not solved that way. The brittleness seems pretty clear to be a layering issue, but I am not sure what they layering becomes an issue when the object becomes longer...

EDIT: Looks like I should provide more info. PRINTER: Sovol SV08, a corexy printer. It is new because I was scared a used printer might have issues I couldn't diagnose since I don't know 3d printers. MATERIAL: PLA SOFTWARE: FreeCAD for designing, OrcaSlicer for printing. LOCATION: Open air in my room with a ceiling fan running all day (which apparently might be part of the problem here?)

Here are some more pictures, with better lighting.

1. Layering
2. Top Layer
3. Decided to check if I could peel it. Yup, it was easy.

I have a bookstack instance self-hosted and I quick like the program and workflow. I like having 'books' of information to separate/organize my information. It feels very much like folder heirarchy to me, and while that has its issues, I prefer it. Being able to add tags to pages helps alleviate some of those issues and helps with a broad search for an idea when I don't know where it is stored down the line. Here is a quick view of my bookstack. It's nothing fancy, but a visual to see what I'm talking about.

It’s great software. But I am very fond of software designed to be readable in 100 years. Meaning that the file does not require the program to be read. Text files (.txt, .rtf, .odt) are formats that are designed to be read in the future without MS Word, or Notepad; .doc, .docx, etc without microsoft might not be readable in 100 years without having MS software. That is why I like taking notes with markdown and why I like software like QownNotes, obsidian, and logsec which produce files that are readable without the program. So if they crash and burn, I don’t lose my data. With Bookstack, I cannot view that data without bookstack. And if I wanted to move my documents to a different software, I cannot export everything. I can export page-by-page but that’s only reasonble on a small scale. So, while I like the program, I would like to move to another program for my wiki/personal knowledge base.

For those wondering why I am worried about this: I've run into many walls with software problems in my life:

1. software I use being abandoned
2. new terms of service I don not agree with blocking me from using the program I like
3. price hikes for software I use that are not worth it but I'm vendor locked and so I have to either pay or go the tedious route of moving my data slowly over because there is no export possibilities. 4)I am using a new device and I can't access or view my data because the software doesn't work on the device, hasn't been ported over, or isn't usable on the novel form factor of the device.

My worries with bookstack flow from there. It may be a good program, but what if my needs change, can I move my data easily?

In my search, Tiddlywiki was a standout in this view because it is a quine. It contains all its code to run/display itself (it’s a quine). So in 100 years, you should be able to open a tiddlywiki and it will contain be able to be read. However, I am having a hard time adapting to tiddlywiki’s way of doing things. Far less user friendly than Bookstack in ease of use. Thus I am writing this post to see if anyone else has ideas. Is there a way to make tiddlywiki look/work more like Bookstack in the book→pages (or folder→files) workflow? Or do you know of another piece of software for a knowledge base that meets the ideas above?