<p>New to the group so please let me know if I am not asking / formatting correctly.</p>
<p>So I have just started 3D resin printing with my new Elegoo Saturn. I have printed a couple of free STL files with no problem. I drew up a part for my modeling project with SketchUp maker. Exported the STL file into Chitubox and made a test print after slicing the file. The bottom layer(s) do not seem to print ... the bottom plate should be 4 mm but always prints at 2-3 mm. This makes my clearance groves almost disappear. What should be thru holes have a small layer closing the hole. The bottom layer seems to be &quot;smashed out ... not a clean edge.</p>
<p>I have read, watched, studied lots of &quot;help&quot; on the web, make several slow changes to bottom layer print times, adjustments to lift / rest / etc, and lots more test prints which all have failed.</p>
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2021-12-17T18:56:13.113Z
Have another go with adding the photos - they're always helpful.  I can't get anything but an error from your links.
Criggie
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2021-12-18T01:52:38.913Z
I fixed the images, they should be visible now. Thanks.
Bruce B. Blackwood
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2022-09-27T21:04:47.910Z
we experience exactly the same problems on a saturn s and saturn 2 - might be a software issue with chitubox...
Did you solve that problem?
William Haussmann
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First / bottom layers not printing?
Bruce B. Blackwood
# First / bottom layers not printing?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-17)

New to the group so please let me know if I am not asking / formatting correctly.

So I have just started 3D resin printing with my new Elegoo Saturn. I have printed a couple of free STL files with no problem. I drew up a part for my modeling project with SketchUp maker. Exported the STL file into Chitubox and made a test print after slicing the file. The bottom layer(s) do not seem to print ... the bottom plate should be 4 mm but always prints at 2-3 mm. This makes my clearance groves almost disappear. What should be thru holes have a small layer closing the hole. The bottom layer seems to be "smashed out ... not a clean edge.

I have read, watched, studied lots of "help" on the web, make several slow changes to bottom layer print times, adjustments to lift / rest / etc, and lots more test prints which all have failed.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/FNmFN.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/FNmFN.jpg)
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/m3eXv.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/m3eXv.jpg)
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Am09k.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Am09k.jpg)
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/XPneW.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/XPneW.jpg)
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/syhzP.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/syhzP.jpg)

**Tags:** resin, layer-height, print-failure, elegoo-saturn

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have another go with adding the photos - they're always helpful.  I can't get anything but an error from your links.  
> **username_0**: I fixed the images, they should be visible now. Thanks.  
> **username_2**: we experience exactly the same problems on a saturn s and saturn 2 - might be a software issue with chitubox... Did you solve that problem?  

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