Troubleshooting:
Layer Shift

Print displaced on X or Y axis

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Time

4–8 min

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Mode

Guided

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Impact

Critical

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Answer questions. Get the cause.

This flow keeps the tested CN3D diagnostic logic and only changes the presentation.

Diagnostic Progress

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Start by describing what you see. Your answers will build a diagnostic path.

Step 1 of 5

Does your printer use sensorless homing (StallGuard/no physical endstop switches)?

Check your config — if X/Y have no physical endstop switches, you have sensorless homing. StallGuard is ONLY active during homing, NOT during printing.

Related issues

🛠️Recommended calibration

Check these before changing random slicer values.

📏Skew CorrectionCalibrationFix square and diagonal dimensional errors.›⚡Max Volumetric FlowCalibrationFind the real melt limit of your hotend.›

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📚Read the explanation

Understand why this symptom appears.

📋Filament Calibration OrderArticleWhy each calibration step affects the next.›

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🎓Structured learning

Go deeper when the same problem keeps coming back.

🎓CN3D LearnLearnBuild the troubleshooting mindset instead of copying fixes.›

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