# Low Quality Prints - Ipad
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [April 20, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579 "2025-04-20T15:12:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Mlawlyes1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mlawlyes1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/1 "2025-04-20T15:12:38Z")
I have the full .edu version which is active until next year. I had not used it for a few weeks. Use on the iPad with most recent update.
Drew up a few small projects last night for printing on a Creality K2. I am getting very low quality .stl files (as well as other file types). For instance, when I have an angled surface, I get what are basically steps or ledges, resulting in a very rough surface.
When I export, I am using high resolution. I’ve also tried setting the inputs manually, which helps but does not fix the problem. It appears normal in Creality Slicer until I slice it, at which time the steps or ledges appear. Then I get the same steps in prints.
This appears to be a Shapr3d issue. I’ve tried importing files into Creality I created weeks ago with Shapr, and those are normal. It is just the drawings done in the past two days.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/2 "2025-04-20T15:30:15Z")
Can you share the file on the forum?
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### Author:  [@Mlawlyes1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mlawlyes1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/3 "2025-04-20T15:39:20Z")
[https://collaborate.shapr3d.com/v/eqOi6XzLiuhHy7o9xtTHt](https://collaborate.shapr3d.com/v/eqOi6XzLiuhHy7o9xtTHt)
I can’t upload the file as I am a “new user”. Hopefully this works.
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### Author:  [@Mlawlyes1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mlawlyes1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/4 "2025-04-20T15:42:47Z")
Google drive link
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qL7i7g6-ORTkmx3Vn\_huFpVO9r889paT/view?usp=drivesdk](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qL7i7g6-ORTkmx3Vn_huFpVO9r889paT/view?usp=drivesdk)
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### Author:  [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/5 "2025-04-20T15:50:42Z")
Your STL file looks good. Could it be a Slicer issue with your printer?
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### Author:  [@Mlawlyes1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mlawlyes1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/6 "2025-04-20T16:00:22Z")
It could be, but my older files go into and out of the slicer fine. There is some new disconnect between Shapr and my slicer that didn’t exist two weeks ago. Frustrating.
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### Author:  [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/7 "2025-04-20T16:11:37Z")
As far as I can tell, it is not a Shapr3D issue. Your STL file slices fine in Prusaslicer.
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### Author:  [@Mlawlyes1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mlawlyes1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/8 "2025-04-20T16:12:25Z")
Awesome! I’ll investigate my slicer. I appreciate you helping me narrow the issue!
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### Author:  [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/9 "2025-04-20T17:33:08Z")
Those ridges Mike is showing is correct. If you have the new Creality Print it is based off Bambu and Prusa Slicer so the results will be the same.
If you have your Quality to Standard you see the ridges.
Bump the qualitly to .08 ridges become smaller.
On Bambu I have .2mm nozzle instead of 4 that reduces the ridges even further.
On Bambu I also have .6mm nozzle then ridges will actually turn to steps.
In Shapr you can preview what the steps are going to be by creating a sample box and putting the layer height lets say the standard height of .2mm side by side you can see how ridges could form.
It’s more pronounced when slope becomes smaller.
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### Author:  [@Mlawlyes1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mlawlyes1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/10 "2025-04-20T18:16:14Z")
Wow. Thank you for the thorough response! I’ll play with it when I get home. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/low-quality-prints-ipad/37579/11 "2025-04-20T20:29:27Z")
While back making miniature wheel chair ramp for an architectural model I realized the smooth ramp turned into steps. So my solution was printing the ramp on the flat side to skip sandpapering it because the bottom would not be visible.
Because the project was time sensitive I had to calculate the time for sanding, glueing it together vs using smaller nozzle waiting almost 3 times as long so learned a lot from that experience. The other option was using Resin Printer.