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Flow rate calibration calculator

Print OrcaSlicer’s flow test, find the block with the smoothest top, and type its modifier with the flow ratio you printed with to get your new ratio.

Your test
The flow ratio in the filament's settings when you printed the test, such as 0.98.
The number on the block whose top is smoothest. It can be negative: type -6 for -6.

Result

New flow ratio1.029

Change
+5%

These are example numbers. Change any box to see your own.

How the new ratio is worked out

For pass 1 and pass 2, OrcaSlicer multiplies the ratio you printed with by 100 plus the modifier, then divides by 100. Its example starts from 0.98 and picks the block marked +5, which gives 1.029.

The YOLO test adds the modifier to the ratio instead. From 0.98, the block marked +0.01 gives 0.99.

Pass 1 and pass 2

The first pass prints blocks over a wide range in percent, and the second pass prints ten blocks from -9 to 0 around the result of the first. Print the second pass with the ratio from the first, as OrcaSlicer’s example does, so that its modifiers start from the right value.

The YOLO test

YOLO prints eleven blocks in one go, from -0.05 to +0.05 in steps of 0.01, and it is the method that OrcaSlicer recommends. Its finer version steps by 0.005. Pick the smoothest top with no gaps between the arcs, and type its number as a decimal.

When to calibrate again

Run the test for each new filament you want to tune, and keep the result with that filament. The next test then starts from it, the way the second pass starts from the first.

Asked often

Which block should I pick?
The one whose top surface is smoothest. In the YOLO test, also look for a block with no visible gaps between the arcs of its top.
What is the difference between pass 1, pass 2 and YOLO?
Pass 1 and pass 2 mark their blocks in percent and change the ratio by that percent. The YOLO test marks its eleven blocks with decimals from -0.05 to +0.05 and adds the number to the ratio. Its finer version runs from -0.04 to +0.035 in steps of 0.005.
Do I run pass 2 with the ratio from pass 1?
Yes. OrcaSlicer’s own example takes 1.029, the result of its first pass, into the second pass, where the block marked -6 gives 0.96726.
Can the modifier be negative?
Yes. The blocks of the second pass run from -9 to 0, and the YOLO blocks below the middle are negative. Type the minus sign before the number.

Where the numbers come from

  1. OrcaSlicer wiki: Flow ratio calibration (opens in a new tab), read on 2026-11-04.

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