Print turned into spaghetti

The part came off the plate and the printer kept extruding into open air.

detached mid-printplastic bird nestprinting in mid-air

Causes, most likely first

Ordered by how often each is actually responsible, not by how interesting it is. Work down the list.

Adhesion failed partway up

Work through the first-layer symptom — this is that failure, discovered late.

Calibration step: Dial in Z-offset and first-layer squish →

Warping pulled the part free

Add a brim, raise bed temperature, and enclose for high-temp materials.

Tall narrow part with a small footprint

Add a brim or a raft, and reduce speed on upper layers where leverage is highest.

Nozzle knocked the part loose

Enable Z-hop on travel moves.

Open First Layer →
The app walks this in order, generates the test model for your nozzle and filament, and records what you measure so nothing has to be repeated. Free, no account, works offline.