<p>When choosing a layer height, I know that often you go as fine as your printer will do for better precision, but sometimes you go a little thicker, for speed, for example.</p>

<p>I also see 0.1&nbsp;mm and 0.2&nbsp;mm as common thicknesses.</p>

<p>What are my options here? When I'm working on a part where I want to print a draft piece, and the quality matters less, can I set it to 0.15&nbsp;mm? 0.11&nbsp;mm? The Ultimaker Cura slicer I normally use will let me put in almost anything, but what can it really do? If I can use values in between simple 0.1&nbsp;mm increments, are there reasons I might want to do so?</p>

<p>For reference, I have a Monoprice Maker Select Plus with a 0.4&nbsp;mm nozzle and, again, Ultimaker Cura as the slicer. But more general answers for other printer types and slicers are also encouraged. I want to know about this generally, and not just for one printer.</p>

You decide which layer height you want based on the quality you desire, but never go over about 75 % of your nozzle diameter, so with your 0.4 mm nozzle never choose layer heights larger than 0.3 mm. The rationale of this rule of thumb is that the filament leaves the nozzle as a tube and needs to be flattened to make it adhere to the previous layer.