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by ssackett
Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:12 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: GCode Scroll in preview mode
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GCode Scroll in preview mode

Sometimes a print will have a problem area that could be improved by tweaking the GCode directly. It would be helpful to have a scroll window containing the GCode that is synchronized with the tool path display. This would allow you to locate the problem area using the tool path graphic and edit the...
by ssackett
Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:34 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Automatic compensation for curvature
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Automatic compensation for curvature

When printing an object such as a hollow sphere the vertical walls will be thicker than the horizontal ones due to the fact that there is less material per unit of surface area as the curvature increases. As you approach the top of the sphere, if you hold the extrusion rate constant, the amount of m...
by ssackett
Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:56 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Substitutions in post processing
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Re: Substitutions in post processing

Yes, coupling it with the layer would be ideal. Perhaps it could be done with a conditional such as: if(layer==5) my_script Where my_script is a file processed with the same substitution rules as the start script. An alternative would be to use a switch statement such as: switch(layer) case 1 : brea...
by ssackett
Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:27 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Substitutions in post processing
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Substitutions in post processing

In the advanced settings for processes the Scripts section has an area for the G-Code starting script. There are entries in the starting script for the LulzBot Mini (and I assume other printers) where values are substituted for symbolic parameters. For example the line M140 S[bed0_temperature] This ...

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