S3D-Jake wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:20 am
Omikron wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 7:42 pm
Jake, is there a single comprehensive resource available for guidelines and limitations of manually editing FFF profiles? I see bits and pieces in threads throughout the forum but no comprehensive resource int the Support area.
We've not published anything comprehensive on the subject at this point. It's an area of the software's functionality which is certainly only meant to be delved into by very advanced users.
Is there something more specific you'd like to accomplish by externally editing your profile? Perhaps someone has tried it before and I can point you in the right direction.
I consider myself an advanced user, but I shouldn't have to guess at the behavior of the software or how to configure certain aspects.
Specifically I am looking for:
1. What methods can be used to have various settings overrode and set by machine, quality, or material.
2. Information about what things can break those carefully curated profiles from working as expected. Once settings have been "moved" to other areas in the XML file, does changing an associated setting in the GUI simply change the value, or does it also change it's position in the XML, thus reverting to the default S3D functionality for that setting? I have seen some posts indicate that it shouldn't break anything, but I've also seen other posts that indicate once a setting is modified manually in the FFF it should not be modified in the GUI.
3. Regarding the horizontal size compensation, is there a way to input a percentage? Inputting a value in mm is not helpful considering different models will have different values here.
The lack of official documentation or guidance makes this very difficult to understand. I don't see the reason why many of these things can't be compiled into a single KB article for use by advanced users.