I'm about to make my first print using Creator on a MG Prusa.
I'm puzzled by the choice of velocity units ... mm/MINUTE. I've been printing for months, and all the software & firmware I've used has mm/SECOND. Is there a setting in Creator that can change the units?
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Re: Velocity Units
If you look at your G-Code file, you'll see why we chose to stick with mm/min as the units. Your firmware and G-Code files all speak in terms of mm/minute. If you send a command to the firmware via the Machine Control Panel, you would need to be using mm/minute. If you're trying to correctly render a preview of the file, you would need to use mm/minute.
We had multiple questions from users early on who were confused why the speeds they set in their FFF settings were not getting carried over to their G-Code files. In reality it was just due to a different unit system, but it makes a lot of sense to stick with one common format to avoid this confusion. We also have people using english units (gasp!) which uses inch/min as the common feedrate.
We had multiple questions from users early on who were confused why the speeds they set in their FFF settings were not getting carried over to their G-Code files. In reality it was just due to a different unit system, but it makes a lot of sense to stick with one common format to avoid this confusion. We also have people using english units (gasp!) which uses inch/min as the common feedrate.
