Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:12 am
I also find "version control" to be very difficult. For example, I have a profile for eSun PLA+, but I just changed to a new spool of a different color, and I'm having to re-tweak things. I'm also learning as I go, and am frequently adjusting various parameters to suit a given model. Even if I create a new profile for every spool of filament I own, I may have one with supports turned on (or several with different support spacings depending on the model size), different amounts of infill, etc.. Keeping track of all this stuff is getting to be a nightmare. I've already grabbed a profile by mistake once that had some bad start-up settings buried in it that kept crashing my printer. I'm beginning to use file names like "eSun PLA+ Blue w 2mm Support Grid 10 pct Infill 10-11-17", which is getting a bit tiresome.
Rather than having stuff scattered on 11(!) different tabs, a one page summary of commonly adjusted parameters would be helpful. If you make changes to a profile that you haven't saved, you could flag them in red on the summary page. Once you've got a summary page, another useful feature would be a comparison button that highlites differences between two summary pages. That way you could keep a default profile to compare to. This would make it much easier to track changes.
Thanks!