dennisjm wrote:Under the old 2.x workflow, I'd add a material to the xml file and then add entries for material width, cost, temperature etc.
In 3.x when I add a material and change some settings in the process, then go back to an original material. Those settings don't change back how they were or back to what they need for the new material. Do I need to manually edit the xml the way I used to or is there a way to get the expected result from the UI?
Each material tag has custom settings, depending on what profile you use this will be slightly different. For instance, some users may have:
<PLA>
<PLA_ExtruderTemp>
<PLA_BedTemp>
<PLA_FanSpeed>
<ABS>
<ABS_ExtruderTemp>
<ABS_BedTemp>
<ABS_FanSpeed>
In which case, whenever you change one of those values and change profiles it will be saved seamlessly. However, if your FFF profile is setup in this manner, changing something like Material cost would not get saved. Your FFF profile would need to look like :
<PLA>
<PLA_ExtruderTemp>
<PLA_BedTemp>
<PLA_FanSpeed>
<PLA_MaterialCost>
<ABS>
<ABS_ExtruderTemp>
<ABS_BedTemp>
<ABS_FanSpeed>
<ABS_MaterialCost>
You can add a ton of tags and really customize your FFF settings profile. It's just important to understand that the only the Tags that are attached to a Material Auto-Configure will be saved for a certain material when changing/updating profiles.