FlyingDutch
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Joined: Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:45 am

Bulk setting change for processes

Feature: bulk setting change

It would be nice to be able to change a single or multiple settings for a selection of processes at once. If this is already possible, I apologize for apparently not having read the fine manual well enough :)

Say I have an object printed using 5 processes. Single extruder, the processes are needed for settings like cooling, speed, infill, and so forth.

Now say I find out that the printing temperature for my filament should be 5 degrees higher.

This will cost an insane amount of clicks. I'd have to first click a process, then the temperature tab, which defaults to the bed, so then I need to click the extruder, and change temperature. Then I'd have to repeat this for the other 4 processes.

So to change only the temperature, say 5 degrees higher, I'd need about at least 15 clicks, and be very carefull I did not miss a process.

Ofcourse this does not only go for temperature. This goes for every change which is universal across all processes.

I can see several ways of going about this. You could make a bulk settings change wizard, in which you just say what setting you want to change, and then which processes you want this change applied to.

The other way is by making it possible to select 2 processes, then edit, and then leave out the stuff which is really process specific (like name, process name, and so on) and let the user edit all common features like speed, temperature, and so on, for all processes at once.
brian442
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Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:35 am

Re: Bulk setting change for processes

Yup, you can use grouped processes to do this. Here's a video about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQfifnzL4Q
FlyingDutch
Posts: 16
Joined: Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:45 am

Re: Bulk setting change for processes

Ah, so this is a case of RTFM. Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
tonyno
Posts: 182
Joined: Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:46 pm

Re: Bulk setting change for processes

How about some indicator that fields are the same across the group?

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