Fortunately, there is a solution for sending your files to your Octoprint enabled printer.
In the "scripts" tab, at the bottom of the window there is another window labeled "Additional command line post processing" or something like that, if you put the following there, you will send your job to Octoprint/Octopi. I have RPi's on all of my printers and use this regularly.
curl -k -H "X-Api-Key: 4CE6142FB71B43668E1AF9FB0F3220B9" -F "select=true" -F "print=true" -F "file=@[output_filepath]" "
http://192.168.1.173/api/files/local" {STRIP "; postProcessing"}
The long hex number after X-Api-Key: is the API key you get from Octoprint. Then just edit your IP address for your printer and you are done.
There is another method for sending jobs to a Duet enabled printer as well.
curl -F "file=@[output_filepath]" "maestro/rr_upload?name=gcodes/[output_filename].gcode"
curl "maestro/rr_gcode?gcode=M32[output_filename].gcode"
curl "maestro/rr_disconnect"
Here, you enter the IP address or the network name of your printer where the "maestro" is in the text above. I named my Duet printer maestro in the Windows hosts file, just to see if it worked, you can use an IP address there. There are three lines in this invocation. Some filenames will give this script grief, I forget why, but you'll know because the file will cause errors at the Duet, which will tell you what NOT to use as a filename.
Yeah, both are klunky because while S3D is fantastically tunable, it is also a bit dated and crufty to tune.
I am not impressed with any of the other free or paid for slicers out there compared to S3D, but CURA's tree supports are the greatest things since sliced bread. S3D does a better job with multi-filament prints (with some gcode work in the "scripts" area) than CURA, which is terrible, and the multi-process capability of S3D is unequaled, as far as I know, for complex prints.
But sadly, S3D is no longer being maintained as years of silence have shown us. So promised updates and enhancements are pretty much dead. Still, I'm not going to stop using it because I am irked about their silence!
be well,
DLC
D. Clark
Robotics and sensors engineer
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