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Feature Request: Snapshot Window

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:40 am
by joesoap583
Could consideration please be given in a future version of S3D to the preview window showing a line of information containing salient printing parameters is shown? I'm thinking these parameters would apply if printing over USB. Often times when I am designing a new printing profile I want to be reminded of some basic information about the current job being executed.

Salient parameters might include current left/right and heated bed temperature, current height (Z axis value), percentage complete, and infill percentage. I appreciate that some of these values are shown on the bot, however if you are remote from the printer and accessing the control PC over a network connection you can't actually see those values.

It is also possible to see much of this information via the printer control panel. However that involves extra work in launching that dialog.

Re: Feature Request: Snapshot Window

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:43 am
by joesoap583
In case this request might be too complex - could S3D at least show the name of the FFF profile currently being used? So many times I have aborted a print whilst it is heating up to go and check that I've got the right FFF profile selected, and if that name was shown on the printing screen that would save me the effort.

I know what my printing parameters are from the FFF name I have defined - and I have created several FFF profiles to give different infills etc. I just need to be reminded whether I'm printing at 100% infill or some lesser value. Right now the only way I can tell is to go to the FFF Settings dialog.