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Aha... that link :)
Nice!
Ekocycle seems to be plugged in too now.
Quick programming note - your material type drop-down doesn't contain EKO. You only see it when you load an Ekocycle file.
Is Exit and Close wired in the UI?
I am getting 'unable to save' errors when I try preserving the original file in default preferences. Save-as returns the same error.
No issues when I untick preserve and tick history.
Something is not responding to the error state blocking the overwrite.
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I do mechanical CAD similarly. Plenty of new features to explore.
Making any headway with Cura?
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New version, same URL, but just in case:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gd...mhQ_f28-DhOI6e
Close and Exit are now wired up. I also did some clean up on the dropdowns, so that if you select EKO, you only see EKO colors.... :) Same for PLA vs ABS. PLA has "Natural" and ABS does not. Of course, in today's world, Natural would be a no-no, and it would be called Peach or light orange, or light pink, or...
I haven't done a ton with Cura. I got back to work and was immediately swamped with a release coming up in a couple of weeks.
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Um, I think natural means unadulterated... No color filler pellets introduced into the hopper.
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Hmm...
Attachment 3337
Well, that doesn't look very clear. :) Looks like beige or maybe even egg-shell'ish.
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So, what you are saying is that Natural is the natural color of the PLA without any color pellets.
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And I am just being very, ah, tongue-in-cheek here. Not really being very serious. ;)
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LOL... Yea I know. But yes, PLA is a fairly translucent clear I thought and ABS is that like ivory but slightly translucent. Some of the nicest ABS I have for statues and figures.
However, we could talk 'nude'... and that's a tough color to find! I had a Hatchbox filament that came close to both opaqueness and color. You want a supplier that can assure a pantone color of choice reliably. And you do want to get a good saturation of color pellets in the hopper to get that excellent opaqueness of 3DS filaments.
Clear is simply another formulation. I really like the translucency of PETG.
https://robosavvy.com/store/media/ca...RNatural_1.jpg
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And I just ordered PLA today. Should have added that to 'eligible' free shipping ;( ....gotta go put it in the basket.
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Darn! I am trying to find 3DS' description of the M227 command.
As a further request, I would ask that the script also outputs and reads the last 2 variables on the M227 command.
I know I am asking a lot. This is turning out to be useful.
M227 P%d S%d G%d F%d
P should be reverse feed rate
S should be feed rate (same as M108 Sn?)
G is unique; has relevance in reaction time
F is most likely velocity, same as on G1.
I have found these 4 characteristics defined in an XML somewhere before. I need to keep looking.
You're going to have to come up with a way I can properly thank you for this most excellent effort, Buddy!
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Aha;
M227:
PrimeSteps |
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450 |
375 |
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| ReverseSteps |
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450 |
375 |
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| PrimeExtruder |
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600 |
400 |
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| ReverseExtruder |
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800 |
800 |
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M228
PrimeHoldOff |
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0 |
0 |
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| ReverseHoldOff |
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450 |
375 |
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Still doesn't make sense, but that's what I got.
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Oh Interesting.
let me see what I can work up for the G and F parameters. Do you want this in the UI as well as script support? :)
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The UI already has these for edit in the second screen. Just the script generator that doesn't have these.
Oh, duh, yes, let the UI read these in through a script.
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So, I was using my own tool, gasp, and I found, dun-dun... dun-dun... (jaws music), a BUG! Yes, you heard it here first! It has to do with preserving the original file. It actually will now. :D
Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gd...mhQ_f28-DhOI6e
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I was looking to break out the P, S, G and F values for the retract start commands. It will look something like:
MODIFY RETRACTSTART XXXX REPLACE PPPP SSSS GGGG FFFF
an example:
MODIFY RETRACTSTART 450 REPLACE 225 225 800 9000
the script generator will still generate the old format:
MODIFY RETRACTSTART 450 BY REPLACE 225
And the script processor will accept both formats, but the original command will leave G and F unchanged.
The adding the new command was fairly quick to add. I will post the update once I do some testing. I will see about also generating the new command.
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New version posted that will use both formats of the retractstart line. (at least from the load-script case from the UI). I will do more testing, but I thought I would get it out so that others can beat on it too...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gd...mhQ_f28-DhOI6e
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You Rock Buddy!
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Crumb... is it this simple...
M227 P%d S%d G%d F%d
M227:
PrimeSteps 450 375 FALSE
ReverseSteps 450 375 FALSE
PrimeExtruder 600 400 FALSE
ReverseExtruder 800 800 TRUE
M228
PrimeHoldOff 0 0 TRUE
ReverseHoldOff 450 375 FALSE
Steps are stepper steps, that's easy... but the "extruder" values should be 'velocity' similar to the F-values on G1 commands.
These two values are not part of a generic offering of GCode M227.
Now to figure out what M228 ReverseHoldOff means.
