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TJH
 TJH
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Is there a way to make a custom "filament_type"?

Slic3r (1.41.0) has the nifty feature to append some of the details to the file name of the gcode.
But, ... I'd like to add a custom "filament_type". Slic3r calls nylon "PET"--but it's not the same.
I also print with both so it's confusing.
Any way to add to the set of available choices?

Posted : 09/09/2018 2:46 am
davidsteinman
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Re: Is there a way to make a custom "filament_type"?

On the Filament Settings tab, select Advanced. You can type directly into the Filament type even though it is a pulldown.

There are a lot of settings you can enter into the filename in Print Settings, Output Options. For example,

[input_filename_base]_[filament_type]_[temperature]F_[layer_height]mm_[fill_density].gcode

There are more, like the name for the filament settings used. I don't think I have seen a complete list anywhere.

David

Posted : 09/09/2018 4:55 pm
bobstro
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Re: Is there a way to make a custom "filament_type"?

You can change Filament Settings->Advanced->Filament properties->Filament type to anything you want. From what I can tell, it's purely a convenience setting and doesn't change any actual print characteristics. I created "XT" for Colorfabb XT, and some flex variants. I use this under Print Settings->Output options->Output file->Output filename format as [input_filename_base] [notes] [filament_type] [layer_height]X[nozzle_diameter] [first_layer_temperature]-[temperature] [first_layer_bed_temperature]-[bed_temperature].gcode. In practice, I'm finding the temp and nozzle info more useful. The "type" field is a handy shortcut, but the actual settings matter more when selecting files appropriate to my current hardware configuration.

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Posted : 09/09/2018 9:41 pm
cwbullet
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Re: Is there a way to make a custom "filament_type"?

Thanks. I have been wondering the same thing.

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Posted : 10/09/2018 12:29 am
TJH
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Re: Is there a way to make a custom "filament_type"?

Got it. Thanks for the info. It didn't occur to me to type over the suggested value. I suspect there's some way to modify the list of default choices as well. I understand it doesn't do anything per-se, but it's useful to help keep track when printing the same part in different materials.

Posted : 10/09/2018 1:05 pm
bobstro
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Re: Is there a way to make a custom "filament_type"?


Got it. Thanks for the info. It didn't occur to me to type over the suggested value. I suspect there's some way to modify the list of default choices as well. I understand it doesn't do anything per-se, but it's useful to help keep track when printing the same part in different materials.
I'd like to use that value to identify a safe "no-ooze" temp to use for hotend warmup in my startup gcode, but haven't tried it yet. I think using the same substring matches used in the filament dependencies would work. For now, I use the type value in my file naming to keep things sorted.

My notes and disclaimers on 3D printing

and miscellaneous other tech projects
He is intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern indicates two dimensional thinking. -- Spock in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

Posted : 10/09/2018 2:54 pm
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