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

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

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.

Re: Is there a way to make a custom "filament_type"?

Thanks. I have been wondering the same thing.

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.

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.