Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
I know, with PrusaSlicer, I can look at each level and see what it will look like when it prints. I also know I can do that with OctoPrint as well - just look at it layer by layer.
What I'd like to do is see the route the print head takes WITHIN a layer. For instance, say I have a test print later that's 25 squares, 15mm each. If it's one layer and I look at it in PrusaSlicer, I can see that layer, but I can't see where the print head starts and which square it prints first and where it goes when it's done with that first square.
Is there software (preferably for macOS or OctoPrint) that can interpret the Code and show me how a single layer is drawn?
RE: Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
You can use the horizontal slider in Prusaslicer to see how each layer is being laid down.
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RE: Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
The G-code viewer in Octoprint has the option to sync with the progress of the print plus a lot more.
RE: Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
You can use the horizontal slider in Prusaslicer to see how each layer is being laid down.
Wow! I'm making all sorts of senseless mistakes today - I have never even seen that there. Works just like I want it to.
I'm making a test pattern of 25 squares, like I mentioned. The problem is, when I put that in PrusaSlicer and slice it, I have no control (at least not that I know of) over what squares are printed first. If I could make it start with the front left square and move across to the right, then, when a row is done, move to the next one behind it, it would be MUCH easier, while watching it and doing a Live Z adjust, to follow the progress I make as I make my adjustments. It'd always be easy to see the just-printed square and, when done, to follow the progress, than it is when it prints the squares in another more random order.
RE: Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
Sometimes manual placing of the models or its instances or setting 'Avoid crossing perimeters' can help with certain situations.
Of if you have spare free area you could try 'Complete individual objects' under Sequential Printing https://help.prusa3d.com/article/sequential-printing_124589
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
RE: Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
You should be able to determine the order by moving the objects around in the parts list.
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RE: Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
You should be able to determine the order by moving the objects around in the parts list.
So PrusaSlicer actually plans out a slice by the object order? I've been importing STLs for this. Even though I laid out the squares in the STL in the order I wanted, it didn't seem to matter, so I guess when an STL file is imported, the object order doesn't transfer over.
RE: Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
I think I have to correct myself. I checked and the order is only honored when Complete Individual Objects is selected. I'm pretty sure that was different in older versions of Prusaslicer.
There's an open Github ticket to this effect: https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/issues/5175
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RE: Is there software to show the progress of a print within a level?
I think I have to correct myself. I checked and the order is only honored when Complete Individual Objects is selected. I'm pretty sure that was different in older versions of Prusaslicer.
Okay, well, I can still do it in GCode. I figured this was a good chance to do a bit that'd give me some hands-on experience. I figure it won't be too hard - just calculate the starting points of the squares and write a subroutine that makes a square - using relative motion, and call it repeatedly with each coordinate pair for the start corner of each square.