Is there a print timeline rewind/advance option?
I was printing a part and the nozzle clogged. I paused the print and unloaded and reloaded the filament and all was well.
Unfortunately I lost a little of the layer that I was printing, but kept going since it was TPU.
It would have been nice to have an option on the menu screen after you PAUSE, to scroll back (maybe forward not sure on that thought) through the print head movements ONLY until I reached the point I want, then resume and the print resumes ALL GCode from that point on.
Is this too pie in the sky?
Re: Is there a print timeline rewind/advance option?
Nice idea ... and to some extent already implemented in an automatic form (power panic print recovery). But to have a manual version seems like there's a lot of UI insufficiency. Using a KISS philosophy, maybe moving back a layer at a time could be easier to implement. PAUSE then RESUME or RESUME-1 restarts the layer. But moving back five layers would cause all sort of havoc if they had already been deposited. But moving back in a file a few moves is probably beyond anything practical.
Though, you can go to Github, and enter a feature request against the firmware.
Re: Is there a print timeline rewind/advance option?
I though about that, but moving full layers would be too bulk.
I was thinking more like a new menu is available only during a paused print.
Then that menu allows you to enter a "timeline" mode that lets you use the scroll wheel to dial back and forward through the gcode, using only the X, Y, and Z operations till your nozzle is where you want it.
Then you have the choice to accept the timeline position or you can revert.
Upon resuming the print, if you accepted the new timeline position, that is where the gcode will begin again.
Didn't think about that. I'll try submitting it.
Thanks