Slic3r PE 1.39.2 - can't get cost estimate to display?
I'm just playing around with Slic3r PE for the first time this morning, as I wanted to make some more permanent changes to my startup gcode (couldn't do that in PrusaControl) so I don't have to edit the gcode file after every export.
I saw in the filament settings that I can populate the Density and Cost fields, and briefly saw that info box come up at the bottom of the right panel on the Plater. However, it wasn't populating the estimate values, outside of the mm^3 and total meter estimates.
Now I can't figure out how I got that area to even appear, as all I get in the info box is:
Size / Volume
Facets / Materials
Manifold
Edit: I see now that the Sliced Info box only shows up after exporting the G-code, which seems weird to me... I imagine that there must be a reason it doesn't generate the estimate right away after slicing?
Prusa i3 MK3 kit
MK3/S Upgrade Kit
FW 3.7.0
Slic3r PE 1.41.3
Re: Slic3r PE 1.39.2 - can't get cost estimate to display?
Your observation is correct - the cost estimate only appears after exporting the gcode (or sending it to a connected/networked printer).
Common sense would indeed suggest that this data should already be available after slicing, but as the developers state here,
The information is not available until after gcode generation.
Re: Slic3r PE 1.39.2 - can't get cost estimate to display?
I completely don't understand why this (and other) information is only visible after exporting the gcode. This should be available after slicing, not after exporting. This is bad application design in my opinion.