PETG setting from PrusaControl
Hi,
I would like to use the same settings used in PrusaControl for PETG in Slice3, but I don't know how to visualize them.
Basically, I'm not able to print with PETG in Slice3 (I noticed it mooves too fast) but it works very well if I print from PrusaControl (but here I don't have enough setting I would like to use).
After some test, I saw that temperatures are the same in both softwares, but I realized there is a a big difference in estimated printing time (9.30h in Slice3 vs 13.40 h in PrusaControl) and I can see that with Slice3 the nozzle is mooving a lot faster.
Any help?
Giuliano
Re: PETG setting from PrusaControl
If you open the gcode generated in PrusaControl in a text editor, you can save all of the commented lines at the bottom (those preceded with a semicolon ';') and delete the rest. Delete the top print info lines:
; filament used = XXX.Xmm (XX.Xcm3)
; filament used = XX.X
; filament cost = X.X
; total filament cost = X.X
Then use search & replace to remove the semicolon and space '; ' at the start of each line and save the resulting line with a '.ini' extension. The resulting file should look something like this:
You can then import this configuration into Slic3rPE with the File->Load config. Modify the Print Settings, Filament Settings and Printer Settings tabs to suit your needs and save each profile with a new name.
Re: PETG setting from PrusaControl
Thank you for the answer.
My file generated by PrusaControl looks a lot different from yours. It is like that:
; generated by Slic3r 1.37.2.1-prusa3d-win64 on 2018-11-26 at 09:23:42
;
; external perimeters extrusion width = 0.42mm
; perimeters extrusion width = 0.45mm
; infill extrusion width = 0.45mm
; solid infill extrusion width = 0.45mm
; top infill extrusion width = 0.42mm
; first layer extrusion width = 0.42mm
M107 ; disable fan
M115 U3.1.0 ; tell printer latest fw version
M83 ; extruder relative mode
M104 S230 ; set extruder temp
M140 S85 ; set bed temp
M190 S85 ; wait for bed temp
M109 S230 ; wait for extruder temp
G28 W ; home all without mesh bed level
G80 ; mesh bed leveling
G1 Y-3.0 F1000.0 ; go outside pritn area
G1 X60.0 E9.0 F1000.0 ; intro line
G1 X100.0 E12.5 F1000.0 ; intro line
G92 E0.0
M900 K45
G21 ; set units to millimeters
G90 ; use absolute coordinates
M83 ; use relative distances for extrusion
;BEFORE_LAYER_CHANGE
;0.2
G1 E-0.80000 F2100.00000 ; retract
G1 Z0.600 F7200.000 ; lift Z
;AFTER_LAYER_CHANGE
;0.2
G1 X58.644 Y55.353 F7200.000 ; move to first skirt point
G1 Z0.200 F7200.000 ; restore layer Z
G1 E0.80000 F2100.00000 ; unretract
M204 S1000 ; adjust acceleration
G1 F1800
G1 X60.679 Y54.826 E0.06590 ; skirt
G1 X62.789 Y54.625 E0.06647 ; skirt
G1 X187.008 Y54.623 E3.89480 ; skirt
G1 X189.405 Y54.842 E0.07548 ; skirt
G1 X191.786 Y55.510 E0.07754 ; skirt
G1 X193.956 Y56.575 E0.07579 ; skirt
G1 X195.164 Y57.407 E0.04597 ; skirt
G1 X196.034 Y58.140 E0.03567 ; skirt
G1 X197.584 Y59.825 E0.07179 ; skirt
G1 X198.392 Y60.992 E0.04452 ; skirt
G1 X198.959 Y62.024 E0.03691 ; skirt
...
I'm a bit confused.
Giuliano
Re: PETG setting from PrusaControl
Yes, yours will look completely different since it's a different model and may have been sliced with a completely different version of Slic3r (PrusaControl uses Slic3r under the hood). Don't worry about that.
I learned a new trick watching a video by Chris Warkocki on YouTube last night. You no longer have to edit the gcode file to extract the config info. If you open SLic3rPE and simply do File->Load Config, you can select an existing gcode file. That will import the settings into Slic3rPE and you'll see new profile names for any of the Print Settings, Filament Settings or Printer Settings tabs that have been modified from your existing config.
Re: PETG setting from PrusaControl
That was easy and fast...and it worked!
Now I see that a lot of settings have changed (particularly several speeds/accelerations).
Also the predicted time is almost the same (14h6m in Slic3r vs 13h51m in PrusaControl, so the difference is now less than 2%).
I'm going to test this configuration in a couple of days and I'll let you know.
Thank you a lot! 😀
Re: PETG setting from PrusaControl
Test done, it worked perfectly.
Thank you a lot for your help! I'm really grateful!
So, I've seen a lot of people having problems with PETG and Slic3r default settings. I would suggest to try to import default settings for PETG from PrusaControl.