Filament usage per layer?
Feature I missed today: My printer ran out of filament. No problem, Prusa handles filament runout greatly. But: It was on layer 280/344. I have a spools end, and I know it has 12g filament on it. Is this enough to finish the print?
The slicer calculates filament usage already. To do so, it needs to calculate it layer by layer. It would be nice, if this info would be available. There is probably not room on the LCD for this, but cold the slicer ruler show it?
RE: Filament usage per layer?
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You can sort of do what you want already in the slicer anyway. If you had the project saved and you know the layer where you ran out (which you do) then you can slice it, add a colour change at that layer and re-slice. The preview would then show you how much filament was needed of each colour. As your "colour change" is at the layer where it stopped then the top colour would be how much in grams was needed to complete the print.
RE: Filament usage per layer?
Thank you! The clever workaround you suggested is good; the issue doesn't come that often.