Things that don't fit in existing profiles.
I find that some parameters in Print, Filament and Printer do not belong. For instance Seam Position does not belong in Print, rather it related to the part being printed. Similarly, Draft shield and brim width.
I guess you could get round it by creating a check list but it would be great if those things were either moved to a new profile (Part?) or to a different profile (eg Draft shield should either be in Filament or a new profile).
RE: Things that don't fit in existing profiles.
At least it's in separate profiles. Having to go through every setting with other slicers is maddening.
I like those settings in my print settings, but a per-print override -- maybe as part of a "project" profile that stays with the 3MF? -- would be useful for one-off tweaks. Perhaps a per-project set of overrides for any settings? I've got some very delicate prints that I manually adjust the speed to 50% to print. It would be nice to insert an M220 in the startup gcode for those but only those.
I wish there was a separate nozzle/extruder profile so we could use the same printer definition (with custom gcode, octoprint settings) with different nozzles rather than copying the entire printer profile. The physical printer move might be a step in that direction.
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RE: Things that don't fit in existing profiles.
While we are on this topic, why is there no speed override in the Filament settings? Surely each filament has a preferred min/max print speed and should/can be set per filament? Right now I'm doing changing the speed settings for project/model that I can about lower max speed. But it would be so much better if I can just define it in for the filament.
RE: Things that don't fit in existing profiles.
While we are on this topic, why is there no speed override in the Filament settings? Surely each filament has a preferred min/max print speed and should/can be set per filament?
The Maximum volumetric speed setting can be used to set an upper limit on print moves. That doesn't address non-print moves unfortunately, so there's still room for something else. I wouldn't have thought this was a problem until I encountered some delicate prints this week that I can complete by dialing speed back to 60% with the front knob.
For filament, you can insert some custom gcode with an M221 if all else fails. ideaMaker has an interesting approach that allows a filament profile to over-ride any other slicer setting. Still, having multiple profiles for the same filament for different types of prints might be tedious, especially if you use a lot of different filaments for different types of projects.
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a "job" or "project" profile that contains over-rides for any other (print, printer or filament) setting on a job-specific basis. Today, I'm using THIS printer with THIS filament with THIS set of print settings but I want to print something delicate. Tomorrow, I'm using the same printer with the same filament with the same basic print settings, but I'm printing something chonky.
Interesting ideas!
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RE: Things that don't fit in existing profiles.
I would like the to have the concept of templates build in to PrusaSlicer. It is just user defined project files that get offered whenever a new project is created.
This would make it possible to have standard setups for different filaments, tasks or printers.
This can already be done today by just taking an old project and adjusting/replacing objects in the project, but having templates would organize the process.
Programs like Office and AutoDesk have templates and they are easy to use and maintain.
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RE: Things that don't fit in existing profiles.
While we are on this topic, why is there no speed override in the Filament settings? Surely each filament has a preferred min/max print speed and should/can be set per filament?
The Maximum volumetric speed setting can be used to set an upper limit on print moves.
I notice that setting, but I don't really want to do the reverse calculation to convert volumetric speed to linear speed, which is the common unit filament specification uses.
RE: Things that don't fit in existing profiles.
I notice that setting, but I don't really want to do the reverse calculation to convert volumetric speed to linear speed, which is the common unit filament specification uses.
It would be nice, but today it's MVS or M221, both of which require a bit of math to derive from a linear speed. You can make a feature request on the Prusa GitHub page.
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