Total weight (including spool)
Hello,
First, thank you for the great PrusaSlicer software. I am using it (rarely) for years and it is a pleasure to discover new functions on a regular basis.
With older versions, I was used to check with a kitchen scale if the total weight (required filament + empty spool) of a given roll was enough before printing.
With the latest 2.7.4, in the summary I can see the filament gramms used but not the total required weight. Where is it gone? This was very helpful, as a reminder, to check the weight. What is the purpose for the empty spool weight if it is not available anymore?
Best regards
RE: Total weight (including spool)
You mean like here in version 2.7.4? Which OS are you on, Windows, Mac, Linux?
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Hello, I am using the Linux version. I have exactly the same problem with all STL (even errorless STL).
RE: Total weight (including spool)
Or did you perhaps forget to do File > (Re)Slice Now? You can set PrusaSlicer to slice the model automatically, but perhaps you did not set that option? It is in Configuration > Preferences > General > Background processing. If this is not activated, you have to do File > ReSlice Now or Ctrl+R first to see the values.
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As you can see in the screen capture, slicing has been done (BTW, I used ^R). There are all other values: filament in g, m, mm^3, cost, print time.
It looks like this problem is not related to the release but the settings or environnement.
Linux? Gtk? French lang? I tried to switch to EN, but it failed to a locale problem. I will try to solve it.
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Under the settings for filament, is there a value for "Spool weight"? 🙂
If that is missing, I guess that could be the reason for your problem.
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Of course it is set, so my initial question was what is the purpose of setting it if the total weight is not displayed anymore?
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I added en_US.UTF-8 locale and switched PrusaSlicer to English.
This does not solve the problem.
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Yes, the generic filament profiles don't have spool weights entered, so it won't show up in the slicing info.
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Using filament template "Prusament" or "Verbatim" does work as expected (showing the total weight).
But with "Generic" filament, even with empty weight set, the problem occurs.
Hope this helps.
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Hmmmm seems to work in Prusa Slicer 2.7.3
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try the attached Project file, and see if it gives the correct results on your computer
Joan
I try to make safe suggestions,You should understand the context and ensure you are happy that they are safe before attempting to apply my suggestions, what you do, is YOUR responsibility. Location Halifax UK
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@JoanTabb: yes, unsurpisingly it does work as it is using Prusament filament.
When I use a generic filament AND set the spool weight with a value, then it does not work.
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It works after you save your filament setting as a custom profile, restart PrusaSlicer and re-load your project.
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I Have raised this with Prusa!
regards Joan
I try to make safe suggestions,You should understand the context and ensure you are happy that they are safe before attempting to apply my suggestions, what you do, is YOUR responsibility. Location Halifax UK
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@Walter: You're right, saving the project has no impact, but saving the filament definition does work.
So, I consider this as a bug. It would be interesting to check if all other parameters are correctly used when the live definition is changed or if other parameters need a save action to be considered. This can result in misbehaviour.
Thank you
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This could also be the intended behavior of "Generic" system profiles for filament. You enter your own value into the generic profile and save the profile under a new name. This way the system profile stays "Generic".
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This is the only paramter I am aware of that does not apply the new value in the computation until you save.
Note that the behaviour is not changed if you save the filament under a different name: the value saved is used, but changing the value does not change the computation. A save is required. Changing filament density for example does not have the same behaviour as the new value is immediatly considered in the computation.