A word to the wise or maybe not

For those of you who are toying with or already do use gcode files for prints to keep from having to re-slice some of those larger prints or maybe help others by testing their slic3r settings on your setup, bear in mind that the first layer and other layer temps get carried across right along with everything else and you need to go into the code to adjust things if you need to alter temperatures.

If I had remembered that I probably would not have wasted 5 hours of print time on four failed prints and the associated filament failed simply because the filament was too cold too extrude


OK all together now....


DOOHHHH!

 

Any suggestions on a good GCode editor? Something contextt sensitive and not costing a first-born?

 

Gcode is simply text so any good text editor would work just make sure it saves as simple ascii text and you should be good. I actually edited the code the messed me up today right in the Gcode window it is availble to edit right there until you run the print then it appears to get locked down with no more changes that go to the printer I believe you can still edit and things there but would have to wait to start a new print to see them

 

Nope I would love to lay the blames elsewhere but it was ALLLLLL ME had a complex print that took at least 40 minutes to slice and then saved the gcode and tehn printed it in a different filament that required a hotter temp and just forgot to change the temp settings.

I set them in repetier just fine though...LOL

 

making the mistake in the needing to go cooler is is survivable nothing will break or clog you end up with a just not as clean or precise print as you can adjust those setting downwards at any time

but the inverse can cause big issues with the filament that stops being extruded because it is not hot enough could actually break things in teh extruder housing as unused filament can actually begin coiling around inside teh extruder housing until it forces its way out in some way that is not good or it can casue a blockage to form in the hot end which could mean disassembly or other major pains in the a$$ LOL