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  1. Thanks for the feedback, I do suspect that one of the plugins did cause it. The difference to my cura 5.4 installation was adding NameIt. However, based on the logs, i suspect more the incompatibility of the PrinterSettings plugin with 5.5. I removed all plugins except the settings guide plug-in, and so far I dont see the crash anymore. will update here in case I do see the issue reappearing. thanks all for your help. p.s. here is what i removed. 2023-11-04 09:48:47,153 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.PackageManager._purgePackage [597]: Removing 'C:\Users\u\AppData\Roaming\cura\5.5\plugins\MaterialSettingsPlugin' for package [MaterialSettingsPlugin] 2023-11-04 09:48:47,153 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.PackageManager._purgePackage [597]: Removing 'C:\Users\u\AppData\Roaming\cura\5.5\plugins\MeasureTool' for package [MeasureTool] 2023-11-04 09:48:47,154 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.PackageManager._purgePackage [597]: Removing 'C:\Users\u\AppData\Roaming\cura\5.5\plugins\PrinterSettingsPlugin' for package [PrinterSettingsPlugin] 2023-11-04 09:48:47,154 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.PackageManager._purgePackage [597]: Removing 'C:\Users\u\AppData\Roaming\cura\5.5\plugins\SpoonAntiWarping' for package [SpoonAntiWarping] 2023-11-04 09:48:47,154 - INFO - [MainThread] UM.PackageManager._purgePackage [597]: Removing 'C:\Users\u\AppData\Roaming\cura\5.5\plugins\NameIt' for package [NameIt]
  2. mostly marketplace materials like formfutura apollox, mitsubishi durabio as well as addigy 2045. now cura crashed while adding an offline printer (Ultimaker S5). i was still in the printer management dialog, and clicked OK to add offline UMS5, then cura disappeared. here are the last log lines 2023-11-03 17:41:42,925 - WARNING - [MainThread] UM.Qt.QtApplication.__onQmlWarning [444]: file:///C:/Program Files/UltiMaker Cura 5.5.0/share/cura/resources/qml/WelcomePages/AddLocalPrinterScrollView.qml:248:25: Unable to assign QString to QRegularExpression 2023-11-03 17:41:58,529 - DEBUG - [MainThread] UM3NetworkPrinting.src.Cloud.CloudOutputDeviceManager._onGetRemoteClustersFinished [169]: Synced cloud printers with account. 2023-11-03 17:42:08,633 - INFO - [MainThread] cura.Settings.MachineManager.addMachine [426]: Trying to add a machine with the definition id [ultimaker_s5] 2023-11-03 17:42:08,767 - INFO - [MainThread] cura.Settings.GlobalStack.addExtruder [190]: Extruder[ultimaker_s5_extruder_left #4] added to [TestPrinter Ultimaker S5] at position [0] 2023-11-03 17:42:08,855 - INFO - [MainThread] cura.Settings.GlobalStack.addExtruder [190]: Extruder[ultimaker_s5_extruder_right #4] added to [TestPrinter Ultimaker S5] at position [1] 2023-11-03 17:42:08,856 - INFO - [MainThread] cura.UI.MachineActionManager.addDefaultMachineActions [57]: Default machine actions have been added for machine definition [ultimaker_s5], do nothing. 2023-11-03 17:42:08,864 - WARNING - [MainThread] cura.Settings.GlobalStack.addExtruder [185]: Extruder [ultimaker_s5_extruder_left #4] has already been added to this stack [TestPrinter Ultimaker S5] 2023-11-03 17:42:08,865 - WARNING - [MainThread] cura.Settings.GlobalStack.addExtruder [185]: Extruder [ultimaker_s5_extruder_right #4] has already been added to this stack [TestPrinter Ultimaker S5] 2023-11-03 17:42:08,872 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.Machines.Models.IntentSelectionModel._update [73]: Updating IntentSelectionModel. 2023-11-03 17:42:08,874 - INFO - [MainThread] cura.CuraApplication._setLoadingHint [845]: Initializing Active Machine... 2023-11-03 17:42:08,878 - WARNING - [MainThread] UM.Settings.InstanceContainer.setProperty [398]: Tried to set value of the setting material_max_flowrate, but it has no SettingInstance in this InstanceContainer Fast or its SettingDefinition Ultimaker S5 2023-11-03 17:42:08,937 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.Machines.Models.IntentSelectionModel._update [73]: Updating IntentSelectionModel.
  3. Thanks, awesome release! I am on UMS5R1 with material station. One caveat: Cura 5.5 keeps crashing when changing materials. After restarting Cura it usually works the second time. But it is still annoying. Cura 5.4 did not have that issue. Those are the last lines Cura 5.5 wrote into the log file: 2023-11-03 16:33:55,728 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.Machines.Models.IntentSelectionModel._update [73]: Updating IntentSelectionModel. 2023-11-03 16:33:55,996 - DEBUG - [MainThread] UM.Operations.OperationStack.push [72]: <UM.Operations.AddSceneNodeOperation.AddSceneNodeOperation object at 0x0000024F251AA200>, took 2ms 2023-11-03 16:33:55,998 - DEBUG - [MainThread] UM.Operations.OperationStack.push [72]: GroupedOp.(#=0), took 0ms 2023-11-03 16:33:56,070 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.Machines.Models.CustomQualityProfilesDropDownMenuModel._update [33]: Updating CustomQualityProfilesDropDownMenuModel. 2023-11-03 16:33:57,677 - INFO - [MainThread] cura.Machines.MachineErrorChecker._setResult [221]: Error check finished, result = False, time = 2.19s 2023-11-03 16:34:06,110 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.AutoSave._onTimeout [64]: Autosaving preferences, instances and profiles took 0.0396573543548584 seconds 2023-11-03 16:34:14,322 - DEBUG - [MainThread] UM3NetworkPrinting.src.Cloud.CloudOutputDeviceManager._onGetRemoteClustersFinished [169]: Synced cloud printers with account. 2023-11-03 16:34:43,163 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.Machines.Models.IntentSelectionModel._update [73]: Updating IntentSelectionModel. 2023-11-03 16:34:43,164 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.Settings.MachineManager._updateQualityWithMaterial [1276]: Updating quality/quality_changes due to material change 2023-11-03 16:34:43,165 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.Settings.MachineManager._updateQualityWithMaterial [1281]: Current quality type = [not_supported] 2023-11-03 16:34:43,165 - INFO - [MainThread] cura.Settings.MachineManager._updateQualityWithMaterial [1289]: No available quality types found, setting all qualities to empty (Not Supported). 2023-11-03 16:34:43,178 - DEBUG - [MainThread] cura.Settings.MachineManager._updateIntentWithQuality [1318]: Updating intent due to quality change
  4. Hi all, I own S5 pro bundle and print various materials favorably ASA, PAHT, BVOH and TPU successfully. For soft parts I have found the foaming Varioshore TPU from Colorfab excellent. However, here and then I get an ER65. I like to understand how exactly the "flow sensor detection margin" setting in the material profile works. I cannot find any documentation. Is my assumption correct, that when increasing it from the default value of 0.8 to e.g. 1.5 i decrease the likelyhood that the flow sensor kicks-in?. When this error happens, i can simply press the continue button on the display and the print continues like nothing happened. However, with a 2 day print thats impractical. And yes, of course i have read all ER65 support material documentation. * adjusted feeders (higher tension for softer TPU) * recalibrated the decoupler * cleaned everything, good tubes, . * dry material * retraction settings for 0.8mm nozzle at 10mm for 40mm/s speeds (to reduce oozing) Thx, FG
  5. I just re-calibrated. TPU is now successfully feeding all the way to the extruder (2). Thanks a lot for that hint! Additionally I had to tighten the feeder (move the indicator 1-2mm below middle point), so TPU would properly feed and unload again. FG p.s. somehow re-calibration decoupler (2) failed 5 times in a row. then I succeeded with re-calibrating decoupler (1) immediately. thereafter, my first attempt to re-calibrate decoupler (2) worked immediately. seems there is a requirement of calibrating decoupler (1) first.
  6. I have upgraded my S5 with the new fine knurl feeders. Same problem as before. * TPU Filament in Material station feeder (F), for extruder (2) * TPU filament is pulled up HALF-WAY INTO THE BOWDEN, so it goes already beyond the feeder, only 25cm away from the extruder. And exactly same material/spool prints properly on feeder I tested with (A), (D) and (F) with extruder (1). So there is some issue with Material Station and/or Material stations decoupler. And no idea how to fix this.
  7. thanks, yes i did. no difference, exactly the same behavior. I had tried material bay B2 and E2, with no difference. Note that placing ASA filament instead of TPU (so pretending it was TPU) did feed correctly, so it must have to do with the flex of the filament relative to feeder progress detection sensor items or path differences it goes. thanks for checking on other tips.
  8. Hi, i use first generation of S5/Material-Station combo. Not sure how much Material station has been improved meanwhile. I am printing a combo of ASA + TPU, and therefore loaded AA4 nozzle into Extruder 1 and 2. I have the odd situation that TPU is loading and printing correctly through Material Station on Extruder 1. But it does not work on Extruder 2 with TPU in Material Station setup for Extruder 2. When trying to print exactly same TPU, with same profile (also tried generic UM TPU profile) loaded into Material Station 2 for Extruder 2, Ultimaker aborts feeding material right when it is half way in the bowden tube between feeder and nozzle. It aborts with an error that "broken filament is stuck" what doesnt make any sense and asks to start the wizard. I tried also material bay B2 and E2, with no difference. Any idea? Is the Material Station only able to deal with flexible materials in path of Extruder 1? Thats my current workaround to print the main part on Extruder 2 and the flex parts on Extruder 1. Thanks, FG p.s. Cura 5.2.1 and UMS5 7.1.3
  9. Yes, had such issues too. What worked for me was to increase the "support horizontal expansion" setting, making sure to have proper support brims, and to reduce support Z distance to 0, and support horizontal distance close to zero (just to not mix ASA with BVOH during printing), and finally give it a tight enough support roof.
  10. Yes, exactly. That print core is also the required configuration in the BVOH material definition GitHub - flyinggorilla/ultimaker-s5: Ultimaker S5 Materials Management Tool and FormFutura Materials And in case you use S3 than you found a bug in material definition, that I just fixed. The S3 machine setting had wrong AA print core defined for S3. You can download the updated material file now. Thanks for pointing that out. FG
  11. I had huge PVA problems on both S5 Pro Bundle and S3. I used Ultimaker PVA, tried FormFutura Helios PVA, but after one or the other successful print the nozzle got such clogged that it would stop working after a few layers even after properly cleaning with cleaning filament and pull method. Also the PVA would get grinded at the feeder (of course when the nozzle clogs). I tried drying of the PVA material, I opened fresh/new Ultimake PVA filament and still kept having issues. After these frustrations, I switched over to Ultimaker breakaway filament, which is easy to handle, but doesnt suite all use cases. Then FormFutura released a BVOH material, and so far I am really happy. So back again with water soluble material. BVOH prints so far easier and more reliable. Also it dissolves much faster than PVA in lukewarm water (sort of 4hours vs. 24hs). You can download material profiles that work with both S5 and S3 from here. https://github.com/flyinggorilla/ultimaker-s5 Here is a picture printing ApolloX ASA with BVOH support material on S5 pro bundle. I am wondering whether others have similar experiences in switching to BVOH. FG
  12. The marketplace version of ApolloX doesnt support Material station sadly. If you need it for the UMS5 pro bundle then download the material profile from github where I manage several profiles of FormFutura materials I use for my prints https://github.com/flyinggorilla/ultimaker-s5
  13. maybe switching to BVOH water dissolvable material helps. its more expensive, but first impression is it's worth the money. see my other post here....
  14. I struggle(d) a lot with PVA (regardless of Ultimaker PVA or FormFutura Helios) that the BB 0.4 extruder would always clog - despite dried material, even new out-of-vacuum-bag material. On both, UMS3 and UMS5 with material station. FormFutura's BVOH dissolvable support material seems to be better, at least first results are very promising. I printed BVOH in combination with my favorite material ASA for my technical parts I mostly use outdoors flawlessly. FormFutura ApolloX ASA is UV and water stable, yet robust, temperature stable and super easy to print. And i was amazed that the BVOH material was completely dissolved in 1 hour (where PVA normally took a day and manual brushing). To be fair, I have a new ultrasonic cleaner for my glasses and mechanical parts, and for sure using this cleaner with 3D printed parts it accelerates dissolvement of support material too. Bottom line, you can find the FormFutura BVOH profile for Ultimaker S3 and S5 (incl. material station) here. https://github.com/flyinggorilla/ultimaker-s5 . (note: profile for ApolloX ASA that works with Material Station is there too) fg p.s. here is a picture of a print with BVOH and ASA in action. So far perfect result on my S5 ProBundle. 0.15mm layer height. (I know, should have done a brim for support).
  15. Formfutura cardboard spool adapter for UM S3 and S5 I print all my outdoor parts with FormFutura ApolloX (ASA) on Ultimaker. This material is just too great in terms of thermal, mechanical, UV and water resistance, while printing super easy like PLA. However, formfutura switched from plastic spools to cardboard spools and the latter get stuck on the UM S3 and S5 spool holders. (no issue so far on S5 material station). Hence i created a little adapter with which the cardboard spool works fine again. See here on grabcad or thingiverse: https://grabcad.com/library/formfutura-cardboard-spool-adapter-for-ultimaker-s3-and-s5-1
  16. Hi Kenny, I bought an S3 in addition to my S5 Bundle and wondered why my profiles wouldnt show up on the S3. Reason was that i forgot to update the machine data for S3 compatibility. So as a first idea for you, i would check the machine settings of your profile and see whether it properly states identification for S5. <machine_identifier manufacturer="Ultimaker B.V." product="Ultimaker S5" /> If that doesnt work, then first try my Apollo X i have on github, upload and see whether that shows up. From there you can update your custom material using a working profile. Did you import the profile into cura properly? Cura "should" upload the imported profile to Ultimaker S5 when connected. However, as i never know for sure, I also use my python tool (also in github folder) to upload the material directly to the printer. that makes it also much easer to update the material definition that resides on the printer. hope that helps a bit. fg
  17. This problem is still there also with Cura 4.6.1. The print failed on my S5 right after completing the print of the first part. Also the slicer shows weird lines as you can see in the screenshot. I suspect that this visualizes the improper gcode. I would appreciate a fix. especially with small parts like those in the screenshot this helps a ton. thanks!
  18. Hi all! while the material station is great, the S5 firmware 5.4.27.20191212 is seriously flawed to not allow selection of the color for a 3rd party material that doesnt have the NFC based color info. Not even the official partner material that is available on Ultimaker marketplace like FormFutura ApolloX can be used out-of-the box with material-station due to this lack of color selection problem. The Problem: firmware does not show color variants of materials, despite providing a unique GUID <name> <brand>FormFutura</brand> <material>ApolloX</material> <color>black</color> <label>ApolloX BLACK</label> </name> <GUID>c99377f5-fbb4-4c3b-8f91-7a1d2c32e44f</GUID> <name> <brand>FormFutura</brand> <material>ApolloX</material> <color>red</color> <label>ApolloX RED</label> </name> <GUID>1403a419-2a22-4d6c-ad80-3ea3252d2496</GUID> so the above leads in the S5 printer display to only showing one line of "ApolloX black" and the red AppolloX cannot be selected. But selection is mandatory to allow assigning same materials with different colors to different bays of the material station. The Workaround: postfix material with color information <name> <brand>FormFutura</brand> <material>ApolloX BLACK</material> <color>black</color> <label>ApolloX BLACK</label> </name> <GUID>c99377f5-fbb4-4c3b-8f91-7a1d2c32e44f</GUID> <name> <brand>FormFutura</brand> <material>ApolloX RED</material> <color>red</color> <label>ApolloX RED</label> </name> <GUID>1403a419-2a22-4d6c-ad80-3ea3252d2496</GUID> while this this workaround at least allows to use the material-station with by hand edited materials (curas 4.4.1 duplicate function leaves a mess, truncates data, ...) it provides suboptimal material management. But this reveals another annoying item, that the color is not shown duplicated!! The Request: display color variants for same material types with unique guids so if for multiple materials <material> is the same, but <color> and <guid> are unique, then display the color variants in the S5 display so it can be assigned to the material stations bay. Thanks, FG p.s. i have my material profiles up here https://github.com/flyinggorilla/ultimaker-s5
  19. In addition to great Ultimaker material, I do use several FormFutura materials. Happily there is now on the Cura marketplace my favorite AppolloX material to download. However, for other materials I use my upload tool that pushes the material profile XML via HTTP to the printer. Dont know whether this works for UM3 too. Those material profiles are matched with the UUID in the XML between printer and cura. https://github.com/flyinggorilla/ultimaker-s5
  20. Small python tool that helps adding 3rd party material to Ultimaker S5 on-display material type selection. https://github.com/flyinggorilla/ultimaker-s5 I do like the NFC enabled Ultimaker filaments and I am impressed how easy printing with the Ultimaker S5 can be. However, ordering filament through third party vendors is always a challenge, because they usually have only a fraction of filaments in their stores. Also do my use cases go beyond Ultimaker filament material types. So i complement Ultimaker material now primarily with FormFutura material (they have a great online store, and DimaFix is a great adhesion liquid). Just for completeness, material cost is not the key reason for me to use 3rd party material, as NFC comfort is absolutely worth the money. So this tool is using the S5 REST interface to upload .fdm_material types. You can create materials in Cura, but those dont work due to wrong machine name. The tool checks for that and tells you to fix it in the .fdm_material definition. However, once you have the material on the printer and in cura with the same material name, then you dont get the warning of incompatible materials anymore. @Ultimaker what really would be helpful is a description of the XML schema, especially the various settings attributes as the Cura documentation is not sufficient. e.g. settings like retract compensation, surface energy, adhesion tendency, flow sensor detection margin and retract compensation, … and for sure more are not documented. At least i couldn't find the doc. Thanks for creating such great printers and great Cura software. FG
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