Firepower
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11 hours ago, ahoeben said:
It should be unchecked.
ahoeben Thanks for that. I unchecked it and it now prints fairly close to the middle of the bed.
I'll put a photo here of the position when the print has finished.
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1 hour ago, ahoeben said:
It should be unchecked.
Thanks for that. I unchecked it and it now prints fairly close to the middle of the bed.
I'll put a photo here of the position when the print has finished.
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Asger-P - Thanks for the reply and the big list of G-codes.
With the old Cura and the proper Profile it has always primed the extruder before doing the print.
Anyway I have it working now but it is not quite printing in the middle of the bed.
I'll put a photo here where it is printing on the bed. That should fix all my current problems.
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The Origin at Centre is checked for my Cocoon Create/Wanhao Duplicator i3 v2 printer.with a heated bed 214mm by 214mm.
Someone said to change the Start GCODE to include:following but it still prints at the home position.
G28 X0 Y0 ;move X/Y to min end-stops
G28 X100 Y100 ;move X/Y to 100X100--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is what I have at present at the Start GCODE.
;Filament used: {filament_amount}m {filament_weight}g
;Filament cost: {filament_cost}
G21 ;metric values
G90 ;absolute positioning
M82 ;set extruder to absolute mode
M107 ;start with the fan off
G28 X0 Y0 ;move X/Y to min end-stops
G28 X100 Y100 ;move X/Y to 100X100
G1 Z15.0 F{travel_speed} ;move the platform down 15mm
;Put printing message on LCD screen
;M117 My Print...
G28 X0 Y0
G1 E4.0 ;prime extruder
G92 E0 ;reset extruder length
M420 S1 ; Bed Leveling On
M420 Z4 ; Level at Z Height / no further Z-Axis Corrections
;M420 V1 ; Print the leveling grid -
Thanks.
I copied someone else Start GCODE and now it goes to the home position but it prints at the home position which is not good.
This is what I have copied and taken it to the home position. Now to work out to get it to print in the middle of the bed.
;Filament used: {filament_amount}m {filament_weight}g
;Filament cost: {filament_cost}
G21 ;metric values
G90 ;absolute positioning
M82 ;set extruder to absolute mode
M107 ;start with the fan off
G28 X0 Y0 ;move X/Y to min end-stops
G28 Z0 ;move Z to min end-stops
G1 Z15.0 F{travel_speed} ;move the platform down 15mm
;Put printing message on LCD screen
;M117 My Print...
G28 X0 Y0
G1 E4.0 ;prime extruder
G92 E0 ;reset extruder length
M420 S1 ; Bed Leveling On
M420 Z4 ; Level at Z Height / no further Z-Axis Corrections
;M420 V1 ; Print the leveling grid
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Anyone list a Start GCODE that does go home and maybe I can modify it or use it.
Appreciated if someone can list theirs..
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Thanks but not sure I have done that but will keep it in mind.
So I guess I need to edit my Start GCODE. It does show G28 Z0 ;home Z but it does not go home on any prints.
I suppose the following needs changing some how?
G21 ;metric values
G90 ;absolute positioning
M82 ;set extruder to absolute mode
M107 ;start with the fan off
G28 Z0 ;home Z
G1 Z15.0 F840
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length
G1 F200 E3 ;extrude 3mm of feed stock
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length again
G1 F840
;Put printing message on LCD screen
M117 Printing..
Maybe someone can list their Start GCODE and maybe I can use or modify it.
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Thanks for the reply and good info to find the GCODE. I think the problem there is no Cocoon Create Profile for Cura V4.
This is from the Machine Settings as you mentioned.
This is my:START CODE which looks not too good.
G21 ;metric values
G90 ;absolute positioning
M82 ;set extruder to absolute mode
M107 ;start with the fan off
G28 Z0 ;home Z
G1 Z15.0 F840
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length
G1 F200 E3 ;extrude 3mm of feed stock
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length again
G1 F840
;Put printing message on LCD screen
M117 Printing...
This is my END CODE where at the end of print it goes to home position and cools down which seems good.
M104 S0 ;extruder heater off
M140 S0 ;heated bed heater off (if you have it)
G91 ;relative positioning
G1 E-1 F300 ;retract the filament a bit
G1 Z0.5 E-5 F840 ;move Z up a bit and retract even more
G28 X0 Y0 ;home X/Y, so the head is out of the way
M84 ;steppers off
G90 ;absolute positioning
So looks like the Start Code needs fixing up?
Looks like it should be something like this from the old Cura.
G28 X0 Y0 ;move X/Y to min endstops
G28 Z0 ;move Z to min endstops
G1 Z15.0 F4800 ;move the platform down 15mm
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length
G1 F140 E30 ;extrude 3mm of feed stock
G1 X20 Y0 F140 E30
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length again
G1 F4800
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Sorry - where do you mean to add the home command.
It still works perfectly on the old Cura version but with Cura V4 do I need to add the home command to Cura V4 somewhere?
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Thanks I now understand that.
At the moment it just prints where the head is..
I just need to get the head to go to the home position when a print is started and then move to the middle to print.
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Thanks all for the replies. I just installed this Cura PLA Profile V2. Is this the right Profile.
Now the saving GCODE works but it does not go to the home position when it starts. It still just prints where ever the head is.
Maybe I should install Cura V4 again. I guess this is the right Cura 4 for my Cocoon Create printer. It says Ultimaker Cura. I guess it is not just for the Ultimaker printer?
https://ultimaker.com/en/products/ultimaker-cura-software
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With the stl files off Thingiverse it says can not slice due to errors etc
I did save a GCODE file once the other day but I can not do it any more. I have tried lots of stl files.
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I have a Cocoon Create/Wanhao Duplicator i3 v2 and copied the Cura profile from an old Cura to Cura 4.
Some questions:
1. The old version of Cura went to the home position at the start but Cura 4 prints just where the head is. Not sure if that is right.
2. Is there a new profile I can load for my Cocoon Create printer for Cura 4.
3. I load a STL file in Cura 4 and want to save as GCODE. I am not now getting the Save coming up in the bottom right corner any more.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Ultimaker Cura | a new interface
in UltiMaker Cura
Posted · Edited by Firepower
Thanks everyone for your help. It is great I got so much help here.
My initial problem was I could not slow down the Support speed in the old Cura and it came out all broken up. Someone mentioned that in Cura 4 you can slow down the support speed and that is where the fun started.
I needed to select a printer so the Cocoon Create Modelmaker did not work and there was nothing just for a Cocoon Create printer.then I got one I named Cocoon Create from somewhere and the Start G-code did not work properly. This is where you all helped and nearly got it to work good but after watching some more youtube videos I actually found the Add a Printer then Other.
I recently found in Other Wanhao Duplicator i3 which my printer is apparently copied from. After loading that all is working great.
So now my Supports are printing great for the first time in three years, as in the photo. Guess you call that progress. 🙂
I have so many questions in Cura V4 but I'll give someone else a go here and do some more reading before I ask more questions.
Thanks again everyone that helped.