terrypin

Thanks. I tried both when signed in and not. I'll have another attempt shortly.

I take it that is the text ile C:\Users\terry\AppData\Roaming\cura\4.12\cura.log, 2 MB with over 7000 lines? (You use the word 'logs', plural, but the only other one I have is called 'cura.log.1' and is 25 months old.) BTW, the dragging method of attaching files doesn't work here. cura.log

I am trying to add the extension ThingiBrowser. I followed the instructions here: https://github.com/ChrisTerBeke/CuraThingiBrowserPlugin/blob/main/docs/installation.md#Via-Ultimaker-Cura But as you see from my screenshots I've had no success. Has this interesting extension/plugin been removed> ?

Thanks Carlo, I'll try that approach.

Third time lucky... "BTW, I did ask before how to mark a post as solved" Can I assume then that there is no way to do so?

Thanks, but that doesn't square with what happens here. I manually change to the folder where I want to save the file. Cura duly saves it. But the next time I start a save, whenever that is, the folder that appears as the default is once again C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 4.12.1 What happens on your PC?

Duh - I see now it's a Brim that I needed! With size 6 chosen that worked fine. BTW, I did ask before how to mark a post as solved?

When I save to disk after slicing, the default offered is always C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 4.12.1 ... where I'd never want to place my output. Where can I change that please?

I'm testing some small text labels, typically a 30 x 12 x 2 mm rectangular base holding 6 to 8 characters. So there needs to be some thin support to keep the individual characters from lifting off the bed. I tried the Support > Raft option, which worked fine. However it's rather wasteful of time and PLA, as it extends for the full interior of my usual skirt. Is there a setting I've missed that will let me reduce it please? If instead I decide to just add a small support rectangle myself, in my model, is it possible to make its infill different to the text, so that it will completely come off easily?

Thanks Smithy, missed that! EDIT: Something else that's no doubt staring me in the face: how do I mark this as solved please?

Thank you, understood. I'd not tried 'Post Processing' as I'd wrongly assumed that was irrelevant to pausing during a print. I'm still at the novice stage so... While using Cura's excellent Preview mode, how can I determine the layer ('height') that I should use for ''Pause at height' please? For background, I will be trying to print white text on a black base. To postpone studying the obscure art of g-code, marlin, etc I'd like to try simply using the Pause button. So need to know roughly when to be poised to do that.

PrusaSlicer has a handy feature to assist with pausing and resuming a print in order to change filament. https://help.prusa3d.com/en/article/insert-pause-or-custom-g-code-at-layer_120490 Is there a similar feature in Cura please?

Cura slices a file named say 'xyz.stl' and gives it a default name of 'CE3PRO_xyz'. Is there a setting I've not yet found making it possible to omit the printer prefix? I only have one printer and I know its name! That would avoid editing it every time before I save the geo-code. The Creality Ender 3 V2 (and I think most printers?) displays so few characters anyway that it's already hard to select the wanted file name. This seven character prefix just makes it almost impossible.

Thanks, much appreciate your response. But disappointed all my setting were not automatically backed up or preserved. Terry

No one?