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I opened a feature request on github: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/issues/14564#issue-1585708583 I would very much appreciate the support by those frustrated with the suboptimal management of files/profiles/settings by current Cura versions.

Thanks for all the replies 🙂 @Cuq, I know this feature but unfortunately this doesn't solve my problem. Actually, @4n0nyM and later also @Cuq are describing exactly the problem I have with Cura file/profile/settings management. Maybe it is time to move on to another Slicer - just for the sake of better management of saved files and settings - it's a shame 😕 Do you have recommendations for slicers with better file/profile/settings management? Where can feature requests be sent to the cura team?

Please add the experimental option to configure a distinct fan speed for overhangs. Also a gradual increase in fan speed and wall print speed within a configurable range of overhang angles would be preferrable over a threshold "Oberhanging Wall Angle" as it is now for wall speed. Thank you very much for considering this 🙂

As the current efforts to print higher quality at higher speeds, this request imho would solve many problems especially for 8-bit boards: Problem: If Maximum Resolution and Maximum Deviation are set too fine (low values), 8-bit boards can't keep up with the gcode, leading to quality problems. Stated i.e. here. This problem typically arises for fast printing moves along curved shapes which result in many lines-per-second to be processed by the board. This is for example the case for dense Gyroid infill. As the outer surface is usually printed at low speeds, the resolution and deviation aren't limiting factors regarding cpu load - they could therefore be set to a high resolution (low values). On the other hand, infill and support structures usually aren't visible and thus not too important regarding resolution while usually being printed at high speeds. Resulting Request: It would therefore be desirable, to be able to set the Max Deviation and Resolution depending on the structure, which is printed. For example, infill and support structures would be printed with low resolution (high values), optimizing for speed while walls and top/bottom would be printed with high resolution (low values) optimizing for quality.

While variables do exist to access the temperatures configured for a specific material (default_material_print_temperature and default_material_bed_temperature), variables for further, relevant material-dependent settings are missing. Why is there no variable to access the other material properties? I would suggest to add i.e. default_material_retraction_amount default_material_retraction_retract_speed default_material_retraction_prime_speed default_material_cool_fan_speed_max default_material_cool_fan_speed_min default_material_cool_fan_speed_0 default_material_print_temperature_layer_0 default_material_bed_temperature_layer_0 ... to be accessible via the curaprofile. i.e.: retraction_amount= =default_material_retraction_amount

Hi 🙂 I'm new to Cura slicer, so please correct me, if I'm understanding things wrong here regarding how cura project files work. A classic usecase of opening old project files in cura imho is to print them on the printer currently configured, with the material currently configured (as this is what is available at the moment in your workshop). Nevertheless, one would want to load the print settings that were once saved to that cura project file to continue, where you left off. At the same time one would likely want to compare these old print settings to the current profile. In contrast to that usecase, at the moment cura either loads everything or nothing from the old cura project file while only providing the option to overwrite current setups or create new setups. This either leads to months-old configurations having your current setup overwritten (who would want that?) or it leads to a mess of profiles, printers and materials. I think, opening an old project file should focus more on the classic usecase described before. Short | The Goal / Request: Assume you want to open an old .3mf Cura project to your current Cura setup. It should be possible to load the print settings profile contained in this old .3mf-file while neither overwriting the current profile nor creating a new profile or changing the current printer and material setup. After the old project file was loaded, its stored old print settings should be shown as temporary changes from the current profile without acually changing the current profile. It should further be selectable to use the current printer and material setup instead of the setup of the old file. Adding one option each in the drop down menu appearing when opening a file should allow this selection and solve the problem. (See details below) If desired, the print settings can still be saved as new profile afterwards. In Detail | My problem broken down to a minimum example and a possivle solution: I have initially created let's say one profile containing print settings one printer preset one custom material I loaded a .stl-file and sliced it with these settings I saved the GCode file and the .3mf cura project file In the following days or weeks I update the print settings profile, the printer preset with improved Start- and End-GCode and the custom material to further improve my cura setup and print, print, print... Weeks or months later, I open my old .3mf cura project file in order to print it (again) with improved settings. Cura gives me the option to either load the model or the project file. (Ok, so far so good.) If I load the model, I can use the current printer and material setup, but I can't use the print settings profile contained in the file. (Ok, so far so good.) If I load the project file, Cura only lets me choose to have the current printer-, profile- and material settings either updated or created new based on the old file. Thus, Cura forces me, to create a new profile, printer and material setup for every file I load in order to not compromise my current setup. This leads to a huge mess. It would be much cleaner imho to add the following options to the dropdown menu (see attatched sceenshot): Printer settings: Use current printer settings Profile settings: Add print settings from .3mf file as changes from the currently active profile (Keep existing profiles unchanged) Material settings: Use current material settings I would really appreciate if it would be considered to facilitate project file handling in the described way or if someone could explain to me, what I'm doing wrong. Thank you very much in advance :-)