Printing window buffers gcode?

[tomnagel 126]

I am experimenting with all the settings in Cura. I often print the same object to see what changes.

Tonight I sliced the same object I was already printing, but with different settings. Therewith overwriting the file that is actually being printed!

Does the "printing" function (which is a separate window) first buffer the entire file in memory before it starts printing?

[Daid 306]

Yes, it buffers the entire file, so you can override it during printing.

[fluxline 0]

I'm hoping that at some point we will be able to apend the file name with preselected options such as date, layer height, temperature, ... basically a common set fo variables from what was used to slice the model. And while I'm at it my 2 main requests that printrun does not make easy:

- a dropdown selection of printing material that the user has stored with things such as temp and steps/e

- move the position on the bed where the model prints, I am lazy and don't want to keep slicing for a different position and too ... unsure to move the coordinate system 0 position.