Jump to content

CuraEngine 2.7.0, retrive print time & fillament length


user_name

Recommended Posts

Posted (edited) · CuraEngine 2.7.0, retrive print time & fillament length

Hello, everyone.

I’m trying to use CuraEngine to get printing time and filament length using terminal only. My problem is that passing exact same set of parameters to desktop Cura and CuraEngine doesn’t return same results.

I have created an Ultimaker Original printer instance and changed some parameters in Cura GUI. Then take all arguments from cura.log and pass them to CuraEngine using -s arguments with values.

Using these arguments, I call CuraEngine manually like below:

 

CuraEngine slice -v -j /path/to/cura/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json  -g -e0  -e0 -l /path/to/model -o /dev/null

 

CuraEngine returns an output like below (when “-v” flag is passed):

 

...;FLAVOR:Marlin;TIME:7395;Filament used: 6.66199m;Layer height: 0.6End of gcode header.Print time: 7395Print time (readable): 2h 3m 15sFilament: 42499

 

But these values differs from values in Desktop Cura. Relative difference is bigger when printing time is smaller and tends to 0 when models are big.

I double checked whole set of parameters (counting around 200 overall) and they match completely. Seems like Cura changes some input parameters internally and doesn’t show it.

What could cause the issue? How can use CuraEngine so that output is the same with desktop Cura?

Thanks in advance!

Edited by Guest
  • Link to post
    Share on other sites

    • 2 years later...

    Create an account or sign in to comment

    You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

    Create an account

    Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

    Register a new account

    Sign in

    Already have an account? Sign in here.

    Sign In Now
    • Our picks

      • UltiMaker Cura 5.8 Stable released 🎉
        In the Cura 5.8 stable release, everyone can now tune their Z seams to look better than ever. Method series users get access to new material profiles, and the base Method model now has a printer profile, meaning the whole Method series is now supported in Cura!
        • 5 replies
      • Introducing the UltiMaker Factor 4
        We are happy to announce the next evolution in the UltiMaker 3D printer lineup: the UltiMaker Factor 4 industrial-grade 3D printer, designed to take manufacturing to new levels of efficiency and reliability. Factor 4 is an end-to-end 3D printing solution for light industrial applications
          • Thanks
          • Like
        • 3 replies
    ×
    ×
    • Create New...