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Using Z-offset from Marketplace in Cura for Ultimaker 2+
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· Using Z-offset from Marketplace in Cura for Ultimaker 2+
8 hours ago, squodeler said:
If I run the same gcode again, does the printer know
Any and all offset created by the plugin is reset when the printer is "homed". The printer is homed on the start of every new print.
Your printer uses "stepper motors". These can rotate by very precise increments, but they do not "know", nor can they meassure, their current angle. As a result, all the printer "axes" can move by a certain distance very precisely, but when started the printer has no idea where each of the axes are. When homing, each of the axes touches on a "known" position, and from there on all relative moves are added up so the printer knows where each axis is.
The plugin "plays" with the internal knowledge of where the "0" for the Z axis is. It stays in the modified state until the z axis is homed again.
As an aside: bold text is normally used for emphasis. You emphasized your whole post, as if you were shouting the whole thing. Please don't; it is not necessary.
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Any and all offset created by the plugin is reset when the printer is "homed". The printer is homed on the start of every new print.
Your printer uses "stepper motors". These can rotate by very precise increments, but they do not "know", nor can they meassure, their current angle. As a result, all the printer "axes" can move by a certain distance very precisely, but when started the printer has no idea where each of the axes are. When homing, each of the axes touches on a "known" position, and from there on all relative moves are added up so the printer knows where each axis is.
The plugin "plays" with the internal knowledge of where the "0" for the Z axis is. It stays in the modified state until the z axis is homed again.
As an aside: bold text is normally used for emphasis. You emphasized your whole post, as if you were shouting the whole thing. Please don't; it is not necessary.
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