Yes, the bed temp, extruder temp, and retraction amounts are all set directly on the printer, so that you can change those things on the printer without needing to reslice the STL.
Going into UltiGcode also makes three other changes:
1) Retractions are now simply marked with G10/G11 gcodes, rather than an explicit extruder move. This is so that the printer can override the size and speed of the retractions easily
2) Cura no longer includes start/end gcode - those sequences are now built into the printer firmware.
3) Extrusion amounts in the gcode are now measured in mm³ of plastic extruded, not linear mm of filament fed in. This makes the gcode independent of the precise filament diameter, and allows that to also be set on the printer.
The printer control panel allows you to define materials presets that include the relevant temperatures, diameter, etc, so that you can quickly swap between them.
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Alright, I'm going to help Sylvain here and translate for him
He already asked this question in the french section of the forum, but since no one own an Ultimaker 2 there, we could not really help him.
Basically, what he is asking is why when you check "ultimaker 2" as your machine during installation, many settings like temperature or filament diameter disappear? This is due to the gcode flavor being set as UltiGcode for ultimaker 2 and setting it back to Reprap make the settings reappear, but there is probably a good reason for it to be set to ultigcode by default.
So I assumed it's because those settings can be set directly on the machine with the built in controller, but since I only own an original ultimaker, I cannot tell for sure.
How is the temperature set on ultimaker 2? How about the heating print bed?
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