material settings and profiles

[gstv 0]

hello,

 

whenever i change the material, the profile also changes (to a default profile). when changing the profile, material specific settings such as temperatures will be reset to the profile specific values. this makes material specific settings pretty useless.

 

i have installed 'material settings plugin' 3.5.3 and 'printer settings plugin' 3.5.4 both by aldo@fieldofview.com.

 

what can i do to make material - and printer profiles usable?

 

thanks for any answer, g.

 

ps.: forgot to mention - i'm running cura-4.7.1

Edited October 1, 2020 by gstv
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[Smithy 1,146]

Let's ask the expert @ahoeben (alias fieldofview)

[tinkergnome 927]

9 hours ago, gstv said:

what can i do to make material - and printer profiles usable?

 

I think the intended method is to make the value in the quality profile (somehow) dependent on the material setting (in this example). So... use a formula in the quality profile instead of a literal value.

The developer wiki is a crucial source of information about those topics.

https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/wiki/Profiles-&-Settings

 

[gstv 0]

thanks, going to give it a try later.

 

g.

 

[ahoeben 2,012]

If a value is specified in the quality profile, that will override what is configured in the material. So if the quality profile contains a value of 220 for the hotend temperature, Cura ignores what is set in the materials pane of the preferences.

 

I'm working on an update of the Material Settings plugin that will make this somewhat clearer and lets you do something about it.

[gstv 0]

how can i convince cura not to change from myprofile to the default profile 'Fine - 0.1' when i change to another material?

[gstv 0]

my understanding was:

 

1. configure and calibrate printer

2. configure an calibrate profiles

3. configure and calibrate for different materials

 

4. select callibrated printer

5. select profile

6. select different materials without having to touch printer configuration or profile selection

 

7. select another profile without having to touch printer configuration or profile(selection)

 

please tell me if i'm wrong and advise how to do it right.

 

thanks