QUESTION Pause Cura printing, insert nut in model, resume printing

[RogueWave 15]

After Cura has print 9.1 mm height in the Z axes, stop the print, and insert nut in model.

How is it done? Search in Cura "pause" not helpful

 

Thanks

 

[adyj1 2]

This is part of the bundled Ultimaker plugin called 'Post Processing'.

 

Go to Extensions, Post Processing, Modify G-Code;

 

 

Then Add a script;

 

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Scroll down and choose 'Pause at height'

 

(** See post below from GregValiant which explains that really you should use 'Pause at layer'... **)

 

 

Then change the height setting in the settings column (the defaults for everything else work for me);

 

 

 

Regards,

Ady

 

 

 

Edited May 3, 2021 by adyj1
Point to more appropriate solution posted later

[RogueWave 15]

Thanks Ady

for pointing me to Post Processing.....

Now I know what it means

 

 

[GregValiant 1,248]

@RogueWave - Be advised that pausing "By Height" can be fooled by Z-hops in the file (the Z bounces up and down and the plug-in will react to the first instance of the Z height that it comes across).  It will also not work with Adaptive Layers (because the Z might be some oddball number).

Pause At Height works fine if set to "By Layer".

 

(NOTE:  Some late model Creality printers don't have "M0" enabled in their firmware and will blow through the pause command.  The fix is to add G4 S180 in the "gcode after pause" box to "dwell" the code execution for 3 minutes.  The downside to that is you have to be standing there when the dwell occurs since it is on a timer (S parameter is in seconds) rather than waiting for a button click).