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We don't make the profiles for third party printers (they are contributed to us by community members) so we can't guarantee that the numbers they contain are actually correct.
This is not the same as seeing the "correct" time in the Cura window, but maybe it's something you can use.
I made a request for a plugin about a year ago and one of the contributors to Cura adapted an existing one and came up with "ShowProgress.py" that I'll attach as a zip file. I like it because it has a "speed factor" in it for the print time. If Cura tells you a print will take 1 hr and you know from experience that it will take 1.25 hours then the fudge factor would be 1/1.25 = 0.8.
If your firmware supports M117 then "1/240 | ET 4H03M" will appear on the LCD at layer changes. The Cura "TIME:" line is not affected and will always show the print time that Cura calculated in total seconds.
(I run Windows so adjust accordingly for Linux or Mac) Unzip the file and copy it to:
"...\Ultimaker Cura 4.x.x\plugins\PostProcessingPlugin\scripts. It will show up as a Post Processing Script the next time you start Cura. I found that for my printer a Fudge Factor of 1.1 works well. I don't see it when I slice, but it shows up on the LCD during a print and counts down to the finish while the layers count up.
Cura 5.7 is here and it brings a handy new workflow improvement when using Thingiverse and Cura together, as well as additional capabilities for Method series printers, and a powerful way of sharing print settings using new printer-agnostic project files! Read on to find out about all of these improvements and more.
S-Line Firmware 8.3.0 was released Nov. 20th on the "Latest" firmware branch.
(Sorry, was out of office when this released)
This update is for...
All UltiMaker S series
New features
Temperature status. During print preparation, the temperatures of the print cores and build plate will be shown on the display. This gives a better indication of the progress and remaining wait time. Save log files in paused state. It is now possible to save the printer's log files to USB if the currently active print job is paused. Previously, the Dump logs to USB option was only enabled if the printer was in idle state. Confirm print removal via Digital Factory. If the printer is connected to the Digital Factory, it is now possible to confirm the removal of a previous print job via the Digital Factory interface. This is useful in situations where the build plate is clear, but the operator forgot to select Confirm removal on the printer’s display. Visit this page for more information about this feature.
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nallath 1,120
Often it's because the acceleration / jerk is not setup correctly in Cura. It's an issue that people run into more often. See https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/4066/estimating-printing-time-from-cura
We don't make the profiles for third party printers (they are contributed to us by community members) so we can't guarantee that the numbers they contain are actually correct.
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GregValiant 1,245
This is not the same as seeing the "correct" time in the Cura window, but maybe it's something you can use.
I made a request for a plugin about a year ago and one of the contributors to Cura adapted an existing one and came up with "ShowProgress.py" that I'll attach as a zip file. I like it because it has a "speed factor" in it for the print time. If Cura tells you a print will take 1 hr and you know from experience that it will take 1.25 hours then the fudge factor would be 1/1.25 = 0.8.
If your firmware supports M117 then "1/240 | ET 4H03M" will appear on the LCD at layer changes. The Cura "TIME:" line is not affected and will always show the print time that Cura calculated in total seconds.
(I run Windows so adjust accordingly for Linux or Mac) Unzip the file and copy it to:
"...\Ultimaker Cura 4.x.x\plugins\PostProcessingPlugin\scripts. It will show up as a Post Processing Script the next time you start Cura. I found that for my printer a Fudge Factor of 1.1 works well. I don't see it when I slice, but it shows up on the LCD during a print and counts down to the finish while the layers count up.
ShowProgress.zip
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