Removing a print faster while the bed is still hot is one thing for me. It doesnt happen much often but it does from time to time.
But the need to let it cool down before starting a new print so the heating starts again right away also slows down the workflow.
When I am printing with PC on a 110°C bed and I forgot to apply my adhesion glue/there was a leveling issue/a material blob from the nozzle might ruin my print/with the first layer I notice a slicing mistake/somewhere mid-print I notice something isn't printing like I thought it would and other scenarios...Waiting for a 110°C bed to cool down to 60°C so I can retry my print, which heats back up to 110°C again takes quite a while.
Yes, the bed is very hot while doing this and yes, there is the risk of burning. But even when removing failed prints or first layers I don't touch the bed. I take a metal spatula and remove whatever I have to remove. Sometimes there isn't even the need to remove anything.
The idea to make the printer operation more safe through the warning of a hot surface and to let the printer cool down before starting a new one is a good one in theory.
But it doesn't even line up with the ability to set the bed temperature manually to 120°C without a warning on the printer or that I can open the doors while printing and nothing stops or slows down.
I would therefore like to see an option to skip the cool-down as well. Let it have a confirmation question with a big red warning so the user can see what consequences this has and knows what he is about to do. I believe that mostly experienced users would use this function anyway.
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waywardengineer 3
I've been printing smaller single layer things for light diffusion, and because you can print only one at a time in vase mode and they print quickly, this wait time really becomes a big portion of the total cycle time.
Edited by waywardengineerIt's not a big print where I'm worried about distortion, and they just pop right off the build plate by hand.
I wish there was an option to click once on something that said "Yes, I know I might get burned if I'm dumb about it" and then it would allow you to hit the "confirm removal" button as soon as the print finishes from then on until the option is changed back.
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Nosybottle 9
@waywardengineer If your vase mode prints are small enough, you can actually print several at once by changing Print Sequence to One at a Time. But aye, it would be nice to have this option
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robinmdh 100
I can't say I was ever a fan of this "feature" (it's supposed to stop you from damaging the print prematurely and yes people have also complained about us allowing you to remove the print too early) but despite my arguments very similar to yours it got in ages ago, it's a bit more visible now but it's been there for quite a while.
We have a new UX person since then though so it's at least up for discussion, I'll point him to this discussion.
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Dim3nsioneer 558
For those not patient enough to wait for the printer to allow for confirming the removal: Just swap the glass plate with an empty (cool) one and you need less time.
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