Selecting the Material

[flyntm 2]

I feel like I'm being an idiot by asking this but...

I'm trying to use a non- Ultimaker material. I found a profile for it in Cura and thought I sent it to the printer.  When I go to Select the Material in the load process it's not there. Only the Generics are there.  What am I missing?

 

Thanks

[Andrew_W 8]

Did you do the "Sync with Printers"?

 

It took me a few attempts to get this to work, but all good now.

[flyntm 2]

Thanks for your assistance Andrew.  Mine does not have the Sync button? I'm running Cura Version 5.1.0.

 

Also, what does the "Activate" selection do?

 

[dsp 20]

I usualy select a material with the same printing temperature, I don't think the printer uses the material selection on the printer for anything else as loading and unloading the material (all other settings are in your sliced file)

[flyntm 2]

Thanks for your response dsp.

 

That's what I've been doing too, but I have to do an "Override" every time I start a print.  And in the documentation I've reviewed, it indicates that I ought to be able to sync the materials in Cura with the UM3. Thus, I was trying to figure out why I can't get that to work.

[dsp 20]

perhaps its the printer because with the S5 we have the option to synch to the printer

this is also in 5.1.0

[flyntm 2]

Ultimaker wouldn't make it so my "old UM3" won't support materials syncing... would they?????😝

[jhartzell 2]

I have this exact same problem on my Ultimaker 3. There is no "Sync" option on my Cura version 5.3.1. I am running Ultimaker PLA filament but have to over-ride the Generic PLA that never seems to leave.