I appreciate the reply, thank you. I guess what I am going for is a "standard" profile or a profile for whatever I am printing, like "multiboard" profile. Then in the material settings, if I am using Elegoo Black, the calibration settings I did for Elegoo black will be used and if I am using Anycubic silver, the calibration settings for Anycubic silver will be used, but the rest of the profile settings will stay the same.
At least that is my goal.
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GregValiant 1,454
I don't see any reason why you can't do it like that.
The link between a profile and various materials is complicated because there can be conflicts between what is set for a material, and what the profile says. The final (higher?) override is the "Custom Profile".
You can look for the "circle arrow" or "fx" icons next to a setting to see if it has been un-linked from the profile default.
It sounds like you have the "Material Settings" plugin loaded. If you do - then for material settings (like Flow) you can right-click on a setting box and select "Use value from material" and the box will update.
10 years ago when there were only a couple of materials the system probably worked quite well. Now I just find it confusing. I have an extensive list of blocked materials in my printer definition file and I have 4 custom materials that I use.
That's what works for me. I still have to make changes on a model-by-model basis. "One-setting-fits-all" doesn't really work.
I hate starting a print and then seeing something that I should have changed and missed. The Z-seam location tops that list.
I have this in my StartUp Gcode instead of making flow changes based on the material. It isn't "better" but it does allow me to leave all the flows in Cura at 100% and so they are easier to maintain.
{if 'TPU' in material_type}
M92 E119 ; Steps/mm for TPU
{elif 'PETG' in material_type}
M92 E102 ; Steps/mm for PETG
{else}
M92 E97 ; Steps/mm for all others
{endif}
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