Cura Printing Time

[raymond91 0]

Hello Everyone,

I am a new user of CURA Software.

Regarding the printing time, does anybody knows how the Cura software calculate it?

I try to look at the programming code, but couldn´t find on how they calculate the time.

So, does anyone know the algorithm or the formula to calculate the printing time?

Thank you very much in advance

 

[pm_dude 27]

Hi Raymond,

Welcome to the forum,

The print time is calculated in CuraEngine. CuraEngine is the c++ slice engine used with Cura.

Try looking for when its writing "Print time:" result and track it backward in the code.

 

[Daid 304]

Hello Everyone,

I am a new user of CURA Software.

Regarding the printing time, does anybody knows how the Cura software calculate it?

I try to look at the programming code, but couldn´t find on how they calculate the time.

So, does anyone know the algorithm or the formula to calculate the printing time?

Thank you very much in advance

 

I can only give you the same info as I already gave you trough the support staff.

It's calculated with that code. That's the algorithm. It's a complex whole where that code calculates exactly what the firmware will do any how much time that will take.

https://github.com/Ultimaker/CuraEngine/blob/master/src/timeEstimate.cpp

 

[raymond91 0]

and also how to calculate the travel distance of the extruder?

 

I´m able to calculate the extruder travelling distance in a 3D model Cube.

however, if the model is too complex...., then I have no idea anymore.