how to recover the settings of prints

[afranx 1]

Hi, i'm a very newbie

if I have forgotten the settings of the press, can I find them all in gcode?

I read the gcode file with a text editor and I have only found this:

;Basic settings: Layer height: 0.2 Walls: 1.2 Fill: 25

;M109 S245 ;Uncomment to add your own temperature line

for the print speed I used

http://gcode.ws/

I have not yet found these other values

bottom/top thickness

enable\disable retraction

support type

platform adhesion type

there is a faster method to extract the settings from a gcode?

or

how can I save the settings for a print with cura??

[DidierKlein 729]

In Cura: Load settings from gcode in the File Menu

[SandervG 1,521]

Hi @afranx, thank you for your post.

Didier gave you a great way to retrieve the settings from your print.

From your SD card you can load your file back up in Cura.

Nonetheless, it is also valuable to get familiar with the structure of a gcode.

Sometimes you can do great things by manually tweaking the gcode.

For example this story could be interesting to read.

If you have found Didier's answer the right answer to your question, please go ahead to select it as 'Best Answer'. It will help future readers to find the best answer faster. Thank you!

Edited May 7, 2015 by Guest

[afranx 1]

In Cura: Load settings from gcode in the File Menu

sorry in cura I found only "load profile"

I tried to use it

and I got this message

"No profile found in Gcode file, This feature only works with GCode files made by Cura 12.07 or newer"

but I've Cura 15.02.1

[afranx 1]

 

@SandervG tnx for the link but I still have not solved the problem

[SandervG 1,521]

That is strange, I have just tried and it worked for me.

Anything particular about your gcode?

Is it an old gcode? Maybe your version of Cura is new, but if the gcode dates from longer back, it may not match.

[afranx 1]

no is a new gcode.

here it is

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jiok9mlxnmd5gp5/cuboFLEX4-v50LH02.gcode?dl=0

is a simple print test in  macosx 10.6.8 at office

I redid the test now at home with win7 creating the gcode and it works perfectly

I have to make sure that I use in the office cure 15.02.1 in Mac

[SandervG 1,521]

If I understand it correctly, this same gcode you have been able to retract your settings on your windows pc, but the same gcode didn't work on your mac?

Do you know on which device you have created the file?

We may have stumbled upon a bug and signal for @Daid's attention.

[afranx 1]

tomorrow I will experiment with the mac and I will keep you informed. thanks for the support

[afranx 1]

Do you know on which device you have created the file?

 

what you mean by "device"

the printer?

the slicer?

the Mac?

[SandervG 1,521]

Do you know on which device you have created the file?

 

what you mean by "device"

the printer?

the slicer?

the Mac?

I meant on either a Mac or windows. Thanks!

[afranx 1]

I checked and the mac is not working.

I can not retrieve information from gcode.

The problem I think is in end.gcode

 

; -- END GCODE --M104 S0                     ;extruder heater offM140 S0                     ;heated bed heater off (if you have it)G90;G91                                    ;relative positioningG1 E-5 F300                            ;retract the filament a bit before lifting the nozzle, to release some of the pressureG1 Z200 F{travel_speed} ;move Z up a bit and retract filament even moreG28 X0 Y0                              ;move X/Y to min endstops, so the head is out of the wayM84                         ;steppers offG90                         ;absolute positioning; -- end of END GCODE --

 

missing the last line that records the profile.

How can I fix it?

mac 10.6.8 / cura 15.02.01

Edited May 8, 2015 by Guest

[nallath 1,120]

Hmm, that is weird. The setting string should be below that. Could you report the issue on github?

[afranx 1]

can you give me the link where you can post this problem?

[gr5 2,170]

https://github.com/daid/Cura/issues

You will have to create a github account.

Is it possible that when you transferred the file it lost the last line? I'm not sure if there is a carriage return after the last line and some editors don't like that. Also the last line is huge - like maybe 500 characters? Not sure. Maybe that freaked out some software you used at some point.

[afranx 1]

I fixed it with unistall / re-install with AppCleaner and now the software works perfectly. thanks for the support

[afranx 1]

ops! double post! sorry

Edited June 3, 2015 by Guest

[afranx 1]

ok I solved reinstalling Cura.

Now works fine! tnx

[drafia 1]

is this still possible for cura 3.4? I loaded the gcode into the software, but i can't seem to find any button to display the settings used for it

[ahoeben 1,948]

Don't load the file into Cura, but instead Import it from the Profiles pane of the preferences.

[gr5 2,170]

There's lots of ways to do this.  ahoeben's way is best but also you can just open the gcode file with a text editor and look at the top dozen or so lines of comments and then look at the very bottom - the last line.

 

Personally I save as project in cura and simultaneously save gcode file on hard drive (or print over network) such.  The "project" file has everything in it including the orientation of the part/parts and all the settings.

[kayazuki 1]

On 7/31/2018 at 6:06 PM, ahoeben said:

Don't load the file into Cura, but instead Import it from the Profiles pane of the preferences.

Wow, I tried this twice now, both with Burtoogle's version and the official 4.6.0 versio of Cura and when i try to apply the profile it tells me "Not supported" and when I go to the Profiles Manager and click on the imported profile, Cura instantly crashes. I've sent both crash reports, but this way isn't working for me on my Mac Pro 😞

Edited June 10, 2020 by kayazuki

[ahoeben 1,948]

1 hour ago, kayazuki said:

I've sent both crash reports

 

Great. However, since I am a community member, not an Ultimaker employee, I can not access the crash reports you sent so I don't know what went wrong.

[bryanpatchen 0]

Found this thread via search.  Using Cura 4.6.1 and followed the instructions to import the profile.  Pop up window states import successful but can't find the profile listed.  Am I missing a step?  Thanks!

[gr5 2,170]

After importing, make sure you are in advanced mode, and to the right where it says "profile" there is a box that says something like "0.1 fine" or many other possibilities.  On the right side of that box is a drop down arrow (and a star?).  The star only appears if there are any changes in settings versus the default profile that you have selected.  If the star appears then click on it and check all the tabs (e.g. "global settings" tab and "extruder 1" tab and look for italics or other indication that you changed a value (e.g. if it's different in the "current" column versus the "profile" column.