At layer change plugin

Plugins
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I'm quite sure that there was a plugin or something similar years ago where i put in the number of the layer and the print paused.

I'm want to print magnet holder and want to insert the magnet after a number of layers.
I'm using now superslicer and count the number of layers and than hit pause in octoprint.

Or was it a gcode script, long ago ....

I'm printing with Qidi X-Max

2

You'd set it in the slicer, I do this a lot in Cura where it's a post processing plugin item of filament change but prusaslicer has it too and so will superslicer. Just google for detailed descriptions.

That said, at times I wish octoPrint had a button for it in the GCODE-viewer so I can adhoc decide on a filament change. I'm thinking of travelling to the exact progress point in the GCODE viewer and set a filamentChange-Tag for that exact spot. Additional pro would be that I could trigger a change not only at layer change points but just somewhere.

3

i'm so sure that i'd done it in octoprint.
With my Qidi Printer the M600 or M601 does not work (pause and color change) in SuperSlicer
after more searching i found M0 as a Replace for Qidi Printer
That works, yeah, but i'm getting this Warning -bloked command m0-
GCODE Viewer/Editor is a great idea

4

no i've a problem with the - Bevore resume- gcode

{% if pause_position.x is not none %}
; relative extruder
M83

; prime nozzle
G1 E-0.8 F4500
G1 E0.8 F4500
G1 E0.8 F4500

; absolute E
M82

; absolute XYZ
G90

; reset E
G92 E{{ pause_position.e }}

; WARNING!!! - use M83 or M82(exruder absolute mode) according what your slicer generates
M83 ; extruder relative mode

; move back to pause position XYZ
G1 X{{ pause_position.x }} Y{{ pause_position.y }} Z{{ pause_position.z }} F4500

; reset to feed rate before pause if available
{% if pause_position.f is not none %}G1 F{{ pause_position.f }}{% endif %}
{% endif %}

found this code in the forum,
but the last line ;Reset to feed....
leads to a rattling noise of the feeder, pressing a big blob til i canceled it
If commenting this line , the head resumed to print at X/Y but not Z so it prints one round in the air

5

There are extensions for cura and post processing scripts/options in SuperSlicer/PrusaSlicer for this type of operation. The one in Cura from a while back was called ChangeAtZ IIRC.

6

interesting, I see many options for changes at a certain height or layer but it was not evident on first sight how to trigger a M600 from there. Anyway, thanks for bringing this one to my attention