How to program in a pause to a print

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What is the problem?

I would like to be able to pause a print as it transitions to a specific z height so I can put nuts or other things into the print then have it continue the print when I click resume. That way I dont have to manually pause the print at just the right second. Is there some plugin i can add to add this functionality, I searched but couldnt find one.

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It kind of depends on the firmware. For example you could do it with action commands, if your firmware supports those.

https://reprap.org/wiki/G-code#Action_commands

And if you're running Prusa firmware you've got the M601 command.

https://reprap.org/wiki/G-code#M601:_Pause_print

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Oh, and you would use those commands in your slicer with any variety of "at z-height" script/setting to actually do the work.

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It's not a bad plugin idea though, a "pause at z-height" would be an interesting utility. Not sure how well you could get it to work having to deal with z heights above current layer because of z-hop settings, etc.