i have a couple prints which need a color change. it tells me when to change but how do i count layers and know when to do the swap? i ASSuming i just pause it and do the swap. just not sure how the whole count thing is supposed to work.
also, is there somewhere where i can see upgrades/addons for my 3 v3? are their any such things? ive seen some places selling end that take two filiaments.
hey, thanks for what yall do here for us noobers.
I have a 3v3SE, and tried with latest version of Orca Slicer the filament change(which adds the M600 GCode) and the printer with the latest firmware:
– pause automatically.
– Goes to the corner.
– Makes some beep sounds to make aware that is the moment to change.
– Retract the filament.
– Then when you put the new one, you hit unpause in the LCD controller and it extrudes the new filament.
– Return to print in the selected layer.
In Orca Slicer to change the filament you can try this YT video: https://youtu.be/ieSEtNpzFcI?si=FKZXlGcOkOeFYv1c
This is an example of a basic implementation of the above.
To work out the layer numbers/heights you would usually slice the model in a slicer and then in the preview view you would use the slider down the right side of the screen to scroll through the layers of the print to locate the layer/height where the change needs to be made. Hope that helps.
Hi
When mine is changing colours it does what you have said but goes back to the prime tower, extrudes a little then retracts the filament and then tries to prime again. I got to catch the filament before I comes out and manually push back in. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong?
I didn’t enable the wipe tower maybe that setting affects the behaviour. Having told that, I switched to Octoprint and when I want to change filament I just add an M25 Pause code on the layer, and with the custom Macro of Octoprint now is easier to change the filament since the Head moves up more than the normal M600 Gcode.
