@engikeneer said in A bit confused about Tools positioning:
@the_dragonlord said in A bit confused about Tools positioning:
esteps are perfectly tuned for both the extruders,
In that case, just measure your filament diameter with calipers and run with that. As you print with both heads you'll probably find you want to set the extrusion multiplier a bit below 1 to prevent any exccess material on the top which the other noxxle will scrape and leave a mark. I prefer to tune that by just printing objects and seeing though so not very scientific...
RE pressure advance, the script in the PA wiki page isn't a python script you run, you put it straight into your slicer. I use PrusaSlicer and there's an option for 'Custom G-code' to be inserted at various points (start/end of print, before/after layer change, before/after tool change etc).
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It has built-in place-holder names which you can call to do things with (there's some documentation on their website, but I've found it's a bit of trial and error at times to get the syntax right if you try developing your own...)
Anyways, that will put the PA commands into the print file at the right points. Other slicers will probably have something similar though I've not tried
Alternatively, just set the cube going without that and change the PA on the fly be sending M572 D0 Sxxxvia the console in DWC, let it run a few layers and adjust again. TBH, this is how I've gone about adjusting/tuning most parameters on my printers because it means you can keep running the same file and tweaking things, rather than having to readjust the slicer, reslice, reupload etc...
In this post: https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/6181/tuning-macros-menus-accel-jerk-retraction-pressure-advance, Phaedrux shared some macros that can be quite useful when tuning accel, jerk, retraction and PA. They basically just call the relevant gcode to change the machine parameters (like M571 D0 Sxxx). They made my life a lot easier when doing this!
I use Ideamaker as slicer and it doesn't accept conditional expressions unfortunately....I copied and adapted the macros you suggested me...