No time estimation and wrong layer height

minim · 24 Jan 2017, 23:11

I'm printing with 0.2 layers and I the interface is showing 0.1mm. I also don't get any time estimation anymore. Is there anything I can do to get this. It's PITA to run simulation before the prints to get a guesstimate on the time it's going to take. Would it be hard for the duet card to run simulation while starting to print to get a accurate print time a few minutes into the print? This would be a great feature but idkn how much resources it has to do this while printing.

Firmware Name: RepRapFirmware for Duet WiFi
Firmware Electronics: Duet WiFi 1.0
Firmware Version: 1.17c (2017-01-14)
WiFi Server Version: 1.03 (ch fork)
Web Interface Version: 1.14a

100 first lines of gcode

; GCode generated by CraftWare

T0; set primary extruder
M140 S50 ;T0; heat bed up to first layer temperature
M104 S200 T0 ; set nozzle heater to first layer temperature
G21; set units to mm
G28 ;home all axes
G90; set positioning to absolute
G1 Z30; move Z to waiting height
G1 X200 Y-100 Z30 F6000; move to waiting position (front right corner of print bed)
M116 ;wait for bed and extruder to heat up
G92 E0; set E to 0
G90; use absolute coordinates
G1 Z0.1 F6000.000; lower nozzle height to 0
G1 X70; wipe nozzle
G1 Z0.2 F6000.000; set nozzle to 0.2mm
G1 F12000; ensure fast travel to first print move
M82 ; use absolute distances for extrusion
M140 S50 ;set bed temp (no wait)
M104 S200 ;set head temp (no wait)
; –----------------------------------
; Layer #0
; ------------------------------------
G21 ; mm
G90 ; abs
G92 E0 ; reset extr
M106 S0
;segType:Skirt
G0 F2400 E-0.8000
G0 F300 Z0.200
G0 X90.779 Y82.378 F9600
G0 F2400 E0.0000
G1 X91.166 Y82.507 E0.0136 F1500
G1 X91.425 Y82.636 E0.0232
G1 X92.845 Y82.636 E0.0704
G1 X92.975 Y82.765 E0.0765
G1 X94.525 Y82.765 E0.1281
G1 X95.429 Y82.894 E0.1584
G1 X96.979 Y82.894 E0.2100
G1 X97.108 Y83.023 E0.2161
G1 X98.658 Y83.023 E0.2676
G1 X99.562 Y83.151 E0.2980
G1 X101.112 Y83.151 E0.3496
G1 X101.241 Y83.280 E0.3556
G1 X102.791 Y83.280 E0.4072
G1 X103.696 Y83.409 E0.4376
G1 X105.246 Y83.409 E0.4891
G1 X105.375 Y83.538 E0.4952
G1 X107.442 Y83.538 E0.5639
G1 X107.829 Y83.667 E0.5775
G1 X109.379 Y83.667 E0.6291
G1 X109.508 Y83.796 E0.6351
G1 X111.575 Y83.796 E0.7039
G1 X111.962 Y83.925 E0.7174
G1 X113.512 Y83.925 E0.7690
G1 X114.417 Y84.054 E0.7994
G1 X119.583 Y84.054 E0.9712
G1 X119.713 Y83.925 E0.9773
G1 X120.229 Y83.925 E0.9945
G1 X121.133 Y83.796 E1.0249
G1 X121.908 Y83.538 E1.0520
G1 X122.167 Y83.538 E1.0606
G1 X122.296 Y83.409 E1.0667
G1 X122.748 Y83.345 E1.0819
G1 X123.071 Y83.151 E1.0944
G1 X123.329 Y83.151 E1.1030
G1 X123.458 Y83.023 E1.1091
G1 X123.717 Y83.023 E1.1176
G1 X124.363 Y82.636 E1.1427
G1 X124.750 Y82.507 E1.1563
G1 X126.688 Y81.347 E1.2314
G1 X126.946 Y81.089 E1.2435
G1 X127.269 Y80.896 E1.2560
G1 X127.527 Y80.638 E1.2682
G1 X127.850 Y80.444 E1.2807
G1 X131.984 Y76.319 E1.4749
G1 X132.242 Y76.061 E1.4871
G1 X132.435 Y75.739 E1.4996
G1 X132.952 Y75.223 E1.5239
G1 X133.340 Y74.578 E1.5489
G1 X133.598 Y74.321 E1.5610
G1 X133.727 Y73.934 E1.5746
G1 X133.921 Y73.611 E1.5871
G1 X134.050 Y73.225 E1.6007
G1 X134.115 Y72.774 E1.6158
G1 X134.115 Y70.969 E1.6758
G1 X133.985 Y70.840 E1.6819
G1 X133.921 Y70.389 E1.6971
G1 X133.340 Y69.422 E1.7346
G1 X133.081 Y69.164 E1.7467
G1 X132.888 Y68.842 E1.7592
G1 X132.629 Y68.584 E1.7714
G1 X132.435 Y68.261 E1.7839
G1 X131.919 Y67.746 E1.8082
G1 X131.725 Y67.424 E1.8207
G1 X128.367 Y64.072 E1.9785
G1 X128.044 Y63.878 E1.9910

dc42 · 24 Jan 2017, 23:34

RepRapFirmware examines the start and end of the gcode file for comments describing the total filament consumption, layer height and other parameters. It looks like CraftWare either doesn't generate those, or generates them at the end of the file and in a format that is different from all the other slicers supported by RRF. Can you show us the end of the gcode file as well?

You are still getting the time estimation based on the proportion of the file that has been processed.

In the absence of a layer height comment, the firmware looks at the gcode itself to work out the starting height. Your starting gcode contains this:

G1 Z0.1 F6000.000; lower nozzle height to 0
G1 X70; wipe nozzle

which is why it thinks the layer height is 0.1mm.

minim · 25 Jan 2017, 00:16

Thanks for the reply. I will post my end gcode tomorrow so you can have a look at it.

I guess I could drop the wipe sequence on the start code but it's nice to have to not get a messy start Will have a look in craftware if I can find a way to get other style of comments.

Do you know what triggers the layer calc? I have a option to insert a gcode (I assume a comment would get inserted also) in craftware so I can always make some ";next layer starts here" comment if it's needed. Default it counts the layers like shown above.

minim · 25 Jan 2017, 06:25

End Gcode:

G0 X114.308 Y72.841 F9600
G0 F2400 E1.5383
;segType:HShell
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G1 X114.833 Y71.769
G1 X114.463 Y72.139 E1.5803
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G1 X114.615 Y70.892
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G1 X114.135 Y70.824
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;segType:Loop
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G1 X113.785 Y70.660 E2.1230
;segType:Perimeter
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G1 X112.694 Y70.386 E2.4967
G1 X113.345 Y70.136
;segType:HShell
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G1 X112.345 Y69.325 E2.5157 F452
G1 X111.766 Y69.355
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G1 X110.960 Y69.613
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G1 X110.094 Y71.024 E2.6242
G0 F2400 E1.8242
G0 X107.916 Y72.601 F9600
G0 X86.129 Y88.373
G0 F2400 E2.6242
G0 X86.000 Y88.502 F9600

G1 E-4 F800
G1 X0 Y0 F2500; home X and Y axes
M18; disable all stepper motors
M140 S0 T0; set bed temperature to 0
M104 S0 T0; set extruder temperature to 0
M104 S0 ;turn off head heater
M140 S0 ;turn off bed heater
M106 S0
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dc42 · 25 Jan 2017, 07:54

So CraftWare doesn't generate any useful comments except the one right at the beginning, which RepRapFirmware is already picking up. If you remove that wipe command, or disguise it, then I think the layer time estimate will probably work.

You could use relative movement or G92 commands to lower the nozzle to 0.1mm without Z0.1 appearing in a G1 command. Or in RRF 1.17c+2 you could use G2 or G3 to lower the nozzle to 0.1mm.

deckingman · 25 Jan 2017, 10:24

You can also add the comments that the firmware needs into your start and/or end gcodes but you'd have to edit them every time you slice something with a different layer height. David will tell you what they are but it'll be something like "; layer_height = n.nn" and maybe some others.