Simplify3d and Filament Timings

markz

I just updated Simplify3d (yes, after 5 years they actually did an update) and now my most reliable print timing (Filament Usage time) shows n/a. Anyone know what would cause that? I'm running RRF 3.4.2.

Thanks.

T3P3Tony

@markz no doubt they changed the syntax for a comment that RRF/DWC needs, can you post a gocde file (or at least the header and the first few hundred lines) here for us to look at.

markz

@T3P3Tony Here you go. TinyTest.gcode

markz

@T3P3Tony And here is more or less the same file in V4 (it failed to fully load the model def). TinyTestv4.gcode

GeneRisi

@T3P3Tony V4 says "Filament Length:" at the bottom. V5 says "Material Length:" at the bottom

Proschi3D

@markz post processing script:

{REPLACE "Material Length" "Filament length"}

markz

@Proschi78 @GeneRisi and @T3P3Tony

Yes, editing the summary line to Filament length from Material Length took care of it.

Thanks, all.

p.s. looking quickly at the code it's on line 729 of Storage\FileInfoParser.cpp in 3.4.2

dc42

@markz I'll fix this in 3.5beta2. Please supply a sample GCode file produced by S3D v5 so that I can test it.

markz

@dc42 Here you go. This prints a small object using PETG. Let me know if you want something different. Looking at the GCode file, line 266 calls my init macro - which you can just comment out - it does a home then wipes the nozzle.

Mark

SmallTestBody.stl
S3D_V5_Test.gcode

dc42

@markz thanks. It's a good thing I asked you for a file because I had failed to notice the change in case of the letter L in the text to search for! I now have this working in the 3.5 source code.

markz

@dc42 Thank you very much.

dvmourik

@dc42 Just to let you know we updated one of our machines to 3.5.0-b3 still with Simplify3D 5.0.0 and 5.1.0 no filament usage in the Jobs lists.

salmankhan886111

I am in the same exact boat. I’ve had s3d I think since it’s inception. It was unpleasantly expensive but it was also just far better that the slap dash free sliders at the time (manual supports and a good preview were a game changer). But I’ve just been using it on momentum for the last few years.

New slices have interesting infills and organic tree ports and all sorts of fun feature. I was hoping s3d would step up so I wouldn’t have to recalibrate everything for a new slicer, but I think we’ve reached that point.

dc42

@dvmourik please supply a sample GCode file.

dvmourik

@dc42

Here are 3 versions (5.0.0 and 5.0.1 and 5.1.0)

S3D500-Cube250micron_30m_15gr_PLA_T3500SE_08n.gcode
S3D510-Caps_2h40m_PLA_T3000SE_1n.gcode
S3D501-Cube300micron_40m_8gr_PLA_T3500SE_04n.gcode

dc42

@dvmourik thanks. The filament length in those files is already recognised in the 3.5.0-beta.3 build of RRF. I have back-ported the change so that it will be included in the forthcoming 3.4.6 release too.

salmankhan886111

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