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    • westechundefined
      westech
      last edited by

      Greetings!

      I have 3 Ender 3 Pro, running RRF. Love it. Always used Cura. Wanted to switch to latest Orca. I haven't found a printer profile that works. If anyone is familiar with Orca (PrusaSlicer). My main goal is to retain my BL Touch G29. This is probably not a RRF issue but an issue of how Cura v. Orca uses Start and End G-code. Here are my specs and working Cura G-codes.

      Ender 3 Pro
      Creality Dual Gear Extruder
      BL Touch
      RRF Duet Firmware

      Current Cura Start G-Code:

      ; Ender 3 Custom Start G-code

      G92 E0 ; Reset Extruder
      G28 ; Home all axes
      G29
      G1 Z2.0 F3000 ; Move Z Axis up little to prevent scratching of Heat Bed
      G1 X0.1 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move to start position
      G1 X0.1 Y200.0 Z0.3 F1500.0 E15 ; Draw the first line
      G1 X0.4 Y200.0 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move to side a little
      G1 X0.4 Y20 Z0.3 F1500.0 E30 ; Draw the second line
      G92 E0 ; Reset Extruder
      G1 Z2.0 F3000 ; Move Z Axis up little to prevent scratching of Heat Bed
      G1 X5 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move over to prevent blob squish

      End G-Code

      G91 ;Relative positioning
      M83 ;Relative extruder mode
      G1 E-2 F2700 ;Retract a bit
      G1 E-2 Z0.2 F2400 ;Retract and raise Z
      G1 X5 Y5 F3000 ;Wipe out
      G1 Z10 ;Raise Z more
      G90 ;Absolute positioning;
      M82 ;set extruder absolute mode
      G1 X0 Y{machine_depth} ;Present print
      M106 S0 ;Turn-off fan
      M104 S0 ;Turn-off hotend
      M140 S0 ;Turn-off bed
      M84 X Y E ;Disable all steppers but Z

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      • droftartsundefined
        droftarts administrators @westech
        last edited by

        @westech I'm a bit confused about what you're asking.

        Is it that you can't set up a printer? You can either use the "Setup Wizard" and choose "Generic RRF printer", or "Create printer" from the printer drop-down box. When setting up a new printer in Orca, I don't select a printer profile, I create a new one with the "Can't find my printer model" tickbox selected (I find this way more awkward, though, more options!).

        Do you mean you can't find where to edit the start and end gcode in Cura? Click on the icon next to the printer name (in the printer drop-down box), and it will show the Printer settings. Go to the "Machine G-code" tab.

        Ian

        Bed-slinger - Mini5+ WiFi/1LC | RRP Fisher v1 - D2 WiFi | Polargraph - D2 WiFi | TronXY X5S - 6HC/Roto | CNC router - 6HC | Tractus3D T1250 - D2 Eth

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        • westechundefined
          westech @droftarts
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          @droftarts I know where to copy my start and end Gcode into Orca. But I don't get the same heat up, bed leveling, then my purge line etc. Orca seems to go to the center deploy my BL touch then heats up. no bed mesh. I was asking in the big picture, is selecting any printer profile enough. The only thing which makes a printer profile RRF is switching Marlin to RRF? Which I know how to do. OR, are there other settings which need to be set to tell Orca it is RRF?

          My bottom line, is neither the built in profiles are working for me. And if anyone who uses a similar printer have working profiles or knows were there are profiles I can DL online?

          As I said, I really want to run through the Orca calibration functions.

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