Printing Status Issues & Suggestions
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What I've always done historically with Slic3R is add this to the start gcode
; layer_height =[layer_height]
I don't know if it's still necessary but might be worth a try?Edit. Also baby stepping seems to screw up the layer count. On the odd occasion when I've used it, DWC seems to have treated every baby step change as a new layer.
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DWC shows the correct layer height 0.6 / 0.4 (first layer is 0.6).
Slic3r(Prusa) does some funky things with supports, when I look at individual layers in Slic3r some have only supports and some have only the actual object. It could be that is getting it confused.
The reported layer height (592) * 0.4 = 9.3" which is about the actual height of this print. The printed layers on this print went to about 750 before it finished. The print is not that tall.
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I think that every time there is a Z move, DWC counts it as a layer completed. Not sure on that but I think that's what happens. If ever you try spiral vase mode, you'll see what I mean. So it could well be that, if the supports are at different layer heights to the main object, then that would screw up the number of layers completed (vs the number of layers expected).
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I need to check that, i use Z hop but have not noticed the layers getting messed up
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I need to check that, i use shop but have not noticed the layers getting messed up
Tony. You really need to sort out your auto correct (unless there is a slicer called "shop" )
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I need to check that, i use shop but have not noticed the layers getting messed up
Tony. You really need to sort out your auto correct (unless there is a slicer called "shop" )
typing on phone : Z-Hop
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I need to check that, i use shop but have not noticed the layers getting messed up
Tony. You really need to sort out your auto correct (unless there is a slicer called "shop" )
typing on phone : Z-Hop
I guessed that (typing on 'phone that is). Why they are called "smart phones" beats me.
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I was getting the wrong layer count, apparently because (IIRC) I had something like
G1 X0 Y0 Z285 E-5 F6000 ; Retract filament as soon as possible and homeIn my Ending Script, and the software somewhere was interpreting the Z285 as the height of the last layer.
I changed the script to [c]G1 X0 Y0 Z285 E-5 F6000 ; E Retract filament as soon as possible and home[/c] (I think it had something to do with the "Retract" in the comment!), and now I get the correct number of layers.
I could have the details wrong, but there's a thread on it somewhere in this forum.
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To add a data point to this thread, I'm a fairly new Duet user. I've seen layer issues myself several times. Right now, I'm about halfway through the first layer of a pretty large bed area print, and DWC is reporting I'm on layer 9 of 86. It should be layer 1 of 90.
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Please submit any GCode files that give rise to an incorrect indication of the number of layers.
