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hudbrog / gCodeViewer

a visual web based gcode analyzer
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Material Usage #5

Closed IMADETHAT3D closed 11 years ago

IMADETHAT3D commented 11 years ago

Hi Bud,

Just wanna say that the Analyser is fantastic. Soo handy although i do have a quick question. The Total filament used information shows this in mm. Now is that mm of the filament at the layer height you are printing at, eg. 0.27. or is it of some other diameter filament. I only ask because it can make quite a lot of difference to the amount of material used on the model.

Or the other thing might be that i have missed something fundamental. If so, clarification on that too would be great.

Cheers again.

Alex

hudbrog commented 11 years ago

Hi, Total filament used shows how much filament is used =) It measures how much is taken from the reel. Doesn't really matter what layer height of filament diameter you're using, since "5D" firmwares that are used most widely now specify exactly how much filament should be taken by extruder in mm. To get filament weight, on the other hand, you do need to specify filament diameter and filament type in "Printer info" dropdown. Hope that helps )