Open appideasDOTcom opened 3 years ago
So in order to make something like this happen, the following needs to occur:
N
print moves, where N
is variable based on the prior move speeds (this is to get to time). This information is likely present in the MotionPlanner and/or GCodeWriter.N
print moves later, (see above for definition of N
).@appideasDOTcom you could probably implement this via a post-processing script, combined with code annotation. You'd need to implement the command window and read the F commands to get the speed.
Feature Request Sometimes, a bridge is made in a very short period of time, and there is not a sufficient amount of time for cooling. This is particularly troublesome for plastics that should not have continual cooling, but need for a fan to be enabled slightly more than briefly to prevent bridges from sagging.
The solution I'd like I would like to be able to set a time period (e.g. number of seconds) to enable the parts cooling fan before and after a bridge is made. This would logically fit above or beneath the current "Bridges fan speed" setting on Filament Settings > Cooling.
Alternatives I've considered From the end-user's perspective, I can't think of a better solution. I don't have a concept of the difficulty of pulling this off in slic3r's code.
A couple of potential alternatives:
Additional context I often print in PETG, so cooling is highly discouraged (layer adhesion is greatly reduced resulting in significantly more brittle printed parts), but small-ish bridges don't come out well unless I am anticipating them and happen to be sitting around with a portable fan to manually cool as they are being made. My manual testing has convinced me that this problem would be resolved if I were able to enable the parts cooling fan for 15-30 seconds before and after troublesome bridges.