IdeaMaker feature requests

[Stefan J. Trucker]

I have spent some more time digging into my issue and I found out, that the funktion fill Gaps in Sheels is mainly where i am referring to.

but as soon as I turned single extrusion filling down to 20% i got the result what I needed


edit:

after closer analyses I would like to disable (solid) infill under floating parts, this way the printtime cuts almost in halve

I made a workaround in putting bottom and top solid fill to 1 and added more layers to surface fill. this way i almost get the result i am looking for


Thank you very much

[Vicky@Raise3D]

There are some options realted to small features in ideaMaker.
https://www.ideamaker.io/dictionaryDeta ... name=Layer

[bitskrieg]

Ideamaker has the ability to set per-structure flow rates, which lets you fine-tune exactly how much extrusion is happening across your model. This is in contrast to other slicers that have just one global flow rate setting.

Because of this, I think Ideamaker is the best slicer for use with pellet extruders (which have much more inconsistent flow rates when compared with filament extruders). Pellet extruders (and high-flow filament extruders) often have multiple heaters in a single tool like these:

https://dyzedesign.com/pulsar-pellet-extruder/
https://dyzedesign.com/typhoon-extruder/

I use Ideamaker to slice models for these extruders, and right now I can't set pressure advance or temperature across multiple heaters in a single tool. I can hack it in the start gcode section with something like this (RRF3 + Duet):

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var pulsar_temp={temperature_extruder1} ; get pulsar slicer temp
var pulsar_top_offset=20 ; set upper heater offset
var pulsar_middle_offset=10 ; set middle heater offset
var pulsar_bottom_offset=0 ; set lower heater offset

M568 P0 S{var.pulsar_temp - var.pulsar_top_offset, var.pulsar_temp - var.pulsar_middle_offset, var.pulsar_temp - var.pulsar_bottom_offset}A2 ; Set pulsar temp using M568 and some simple math to apply offsets for other heaters
M140 S{temperature_heatbed} ; set heatbed temp

G21 ; use mm
G90 ; set absolute positioning
M82 ; set absolute extrusion
M106 S0 ; turn off fans
M561 ; clear any bed transform
G28 ; home all axes
G32 ;  check bed tilt
G29 S1 ; load mesh map
G92 E0 ; Reset material counter to 0
T0 ; Select Tool 0
M572 D0 S0.2 ; set PA
M116 S5 ; wait for hotend and bed to reach temperature to 5 degrees
M117 "Printing..."


It would be much nicer if Ideamaker added support in the printer section for configuring tools with multiple heaters as well as the ability to specify pressure advance in filament settings. Also, the ability to escape curly brackets {} inside gcode would also be helpful, because RRF uses {} for expressions, and Ideamaker complains that it doesn't recognize the variable.

[Vicky@Raise3D]

Is there any specific feature listed below you are looking for ideaMaker to add?
To add custom start gcode under Printer Settings
To add Pressure advance under Filament Settings
Disable the spelling check for {} placeholder in start gcode, end gcode?

[bitskrieg]

1. Add support for having multiple heaters in an extruder in printer settings, each with their own configurable temperature in slicing settings

2. Pressure advance support

3. The ability to escape {} in the custom gcode section

[Vicky@Raise3D]

I have forwarded your requests over to the devloping team.
For the Number 2, the Start GCode currently under Filament Settings -> Custom GCode supports Pressure Advance GCodes.

[bitskrieg]

Great I'll check that out. Another thing that I just noticed is that the custom gcode fields don't respect leading whitespace:

This:

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while iterations < #move.axes ; while current iteration (zero-indexed) is less than number of axes (1-indexed)
  if !move.axes[iterations].homed ; check if axis is not homed
    G28 ; home all axes if above conditional passes
    break; exit loop
  else
    continue; increment and re-evaluate


Gets turned in to this after slicing and exporting the gcode file to disk:

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while iterations < #move.axes ; while current iteration (zero-indexed) is less than number of axes (1-indexed)
if !move.axes[iterations].homed ; check if axis is not homed
G28 ; home all axes if above conditional passes
break; exit loop
else
continue; increment and re-evaluate


RRF conditional and loop statements use whitespace to determine logical grouping, similar to python. Stripping out the whitespace means ideamaker can't use RRF logic in custom gcode.

[Vicky@Raise3D]

ideaMaker will remove the White Space and abnormal character in case the errors got exported to GCode file.
We can consider give the users more options to have the abilities to keep these.

[Saperusa]

I have a request,
when leaving a print often is made by a set of separate prints.
I remove the printed pieces and start again; the point is that it is fine for the nozzle to cool down once finished; it is not okay that the printing bed also does. I need to have the press chamber at constant temperature and you should never stop warming up the printing floor.
You would need an option on the raise touch that allows you to select if once finished printing must keep the bed at temperature or do as usual stop heating.
Until now I have to be very careful when I finish printing to disengage again the temperature of the bed so that when the new print starts the room is at the same temperatureand I don’t have to wait to warm up again.
Could it be added to the raise touch update?
Thanks

[Ryan@Raise3D]

I will go ahead and send your suggestion over to our ideamaker development team to see if they can implement it in future versions of the software.

[Saperusa]

I will go ahead and send your suggestion over to our ideamaker development team to see if they can implement it in future versions of the software.

Ryan estimates that my way of working on sequential prints without a stop maybe for days in a row is the norm for those who have an activity and not the exception.

S.

[Ryan@Raise3D]

Thank you for the update. The suggestion has been passed onto the ideamaker team to see if they can add it in a future version of the software.

[Labirynt]

I have a request,
when leaving a print often is made by a set of separate prints.
I remove the printed pieces and start again; the point is that it is fine for the nozzle to cool down once finished; it is not okay that the printing bed also does. I need to have the press chamber at constant temperature and you should never stop warming up the printing floor.
You would need an option on the raise touch that allows you to select if once finished printing must keep the bed at temperature or do as usual stop heating.
Until now I have to be very careful when I finish printing to disengage again the temperature of the bed so that when the new print starts the room is at the same temperatureand I don’t have to wait to warm up again.
Could it be added to the raise touch update?
Thanks

you can create new filament profile with changed gcode (or just edit actually one) - turning off heating bed/hot end is in end gcode procedure You can skip this part - and the printer will be always hot after finished printing

[Saperusa]

you can create new filament profile with changed gcode (or just edit actually one) - turning off heating bed/hot end is in end gcode procedure You can skip this part - and the printer will be always hot after finished printing [/quote]

Thanks

S.