On Monday 20 July 2020 07:04:21 andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 at 11:50, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Those two inspection points are before the STL is created and > > > after it has been used. (the Cura preview is a G-code preview) > > > > I've never seen video on the preview tab. > > I have no idea what you mean. > > What I mean is, in the preview tab, move the sliders so that you see a > single layer, then zoom right in and see what the tooth shape looks > like. > > > For some reason these stl files are all stood on edge. But face > > down puts the drive hub up in the air, so I've no clue what cura > > will do for support structure. Need an xray view of preview. > > Layer-by-layer lets you see that. Most Thingiverse viles suggest a > print direction and support options.
An option I haven't found yet because the instant you do anything to the preview, it erases it presumably because the gcode is invalidated. And cura's ability to monitor seems limited to tracking the two temps, everything else is blanked. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
