Recovering prints June 18, 2014 10:59AM |
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Re: Recovering prints June 18, 2014 02:32PM |
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VortyZA
Someone mentioned being able to recover a print that failed for some reason. I can't find the message though. Is there a file or something that keeps track of where in the gcode the printer was when the power cycled or whatever?
Re: Recovering prints June 18, 2014 02:38PM |
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VortyZA
Someone mentioned being able to recover a print that failed for some reason. I can't find the message though. Is there a file or something that keeps track of where in the gcode the printer was when the power cycled or whatever?
You may be thinking of someone who was also asking whether there is any way to recover a print by rewinding to a particular line. I do not believe that there is any practical way to do such a thing in most circumstances. If you know exactly what line in the file to return to, you could simply edit the G code file in a text editor and delete everything between the start code (that sets the temperatures) and Z command that moves to the layer in question - then delete from that Z move to the line you want to start from, then print that edited file.
Dave
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Re: Recovering prints June 18, 2014 02:50PM |
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VortyZA
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VortyZA
Someone mentioned being able to recover a print that failed for some reason. I can't find the message though. Is there a file or something that keeps track of where in the gcode the printer was when the power cycled or whatever?
You may be thinking of someone who was also asking whether there is any way to recover a print by rewinding to a particular line. I do not believe that there is any practical way to do such a thing in most circumstances. If you know exactly what line in the file to return to, you could simply edit the G code file in a text editor and delete everything between the start code (that sets the temperatures) and Z command that moves to the layer in question - then delete from that Z move to the line you want to start from, then print that edited file.
Dave
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Thanks Dave,
That occurred to me too - I think my Prusa outputs a 'x of y bytes' message to the laptop which would allow me to trim the file as long as it's not been airprinting of course!
Not sure if the Ormerod does that or something similar?
The question is moot however because the power was cycled so the bed was switched off and the print happily detached itself before I could try save it. The laptop also crashed, so I suppose it just was not meant to be