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filaswitch
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Filament switch post processor for 3D printing. Currently tested with Prometheus System and Simplify3D.
Filament switch post processor for Simplify 3D (3.1.1).
Currently tested with Prometheus System.
Main features:
- adds material switch purge tower g-code to Simplify3D dual-extruder prints (Prometheus System supported)
- fixes S3D ver 3.1.1 bug with 'Perform retraction during wipe movement'

Perform retraction during wipe movement-bug:
- filaswitch detects if this feature is enabled in S3D profile and applies the fix automatically.
- also one doesn't need to have Prometheus System to apply this fix. Simply omit the dual-extrusion S3D configuration and filaswitch will skip
dual-extrusion g-code addition

Disclaimer: i'm not responsible if anything bad happens due to use of this script.

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* 3D Printer with 2 extruders - one nozzle setup
* Printer profile in S3D configured for dual extrusion

##Use case1:
Print dual-color model with Prometheus system

### Simplify3D configuration
### Simplify3D configuration for Prometheus dual-extrusion

* Open process and show advanced settings
##### G-code-tab
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> T[new_tool]
Usage:
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###Usage:

First slice your dual-color model in Simplify3D
First slice your dual-color model in Simplify3D.
Save g-code to disk.

###Post processing (GUI):
####Post processing (GUI):
* Open the GUI, in Windows use filaswitch.bat, in Linux use shell (python3 filaswitch.py)
* Select your HW configuration; PTFE, E3DV6 or PEEK
* Click the 'Browse...'to select the g-code file
* Check info screen
* Done

###Post processing (cli):
####Post processing (cli):
* python3 filaswitch.py /path/tp/yourgcodefile.gcode (Linux) PTFE|E3DV6|PEEK
* python filaswitch.py \path\to\yourgcodefile.gcode PTFE|E3DV6|PEEK

Result is a new file, with _fs.gcode ending. You're ready to print :).


##Use case2:
Only fix S3D bug with Retract during wipe

First slice your model in Simplify3D, no need to change any settings.
Save g-code to disk.

####Post processing (GUI):
* Open the GUI, in Windows use filaswitch.bat, in Linux use shell (python3 filaswitch.py)
* Select your HW configuration; PTFE, E3DV6 or PEEK (doesn't matter in this case)
* Click the 'Browse...'to select the g-code file
* Check info screen
* Done

Result is a new file, with _fs.gcode ending. You're ready to print :).

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