Hi folks,

I’ve used Cura as my main slicer with my Flashforge Creator Pro for several years with no major issues. It was a while since I had upgraded (4.12) and I decided to try out the latest version (5.6).

My printer and slicing profiles seemed to transfer over automatically, but when I tried to slice and print, I encountered a strange issue: It no longer heats the extruders or the bed.

It just starts “printing” immediately with stone-cold extruders and bed. The temperature settings in my slicing profiles seem unchanged from 4.12, so I’m a bit at a loss as to what is happening.

I can verify that this is not a hardware issue with the printer, as I can run print jobs generated in Cura 4.12, and the heaters work just fine.

Anyone else encounter this or a similar issue? Any known fixes or recommended troubleshooting advice?

Thanks in advance!

  • Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    What’s in your start gcode ?
    Maybe you use a variable that has been deprecated between the 4.12 and 5.6, and is set to 0 ?

    https://all3dp.com/2/cura-start-gcode-end-gcode/

    For example :
    {print_temperature} Alias for material_print_temperature (deprecated, do not use)
    {print_bed_temperature} Alias for material_bed_temperature (deprecated, do not use)

    instead of :
    {material_print_temperature_layer_0} and {material_bed_temperature_layer_0}

    http://files.fieldofview.com/cura/Replacement_Patterns.html

    • threelonmusketeersOPEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Thanks, this is my start gcode, which is unchanged between 4.12 and 5.6:

      M140 S{material_bed_temperature, initial_extruder_nr} T0 ; set bed temperature
M134 T0 ; stabilize bed temperature
M104 S{material_print_temperature_layer_0, initial_extruder_nr} T{initial_extruder_nr} ; set left or right extruder temperature
M133 T{initial_extruder_nr} ; stabilize left or right extruder temperature

      How up-to-date is the file on fieldofview? There doesn’t seem to be any deprecated variables…