Editing Settings in Makerbot, Replicator-G & Simplify3D software (Page 1 of 4)

Just click help and about and it tells you the version number.

Also word has it they are about to stop the open source stuff and make their software available only to makerbot owners. The software will look for a unique id number embedded in the motherboard. That is registered with makerbot at the time of sale.

Ran across the mention on their forum when I was looking for a fix/cause for my CTC not talking to host software.

The current version will always include all previous updates plus newest. There is no need to have older versions unless you have a compatibility issue.

Your purge line problem is caused by your dimensions of your bed being set wrong in your host. The printer works by homing when powered or given a home command. When it gets the instructions to make the purge line it is told to move so many mm to the left from home. Same system for the Y and Z axis. It only truly knows where position 0,0,0 is by the endstops being triggered. It marks that as home and all moves aftetwards are computed as X mm from home. As it moves that axis it counts the steps based on your steps per mm settings in your firmware till it gets the distance it needs.

The purge line part of the code tells it to print that line across nearly the entire front of the bed. So if you have the wrong printer profile selected or have some how changed your bed dimensions to something larger then it is going to over shoot.

Mine when it runs will do the following. START, all axis home, wait for heating of bed, bed lowers 10mm, head moves to front left corner off the bed, heats extruder, feeds about 40mm of filament into the open space. Then moves over the bed and starts the print. I use Simplify3d since I am currently stuck with printing from SDcard only.

Since you found how to open and save gcode, save the gcode from one of the problem prints and post the first 50 or so lines. I would like to read it and see how long it is saying to print that purge line. Also what machine profile are you selecting for the CTC?

Good thing we are not friends, I might be tempted to drop you off in the country somewhere. 

Can't deal with one sided people or people who are not willing to share information for the community. Maybe others will have your problem but not want to be limited to obsolete software as band aid instead of a fix. Buts since you no longer want to contribute they will stuck out and FORCED to use older software like yourself.

I just wanted to see the gcode and curious what profile you used as the manual on mine specifically said to use Replicator Dual for ReplicatorG, and use Replicator Dual for Makerware Desktop as well.

I reread all your post in that previous thread and not once did you tell me what profile you used. You said you changed all 5 but noticed no change in bed dimensions. That plainly points to a bad copy of software. Are you getting it straight from makerbot and is it Makerbot Desktop? The version I  have from makerbot will show the bed grow and shrink when I select different profiles in the main window.

The current version of Makerware is bugged so it only works with a true Makerbot printer. Makerbot Desktop is their free open source version.

If that's the way you see constructive discussion and criticism, so be it. Others have no issue openly discussing issues with me or putting me in my place if I am wrong. Guess your not originally from Dallas or you would have gotten my sarcastic humor.

The reason I am trying to discuss things is that to my knowledge you are the only other person here who has one of these printers besides myself. So I am trying to better get a handle on it since it has some major differences from the more open source stuff I have always worked with.

Anyone know how to change 'Infill' in G-code ?
I need to change type and percentage of 'Infill' in Replicator-G's code,
but can not find any commands and values for those ?

I'm starting to think there are Not any !
If not, I need different software ?
I'm wondering if there's other version of Slic3r that I could try ?
( files created by version of Slic3r that I have, will not run properly in Rep-G)

Oh, no wonder I could Not find them !

They Hid them ! LOL

So, There's no way to edit 'Infill' to be for example:
Hex shaped pattern with 15% Infill ???
(Like can be done in Makerbot software)

Don't see how you can Blame Mightyboard for those problems with g-code, used in Rep-G, tho ??
(That is stuff missing from G-code type host software not the printers hardware)

Note: (to me Makerbot software is not really G-code type, since it uses .json files, not .gcode files)
(you can Import .stl files into Makerbot Also, which are converted to .json)

isn't the infill percentage set in the profile settings?

You might want to spend a little more time learning ReplicatorG.
For one it has one of the oldest and most tuneable slicing engines out there calle Skeinforge. Just like Slic3r you can set everything.

Just click on the menu bar where it says gcode, then click edit profiles, then select replicator. When the Skeinforge window opens select Craft, then fill, and infill solidity is your infill percentage.

Skeinforge has all the settings of Slic3r and Cura, they just use different terminology.

0.1 is the same as 10%, 0.3 is the same 30% on up to 0.9 which is 90%. You can even select the infill pattern.

From the gcode tab you can also select gcode generator which allows you to select different slicing engines. Slic3r is even in there as well so you get the interface you are familiar with and values you are familiar with the next time you edit a profile.
You can also update that slicer with the newest simply by downloading it and installing it to the proper directory in the RepG folder.