#Name: Pause at height 60 Seconds #Info: Pause the printer at a certain height for 60 seconds #Depend: GCode #Type: postprocess #Param: pauseLevel(float:5.0) Pause height (mm) #Param: parkX(float:0) Head park X (mm) #Param: parkY(float:0) Head park Y (mm) #Param: moveZ(float:10) Head move Z (mm) #Param: retractAmount(float:5) Retraction amount (mm) __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2013 David Braam - Released under terms of the AGPLv3 License" import re from Cura.util import profile def getPrintZValue(lineBlock): ''' look for the last z value found just before (or at the same time) G1 code in the given block ''' lastZ = -1 for line in lineBlock: lastZ = getValue(line, 'Z', lastZ) if line.startswith('G1 ') and (getValue(line, 'X', None) is not None or getValue(line, 'Y', None) is not None): break return lastZ def getValue(line, key, default = None): if not key in line or (';' in line and line.find(key) > line.find(';')): return default subPart = line[line.find(key) + 1:] m = re.search('^[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*', subPart) if m is None: return default try: return float(m.group(0)) except: return default with open(filename, "r") as f: lines = f.readlines() z = 0. x = 0. y = 0. pauseState = 0 #state 0 system is not active until we get to a smaller layer than the last encountered layer (default at 99999) (print one at a time support.) #state 1 system is active and we are looking for our target layer z #state 2 system found the layer it need to write. We will wait for the first G1 or G0 code to write the content just before. state will be set to 0 with open(filename, "w") as f: lineIndex = 0 lastLayerIndex = 99999 layerZ = 0 for lIndex in xrange(len(lines)): line = lines[lIndex] if line.startswith(';'): if line.startswith(';LAYER:'): currentLayer = int(line[7:].strip()) if currentLayer < lastLayerIndex: pauseState = 1 lastLayerIndex = currentLayer if pauseState == 1: layerZ = getPrintZValue(lines[lIndex:lIndex+20]) if layerZ >= pauseLevel: pauseState = 2 f.write(line) continue x = getValue(line, 'X', x) y = getValue(line, 'Y', y) if pauseState == 2: g = getValue(line, 'G', None) if g == 1 or g == 0:# We will do the pause just before printing content. We need to pause from the previous XY position. Not the current. z = layerZ pauseState = 0 f.write(";TYPE:CUSTOM\n") #Retract f.write("M83\n") f.write("G1 E-%f F6000\n" % (retractAmount)) zChanged = False #Change z before doing the move because the nozzle can hit the glass lock on the UM2 if z + moveZ < 15: zChanged = True f.write("G1 Z15 F300\n") elif moveZ > 0: newZ = z + moveZ maxZ = profile.getMachineSettingFloat('machine_height') - 10 #For Safety Leave a 10mm space (endstop) if maxZ < newZ: newZ = maxZ if newZ > z: zChanged = True f.write("G1 Z%f F300\n" % (newZ)) #Move the head away f.write("G1 X%f Y%f F9000\n" % (parkX, parkY)) #Disable the E steppers f.write("M84 E0\n") #PAUSE FOR SPECIFIED INTERVAL AND RESUME PRINTING #S060 PAUSES FOR 60 SECONDS ADJUST AS REQUIRED f.write("G4 S060") #Push the filament back, and retract again, the properly primes the nozzle when changing filament. f.write("G1 E%f F6000\n" % (retractAmount)) f.write("G1 E-%f F6000\n" % (retractAmount)) #Move the head back. Move Z at the same time to prevent hitting the glass locks on the UM2 if zChanged : f.write("G1 X%f Y%f Z%f F9000\n" % (x, y, z)) else: f.write("G1 X%f Y%f F9000\n" % (x, y)) f.write("G1 E%f F6000\n" % (retractAmount)) f.write("G1 F9000\n") f.write("M82\n") f.write(line)