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ensernet
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Fails to save

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I open the same stl file that I used successfully several days ago. It slices ok but when I go to save it says Failed returns -1

Anyone have any idea whats going on
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Open the Settings tab and navigate to Printer/Firmware. At the bottom of the window there is an entry field, "Post-Process". Is there anything in this field?

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I don't see a settings tab in kisslicer. I am using rev 1.1.0.14
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ensernet wrote:I don't see a settings tab in kisslicer. I am using rev 1.1.0.14
You really are missing out on the latest features of 1.63.

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I have loaded 1.6.3 I get the same thing

Running the post process command:
cubeit.exe "c:\hand\bolt (1).bdf"
Failed, returning -1

it does output a file and it looks like good g codes but the printer says "unable to print file"

Any older file print fine
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I looked at some of my old .bfb file they had these 4 lines at the beginning of the file

^Firmware:V1.07
^Checksum: NO
^DRM:00000000
^Time:1

I added this to the files that didn't work on the printer and they worked How do I get those line add back into the file
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Re: Fails to save

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setting.jpg
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As said, have a look at:
Profile Settings -> Printer -> Firmware -> Post-Process.
Should be a clear field.
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OK, so the question is: Do you want to run the post-processor?

If you do, it must be present in the specified location and you need to ensure that your post-processor command has double quotes where necessary.

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Ok its slowly sinking in . I tried saving with nothing in the post-process window and the file save successfully but the file did not work on the printer

So I assume I need that post processing to get the right gcode format for the printer The line of text that was there was cubeit.exe "<file>" so I tried multiple variation to try to get the right format

like

"cubeit.exe"
C:\kisslicer\"cubeit.exe"
"c:\kisslicer\cubeit.exe"

none of these seemed to work the cubeit.exe file is present in the kisslicer dir.
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Re: Fails to save

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You may have a look here: (if not already done)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... FOjYs747-k
does this possible help ahead?
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