Not Importing G-Code

[conejita42]

ISSUE or REQUEST:

Affected Tool or Resource: 3-D Printer

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Details of ISSUE or REQUEST (Please be as specific as possible):
Pronterface will not load G-Code of item, even ones that have been 3D-Printed before. Error message says, for example, self.fgcode.prepare(open(filename,“rU”),
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u’/home/LMN/Downloads/Ray_Kurtis/Hex_Planter/CactusPot-01_export.gcode’

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[conejita42]

Ok… Seems that I forgotten how to convert .stl files into .G-Code. I figured it out. Suggestion: can this be added into the current SOP for the 3-D Printer? I’ve done this in Cura, but I know that this can also be converted via Slic3r.

Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: OK @jfahner , I was told by Brian that you wrote the preliminary SOP for the current 3D printer. Could we add the Conversion step as well?

[jfahner]

Thanks for the reminder, Melody. I planned on finishing that part later but never got back to it. i will start writing the slicing component tonight.

[conejita42]

Great @jfahner . Thank you so very much!

[jfahner]

The SOP has now been updated to include slicing .stl’s to produce .gcode. I swapped it out at the space last night. Let me know if anything is unclear or needs improvement.

[conejita42]

Thanks again, @jfahner , for updating the SOP. We’ll look it over.