Raft prints - second material doesn't heat before it attempts to print
(I put this in the Software board as I cannot imagine it would happen for any other reason)
So this is a problem that has appeared out of the blue this week...
Using Axon 2 I have created a few .bfb files to be printed with an ABS raft and PLA part and support material.
Once created I plug it into our BFB3000 Plus and the ABS heats and starts printing the raft. As soon as the raft finishes printing the extruder does not move back to the heat position. Instead it attempts to start printing the PLA immediately when it has not started to heat. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING!?
There are a few bugs in the build file processing part of the beta versions of Axon which can result in that sort of behaviour with certain combinations of raft, part and support material. The final non-beta release of Axon 2 is currently being tested and should fix these problems. We expect to release it in the next few weeks.
Thank you for the reply.
Can you explain why it was working and then out of no where the files started doing this? It just seems odd that it worked for a period then stopped...
Were you using the same STL model when the build worked to now when the build is failing? A new release of Axon will be made soon, hopefully this particular problem will be resolved as there have been significant changes to build file processing. If not, please let us know.
I've had similar situations where it doesn't move back to the heater, but it seems to happen on a random basis.
Also before anyone asks, I have run the extruder manually and it is heating and extruding just fine.