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Properly name 3dprint jobs

Properly name 3dprint jobs

When using the Make->3D Print and automatically sending the output to 3D Print Utility, the STL file is saved in a temporary folder with a temporary name.  This leaves the 3D Print Utility no useful information about what to name the file when saving to an SD card for printing (not every printer is tethered or networked!) 

 

For example, Cura saves the files as something like UM2_21e478a6_23dd-6f24.gcode which makes it impossible to tell what file is what from the printer's interface (which usually only shows 8.3 filenames, no date, size, etc and lists files in an unpredictable order).

The temporary file should be named intelligently (project name, component name, whatever).  

 

 

3 Comments
MoonshineSG
Enthusiast

"export STL" has been changed to default the file name to the exported object. Same should be done for the "Send to printer". "35ebf9ec-766c-4ff5-ad25-06b05fc4e506.gcode" is not something I easy remember... 

sadilekivan
Explorer

Definetly should take over the name of the body youre sending as a stl file, would make things a lot more easier since slicers make gcodes inherit body names

7P332B5QTVW4MF
Enthusiast

I agree, the string that the exported STL is named by default is useless to me.

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