## Problem
On H2C (carousel) printers, the wipe tower purge volume calculation in
`_make_wipe_tower()` tracks filament state **per-extruder** (2 slots).
Since H2C has up to 7 carousel nozzle slots on a single extruder, all
filaments sharing that extruder are collapsed into one tracking slot.
This causes:
Test:
[5cubes.3mf.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/30092551/5cubes.3mf.zip)
- **Massive redundant AMS flushing** every filament change on the
carousel triggers a full purge against the "previous" filament, even
when the target nozzle slot already has the correct filament loaded
- **60.9g total weight** instead of ~17g (**3.5× material waste**)
- **3h09m print time** instead of ~1h57m (**60% longer**)
## Root Cause
The code uses `nozzle_cur_filament_ids[extruder_id]` (a 2-element array)
to track which filament was last used for each extruder. BambuStudio
uses `NozzleStatusRecorder`, which tracks per `group_id` (physical
carousel slot 0..6).
## Changes
| File | Change |
|---|---|
| `Print.cpp` | Replace `nozzle_cur_filament_ids` with
`NozzleStatusRecorder`. Use `get_nozzle_for_filament()` to resolve the
physical carousel slot per layer. Select `filament_prime_volume_nc` for
nozzle changes, `filament_prime_volume` for filament changes. |
| `PrintConfig.hpp` | Add `ConfigOptionFloats filament_prime_volume`
(per-filament EC prime volume, missing from upstream but present in BBS
and H2C profiles) |
| `PrintConfig.cpp` | Register `filament_prime_volume` with default
45mm³ (matching BBS) |
| `Preset.cpp` | Add `filament_prime_volume` to preset keys |
Also includes `tests/compare_analyzer/` - two standalone Python tools
for G-code slice comparison and temperature timeline analysis (stdlib
only, no dependencies).
## Test Results (5-color H2C Hybrid print, same 3mf project)
| Metric | Upstream (broken) | **Fixed** | BBS (reference) |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Total weight** | 60.90g | **16.20g** ✅ | 17.47g |
| **Print time** | 3h09m | **1h57m** ✅ | 1h51m |
| **Filament changes** | 105 | 105 | 140 |
| **Tool changes** | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| **Critical discrepancies vs BBS** | ⚠️ YES | ✅ None | — |
## Analysis Tools (`tests/compare_analyzer/`)
Two standalone Python tools (stdlib only, no dependencies) for deep
G-code comparison:
- **`compare_slices.py`** - comprehensive .3mf slice comparison:
filament usage, nozzle mapping, tool change sequences, prime tower
analysis, temperature timeline, retract parameters, and automatic
critical discrepancy detection (weight/time anomalies)
- **`show_temp_plot.py`** - interactive HTML temperature timeline
plotter for visualising heater profiles during multi-nozzle prints
(supports single-file and side-by-side comparison)
Usage:
```bash
python3 tests/compare_analyzer/compare_slices.py file1.3mf file2.3mf --labels "Upstream" "Fixed"
python3 tests/compare_analyzer/show_temp_plot.py file1.3mf file2.3mf
```
## Screenshots
### OrcaSlicer Upstream (unfixed) - 60.90g, 3h09m
<img width="1512" height="982" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-16 at 15 22 58"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3efb2bff-ff1e-43db-9669-feafa5921b51"
/>
### OrcaSlicer Fixed - 16.20g, 1h57m
<img width="1512" height="982" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-16 at 15 23 08"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c1d36dc5-9b01-4691-80ef-7364540e1f4e"
/>
### BambuStudio Reference - 17.47g, 1h51m
<img width="1512" height="982" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-16 at 15 24 52"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5c0b11e2-64f4-40e9-8c7c-3f42519786c3"
/>
### Temperature Timeline: Upstream vs Fixed
<img width="1511" height="829" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-16 at 15 23 35"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/926c2cb5-dfd4-4ce0-bb40-82e6165eb134"
/>
### Temperature Timeline: Fixed vs BBS
<img width="1512" height="825" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-16 at 15 23 51"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/85c72dda-e779-4aa6-8118-fb17e5f8482d"
/>
## Compatibility
Safe for non-carousel printers: when each extruder has a single nozzle,
`group_id == extruder_id`, so `NozzleStatusRecorder` behaves identically
to the original per-extruder tracking. The `filament_prime_volume`
default (45mm³) matches the existing global `prime_volume` default.
## Reference
BambuStudio `Print.cpp` `_make_wipe_tower()` L3341-3392 -
`NozzleStatusRecorder` pattern.
Give previously-bare panels a keyed background so the existing dark-UI walk
can theme them. Runtime-created widgets (HMS items, device firmware/nozzle
panels) route their whole subtree through one UpdateDarkUIWin(this) call
instead of per-widget darkModeColorFor, which also themes their child text
and follows live light/dark switches. Extruder-card chips re-apply their
colours from Sidebar::sys_color_changed so a live switch updates them too.
Replace hand-rolled nozzle type comparison + Hybrid hack with
BBS-style NozzleGroupInfo comparison in check_ams_status_impl.
Previous approach: direct nozzle_volume_type == printer_flow_type
with a Hybrid tolerance lambda. This either suppressed the dialog
entirely (Hybrid always matched) or showed it on every Preview switch.
New approach (matching BBS):
- Build preset NozzleGroupInfo from extruder_nozzle_stats config
- For Hybrid presets: expand into per-type counts (Std#N, HF#M)
- nozzle_count==0 (never synced): dialog appears for first sync
- nozzle_count>0 (after sync): compare with printer GetNozzleGroups()
- Counts match → dialog suppressed on Prepare↔Preview switches
Safe for all multi-extruder printers (H2C, H2D): non-Hybrid presets
use single NozzleGroupInfo per extruder. Single-extruder printers
exit at is_multi_extruders() guard before reaching this code.
Reference to BBS: BambuStudio/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
is_extruder_stat_synced() line 16642
reslice() now enforces only the missing-plugin block via
refresh_missing_plugin_block (no second Print::validate); plate
ready-status returns to upstream's plain model_fits, matching
GLCanvas3D::reload_scene. Also restores main's use_bbl_device_tab and
the check_track_enable comment, and drops two unused MainFrame includes.
Resolve five conflicts, all of which needed both sides rather than a pick:
- BackgroundSlicingProcess: ours was a pure tabs->spaces reformat of base, so
keep main's per-filament volume/nozzle map read-back (its only change here).
- GUI_App: main's #12506 else-if attached to an `if` this branch deleted;
re-expressed onto the same-agent early-return path (the agent factory caches
per id, so pointer equality is the same predicate).
- MainFrame: both sides relocated Sync Presets independently; keep main's
push_notification plus the branch's Plugins menu items.
- Tab: the "TODO: Orca: Support hybrid" blocks were unchanged base, not a branch
decision; take main's enabled Hybrid to match the already auto-merged siblings.
- test_config: union of both sides' cases (6 plugin + 9 multi-nozzle).
* Fix issue that switching printer profile is slow.
`wxGetApp().get_tab(preset_type)->select_preset(preset_name);` is called twice when switching printer profiles. Only one needed.
* Avoid unnecessary type conversion & function call during printer profile switching:
- Don't call `config->opt_string("printer_model")` repeatedly
- Use ref when possible during iterating
- Avoid unnecessary `wxString` to `std::string` conversion
HoverLabel's constructor used SetSizerAndFit, which records the
count-hidden width as the panel's explicit minimum size. An explicit
minimum outranks best size in sizer allocation, so once the "(N)" count
was shown, any ancestor Layout() - e.g. switching the extruder flow type
to Standard or High Flow - shrank the title row back to the stale width
and clipped the trailing edit button. Hybrid only appeared correct while
nothing had re-laid the row since its own Fit().
Use plain SetSizer and, on every title/count change, invalidate the
cached best size and re-lay both the row and its parent so the sizer
always allocates the current content width.
- FilamentMapDialog's manual page understands volume types: a mixed
(Hybrid) extruder shows separate Standard / High Flow drop zones
with live sub-nozzle counts, a validation timer with an inline
error + "set nozzle count" suggestion, and composes a per-filament
volume map on OK (persisted to the plate or globally)
- switching an extruder's Flow type rewrites the affected plate map
entries; plate maps stay sized across filament add/delete/count
changes (values keep their filament, no index shift)
- CLI: manual mapping on multi-nozzle printers synthesizes the volume
map from extruder flow types when absent; nozzle-manual mode
requires explicit maps; computed maps land on the plate so exported
projects carry filament_volume_maps
- filament_nozzle_map joins the project options (selection seeding +
filament-count resizing)
- pot entries for the new dialog strings
All 19 reference fixtures byte-identical; slicing an exported Hybrid
project reproduces its g-code byte-for-byte with the volume map
round-tripped through model_settings.config.
- Print::update_filament_maps_to_config takes filament/volume/nozzle
maps, backfills an empty volume map from extruder types, rebuilds
filament_map_2, re-expands the per-filament variant arrays, and
recomputes retract overrides keyed by resolved slots
- grouping writes its result back in every non-sequential mode;
manual multi-nozzle grouping validates the user mapping and raises a
translatable error on deviation; the engine's concrete volume
assignment is deliberately not merged yet (per-filament arrays are
already consumed by filament id, so materializing High Flow now
would change motion before the layer-aware resolvers land)
- Print::apply treats the three map keys as engine outputs in auto
modes (erased from the diff and adopted), compares them against used
filaments in manual mode, and keeps the pre-expansion snapshot in
sync with the late normalization pass so rebuilt headers reflect the
sliced state instead of resurrecting stale values
- volume/nozzle maps and extruder_nozzle_stats join the invalidation
group of filament_map (wipe tower + skirt/brim)
- PresetBundle composes full configs with an optional per-filament
volume map (plate map, else defaults derived from each extruder's
flow type); project config keeps the map sized across filament
count changes
- PartPlate stores per-plate volume/nozzle maps; Plater injects them
at every slice-composition site (incl. g-code reload and wipe-tower
estimation); BackgroundSlicingProcess reads engine results back to
the plate in auto modes
- per-filament map trust guards relaxed to size-match everywhere now
that every producer sizes the map; single-filament explicit flow
assignments are honored
- tests: grouping volume maps stay concrete, merge semantics of
update_used_filament_values, single-filament override honoring
Motion g-code is byte-identical fleet-wide including Hybrid projects
(19-fixture gate + repro determinism double-slice). Header deltas:
the map keys now dump real values, and stale pre-normalization values
(e.g. enable_prime_tower on single-used-filament prints) no longer
leak into the config block.
The sidebar extruder cards get an interactive title row — "<name> ( <count> )"
with an edit button — showing the extruder's physical nozzle count on
multi-nozzle printers (hidden elsewhere). Clicking it opens the existing
"Set nozzle count" dialog, which now also handles a Hybrid extruder by
offering both Standard and High Flow counts (an empty mix is rejected) and
shows a hotend thumbnail.
Because `extruder_nozzle_stats` is session-only (saved presets never carry
it, so preset switches rebuild the edited config without it), the stats are
re-baselined whenever they are missing: each extruder starts with
extruder_max_nozzle_count nozzles of its selected volume type. Switching an
extruder's flow type carries its total count over to the new type, except
when the stats came from a device sync — the machine-reported per-type
breakdown must survive a manual flow switch.
The badge refreshes on preset load, flow-type change, manual edit, device
sync, and project load. Single-extruder cards keep the title row but never
enable editing.
An extruder with more than one physical sub-nozzle can hold a mix of
Standard and High Flow nozzles. The Flow dropdown now offers Hybrid for
such extruders (extruder_max_nozzle_count > 1, nil-guarded); grouping
already expands a Hybrid extruder into per-volume nozzle groups from
extruder_nozzle_stats.
- sidebar Flow combo offers Hybrid only for multi-sub-nozzle extruders
- preset lookup treats Hybrid as Standard (presets define no Hybrid
variant); variant strings are never fabricated for it
- printer tab splits a Hybrid extruder into Standard + High Flow rows,
with matching selection-index arithmetic and sync-enable rules
- syncing from a printer whose extruder holds mixed nozzle flows now
selects Hybrid instead of collapsing to the dominant flow type
- send-to-printer flow check: a nozzle-rack extruder validates its
nozzle inventory (mounted + rack) against every needed flow instead
of comparing only the mounted nozzle; mounted-flow lookup is now
per-extruder, fixing an index shift when a nozzle reports no flow
- Hybrid is session-only in app config (stored as Standard), so a
fresh session starts from concrete flow types
Printers whose extruders have a single sub-nozzle (including all
dual-extruder machines without a rack) see no new option and identical
check behavior.
The engine already implements prime_volume_mode (Default/Saving/Fast)
but nothing in the UI could set it, leaving prime-saving unreachable on
multi-sub-nozzle extruders and fast purge unreachable on printers that
support it.
- new PurgeModeDialog with selectable Standard/Fast or
Standard/Prime Saving cards depending on printer capability
- "Purge mode" sidebar button next to Flushing volumes; opens the
dialog and stores the choice in the project config
- printer preset-load gating: button shown only when the printer has
multiple sub-nozzles per extruder or sets support_fast_purge_mode;
stale project values the printer cannot honor reset to Default
- enable fast purge on A2L 0.4 (support_fast_purge_mode), explicit
default 0 in the common machine base
- new dialog strings added to OrcaSlicer.pot
Printers without these capabilities never show the button and their
projects keep prime_volume_mode at Default, so slicing output is
unchanged.
The Filament Track Switch (H2-series accessory, product code O2L-FTS) feeds
every AMS to both extruders through a two-track switch. Port full support
across the device layer, project config, and GUI.
Device / config:
- Model the switch-aware AMS binding (the set of extruders an AMS can feed
and which input track A/B feeds it), switch readiness, the O2L-FTS firmware
module, and the fun2 capability bit for checking a slice against installed
hardware.
- Register has_filament_switcher and enable_filament_dynamic_map as project
config that persists with the project and restores from a saved 3mf, and
force both back to false on every project/printer/CLI load path. Live
device sync is the only thing that sets them true.
GUI:
- Sidebar sync activates the switch from live device state, attributes each
AMS to the extruder its input track feeds, shows a floating status icon
(ready / not-calibrated), and surfaces a one-time tip / not-calibrated
warning.
- Send dialog gains a non-blocking slice-vs-hardware mismatch warning and a
blocking error when a slice needs dynamic nozzle mapping but the switch is
missing or not set up.
- AMS load/unload guards, AMS-view routing glyph + un-calibrated banner +
hidden external-spool road, and mapping-popup external-spool lockout.
- Filament pickers collapse the per-extruder split into a single deduplicated
"AMS filaments" group with a smart-assign toggle when the switch is ready.
- Firmware-upgrade panel lists the O2L-FTS accessory and its version.
- Device-provided filament-change steps (ams.cfs) drive the change-step
display when firmware sends them, including the three switch steps.
- "Load current filament" asks which extruder to feed via a
FeedDirectionDialog when the switch is calibrated.
Inert without the accessory: every path is gated on the switch being
installed (MQTT aux bit 29, default off) or ready, both project flags default
false, and the per-extruder AMS attribution is byte-identical, so AMS state,
the send/load UI, and sliced g-code are unchanged for every printer that does
not report a Filament Track Switch.
Multi-nozzle sync widget, AMS rack-nozzle mapping popup, calibration rework, send-dialog nozzle mapping and extruder-count UI. Includes the fix to persist the AMS sync badge on filament cards (H2C/A2L and direct-sync printers).
* fix: isolate calibration temp paths per user
The calibration temp files under <temp>/calib were file-scope statics
initialized before set_temporary_dir() runs at startup, so they kept
using the shared system temp root and missed the per-user isolation
added in #14607. On Linux every account shares /tmp, so the first user
to calibrate owns /tmp/calib and later users fail to write there, the
same cross-user collision #14607 fixed for model backups, STEP import,
and part skip.
Build the paths lazily from temporary_dir() instead, through a
calib_temp_dir() accessor and a calib_temp_file() join helper. The base
becomes <temp>/orcaslicer_<uid>/calib on Linux and is unchanged on
Windows, where the temp dir is already per user.
Also make StoreParams::path a std::string rather than a non-owning
const char*. The calibration code had to keep a std::string alive
solely to feed that pointer, and the field was uninitialized by
default; owning the string removes the lifetime hazard for all three
callers and makes the entry guard a reliable empty() check. Confined to
the 3mf project exporter (three callers, two internal reads); no
on-disk, format, or ABI impact.
Follows up on #14607 per @Noisyfox's review suggestion.
* Fix reload from disk for STEP models after reopening a project (#12992)
reload_from_disk matched reloaded source volumes with an exact
source.input_file string comparison. After a project is saved and
reopened, the stored source path is only the filename (the default,
non-full-path save) while a freshly re-imported volume carries a full
path, so the comparison never matched: reload fell into fail_list and
the "locate file" dialog was effectively useless for STEP models.
Fall back to a case-insensitive filename comparison when the exact
paths differ, so the existing same-folder source lookup (and the
locate dialog) can reload the model. Projects that stored absolute
source paths still match exactly as before; no 3mf format change.
* Add Preferences option to store full source paths in projects
Expose the existing export_sources_full_pathnames setting (previously
only editable in the config file) as a checkbox under Preferences >
General > Project. Enabling it stores absolute source paths in saved
projects, so "Reload from disk" works when the source file is kept in
a different folder than the project (companion to #12992).
feat: forward plateindex for index-coded .gcode.3mf uploads
Gcode inside a .gcode.3mf is index-coded (Metadata/plate_<N>.gcode) and a
bundle may carry several, so the upload must name which plate to print —
even a single-plate bundle, since its entry is still indexed.
A 1-based plate index is stored in PrintHostUpload::extended_info when use_3mf
is set; the OctoPrint and Moonraker hosts forward it as a `plateindex` form
field. Servers that don't use it ignore the unknown field, so the plain G-code
path is unchanged.
