printer-config

Version control and restore point for the CR-10 Max and Ender-3 Pro Cura configuration.

What is here

Path	What
PRINTER-SETTINGS-MASTER-TABLE.md	Copy of the master settings table. The live copy lives in the vault at _AI_OBS\02 Projects\AI CAD 3D Print Laser\_PRINTER SETTINGS MASTER TABLE.md
cura-5.13/quality_changes/	All custom print profiles (both machines, all materials)
cura-5.13/definition_changes/	Machine-level settings, including the start G-code carrying M92 E415
cura-5.13/user/	Live GUI overrides. These sit ABOVE quality_changes in the container stack and beat everything else
cura-5.13/variants/	Nozzle variants, if any

Why this repo exists outside the vault

The Obsidian vault is at D:\Google Drive\_AI_OBS, which is inside Google Drive. Drive syncs .git internals mid-write and can corrupt the object store, so the vault is deliberately not a git repo. This repo lives on local disk instead.

Restoring a profile

Cura must be closed - it rewrites its config on exit and will clobber anything restored while it is running.

copy "cura-5.13\quality_changes\<file>" "%APPDATA%\cura\5.13\quality_changes\"

Refreshing this repo after a settings change

The master table is generated from these files, not typed by hand. After changing settings:

1. Close Cura.
2. Re-copy %APPDATA%\cura\5.13\{quality_changes,definition_changes,user}\*.inst.cfg here.
3. Regenerate the table and diff - the diff shows exactly which settings moved.

Gotchas worth knowing before editing anything in here

• Scope matters. A setting whose settable_per_mesh and settable_per_extruder are BOTH false in fdmprinter.def.json is GLOBAL and belongs in creality_<machine>_<name>.inst.cfg. Written into the extruder file it is silently ignored - no error. retraction_combing and layer_height_0 are both global.
• Filename encoding differs by folder. quality_changes uses _%23N; extruders and user use +%23N. Mixing them creates duplicate profiles rather than replacing.
• quality_type filtering. A profile only appears in Cura if its quality_type exists for the current nozzle + material. The Ender's 0.8 nozzle offers only draft, which is why CE3PRO TPU and CE3PRO NYLON (both standard) have never been selectable.