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Hi there. I’m new to the forums. My printer is the DaVinci AiO. While printing one of the sample objects, there was a brief power glitch. This interrupted the print process. Is there any way to resume a print run, or do I simply have to start over again?

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Your best to start over again. And get an APC/UPS. They are $30-$50 for that printer. You can measure the height or count the layers and tell your slicer to start printing at that height. Though this seldom succeeds.

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Thanks MiAviator. I’ve already started looking into a UPS.

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These definitely come in handy! ^^^^

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If you know EXACTLY the line that the print crashed, you can edit the Gcode file and remove all the actual print lines from before the crash, while keeping any extrusion modifier, speed and temperature set lines. You need to know gcode for this because if you dont get the right lines to start itll screw the print anyway. Once edited, move the print head and bed manually to the point the print crashed, closer to the last printed point the better, then load the now edited print file and print that, itll complete the object ontop of what you already printed. Inside software, no current slicer or printer software allows resuming prints when power has been cycled, most allow pausing and some allow a total stop then resume but none will work in this fashion if the pc or printer was turned off.

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That’s a lot of work. In simplify you just set the “start printing at height” box and add a G1 Z## to the start script section. Two steps and you don’t need to know much gcode.

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Assuming the person owns a $150 piece of software when they clearly just bought their first printer.

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Assume whatever you like. I was simply pointing out the difference in steps for simplify3d (almost like they simplified it)

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Assuming someone who just bought a printer knows/ wants to start playing with gcode is the same as buying Simplify3d

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Simplify3D: $150 Learning Gcode: Free I understand the comparison you tried to make but the cost of the software is a lot for beginner hobbyists, im offering a free solution maybe calm down.

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The printer stores the print in memory, so the power glitch resulted in the printer not having the 3d model any longer. You will have to start again.

There may be a way to start over from a different layer (like people above have suggested) - but that requires 3d modelling programs where you can slice to the last layer printed. You could print that and glue pieces together. I did it once, but it was quite a bit of work and the glue layer was still visible (I didn’t slice accurate enough either). Would not recommend it.

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I would recommend you use simplify3d. That way you could just set a new print starting from the height you need. Also, you could buy a No Break. If the power goes out, it will help you run the machine for a few minutes

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Well this was educational. In the US we refer to Battery Backups as APC’s (The brand name) or UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). I couldn’t figure out what you were saying with “No Break” but a quick google shows it’s just another term for a battery backup. Thanks for that!

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Thank you all for pointing out the various options!