Cura: Layer view not showing

[dadavis6011]

I just installed the new cura 2.7, and now when I want to look at my prints in layer view it wont re-slice it and only shows the grey outline of the object. Even as I adjust which layer height it's on, all it shows is that its on the 1st layer and nothing changed.
Thanks for the help!

[smartavionics]

Hi, do you see a Prepare button in bottom right corner? If so, press that!

[dadavis6011]

Thanks for the fast response, but no there is no Prepare button on my screen. I attached a picture of what my screen looks like on my end.

[smartavionics]

OK, but if you now change one of the settings, does it show the prepare button instead of the save to removable drive button? BTW, I see that lots of people are having a problem with the save to removable drive feature on Windoze. Perhaps your problem is related to that?

[smartavionics]

Or maybe there's a problem with the model? Can you post a link to it, please?

[dadavis6011]

I change the infill density and it sliced it and know the layer view in showing up.
Thanks for you help!

[smartavionics]

OK, that's good. If you're happy, please close this issue. Bye.

[fieldOfView]

I would still think this constitutes as a bug

[dadavis6011]

It seams to only happen when I put a put a print in layer view after opening it and I haven't changed any print settings. It does eventually work when I change one of the print settings and it goes to re-slice it and then shows it in layer view. If this does constitute as a bug, how should I report this.

[smartavionics]

Hello again. Well, just creating this issue is good enough, why don't you reopen it again and the devs will take notice.

[LipuFei]

Hi @dadavis6011 , I cannot reproduce the problem... Could you send us your log file when it happens? And could you also create a project file out of it and send it to us?

[Ghostkeeper]

This bug has existed for quite a long while now, but it only occurs very rarely and not at all when stress-testing. I've seen it in 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and master (and perhaps earlier, but I don't remember). The problem is that we can't reproduce it when we need to, as it only happens like twice a week on a full work-week of working with Cura.

[Ghostkeeper]

As a workaround, I typically drag the model up a bit above the build plate, then let it drop down automatically again. This triggers a reslice, and that will (99%) be working fine.

[ianpaschal]

As an edge case bug in an old version, I'm labelling this Won't Fix and closing.

[Ghostkeeper]

It's not an edge case (happens with all default settings and a simple cube sometimes) and still happens today. It has been getting worse recently too! But it's still quite hard to debug.

[ScottyDoesKnow]

I'm getting it constantly at the moment, even after reslicing. Are there any files I can share to help track this down?

[ianpaschal]

As part of our new ticket handling strategy, we voted as a team on the likelihood of fixing this issue. Unfortunately, we’ve decided that we will not take time to fix it, and are marking it as Status: Won’t Fix/Do and closing the issue.

@ScottyDoesKnow We're really sorry you're experiencing it a lot but due to the rarity and randomness with respect to recreating it, it's basically impossible to code a fix without just getting blind dumb luck.