ATOMIC Mahjong Card (filament color change)

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My wife asked me to print these "strange" looking cards for use in her mahjong game. In order to print this a filament change is required in order to get the text to print in a contrasting color. Disclaimer: Modifying a gcode file is inherently dangerous. Any mistake can / will cause the printer to do something unexpected including ruining the print and / or the printer!!! Please be careful and triple check your work. The gcode files created by Cura have hundreds of thousands (to millions) of lines of code. The best way I found to move around the code is with the search command in your text editor. eg. search for "pause" or "layer". Make sure your text editor does not format the text and can load the entire file of text (there is an end of gcode comment very near the end of the file that you can use to check). Different slicers and different printers will generate different gcode! This information is presented for educational purposes in order to allow you to create your own modifications to the gcode to allow for a safe and effective filament color change. Use your slicer's pause command as the basis for your modifications. Make sure that you know exactly what each command you are entering does on your printer. Do not change filament type eg. ABS for the base to PLA for the text as the requirements for nozzle temp and bed temp will be different and this is not as easy to change in the gcode. I included my gcode file for reference only. It is very specific to my printer and my setup defaults. DO NOT PRINT USING THIS GCODE FILE! Create your own gcode file based on your slicers pause command as a starting point and modify it as described below using gcode commands suitable for your printer Enjoy.