How do I unload the filament from the extruder when I am done with printing?

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New SV06 user here. I searched for an answer, but was unable to find one.

How do I unload the filament from the extruder when I am done with printing? So far, the only way I have succeeded to extract the filament is to futz with the “Change Filament” command.

While I was researching, I learned that the Prusa has an “Unload Filament” command. Is this command available and I am just missing it?

Thanks!

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Is this helping?

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I am guessing that there must be a way to enable “Unload filament” to appear in the menu. I will see if there is a way to access this feature.

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maybe you can write this one line of gcode in a file, store it on the SD card and then just “print” that file. But the easier option is to get pronterface or octoprint etc. and just send the gcode manually.

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You may want to add the following lines to the beginning of your custom END G-CODE in your slicer iot retract filament:
G91 ; Relative positioning
G1 E-17 F1200 ; Retract 17mm
G4 S3 ; wait 3 seconds
G1 E-50 F2700 ; Retract 50mm

PS: Edited iot add a few seconds waiting time for filament to cool down

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This sounds like a great idea! Thanks!

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Prepare->Move Axis->Move Extruder->10mm then adjusting to negative worked for me

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