# Store Resin and Layer Height Settings in .form Files

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/store-resin-and-layer-height-settings-in-form-files/7525>\
**Category:** Feature Requests & Ideas\
**Created:** [March 17, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/store-resin-and-layer-height-settings-in-form-files/7525 "2016-03-17T19:28:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![BenMalcheski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BenMalcheski](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/BenMalcheski)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/store-resin-and-layer-height-settings-in-form-files/7525/1 "2016-03-17T19:28:43Z")

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I do a lot of printing for other people. While quoting the projects I obviously go through and select all of the print settings. However, I don’t always remember what they were when I come back to actually run the build. It would be really nice if .form files could save all of the parameters to help streamline this type of workflow.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/stephen/32/1635_2.png) [@Stephen](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/store-resin-and-layer-height-settings-in-form-files/7525/2 "2016-03-18T12:28:07Z")

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Thanks for sharing, Ben. From curiosity’s perspective, what sort of print data helps you quote projects? Perhaps something that can be done through PreForm or the newer [Dashboard](http://formlabs.com/support/printers/form-2/tracking-prints-dashboard/) tool, and we’d love to hear more about how you reference the information from the print settings.

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**Author:** ![BenMalcheski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BenMalcheski](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/BenMalcheski)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/store-resin-and-layer-height-settings-in-form-files/7525/3 "2016-03-18T23:59:43Z")

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Hey Stepehen,

My biggest concern is that when I quote a build using all of the appropriate settings and save the build, the layer and resin is not saved. Then a few days later when I go to run the build by opening the .form file, I have to double check that I"m using the proper settings (per my customer’s needs/what I quoted) before sending the build to the printer. That is why I would like if the .form file saved the resin and settings rather than defaulting to the previous settings used to prepare a build. Once the build is on the printer then I’m good to go as the settings show up there.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/store-resin-and-layer-height-settings-in-form-files/7525/4 "2016-04-01T23:59:50Z")

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Closed on April 1, 2016, 11:59pm UTC

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