Quote Originally Posted by printbus View Post
I'm not aware of a way to explicitly view the retractions in Cura. You can see travel moves, and indirectly perceive a retraction for each move longer than the retraction_min_travel setting. When I want to really see details in the slicer output, I usually bring up the gcode in http://gcode.ws/ and look at layer info. Slider bars allow you to select different layers and follow the nozzle move around the layer.
Good stuff, thanks. Are you using PLA or ABS? Would it matter for retraction, e.g. the material reacts differently to being push-pull-pushed at temperature?