3D Printer Reprap Documentation - Revision history

http://www.kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=3D_Printer_Reprap_Documentation&feed=atom&action=history 3D Printer Reprap Documentation - Revision history 2013-05-24T02:09:32Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.0 http://www.kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=3D_Printer_Reprap_Documentation&diff=2109&oldid=prev Kpmartin at 02:22, 21 November 2011 2011-11-21T02:22:58Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:22, 21 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 15:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 15:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In either usage, the other tabs of the Console window can be used to perform manual operations on the printer, and the Preferences button can be used to modify, load, and/or save preferences.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In either usage, the other tabs of the Console window can be used to perform manual operations on the printer, and the Preferences button can be used to modify, load, and/or save preferences.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Modifying Preferences ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you feel the need to play with the Preferences, you should save the default ones into a private set so you do not mess up the printer for other people. You should see our [[3D Printer Reprap Preferences|documentation on Preferences]] for details on what all these settings mean.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you are not playing with Preferences, and have not been advised otherwise, you should ensure that you are using the Default preference set.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Kpmartin http://www.kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=3D_Printer_Reprap_Documentation&diff=2107&oldid=prev Kpmartin at 02:15, 21 November 2011 2011-11-21T02:15:10Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:15, 21 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Original Documentation ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The documentation supplied with the reprap application is located at http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel_User_Manual:_Host_Software.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The documentation supplied with the reprap application is located at http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel_User_Manual:_Host_Software.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">However, before reading this it is suggested that you consider the following clarifications:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Read "Extruder" as meaning "Extrusion Profile" ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Each of the things defined in the Preferences that their documentation calls an "extruder" would be better thought of as being an "extrusion profile" which defines a named set of extrusion parameters. Although the preference settings are tied to the Extrusion Profile by the number embedded in the parameter name, everywhere else the Extrusion Profile is referenced by its name, which is set using the Extruder''n''_MaterialType parameter. Although this parameter refers to "material type" this really ends up just being the name for the Extrusion Profile.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Extrusion Profile names are used in two places:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># Each Extrusion Profile optionally specifies two other Extrusion Profiles, both by name, to use for Infill and Support.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># When loading an STL object into the 3D viewer, you apparently get to select the "material", but what you are really doing is selecting the Extrusion Profile to use for the object. The settings in this Extrusion Profile determine how the shell of the object is extruded, and also specify Extrusion Profiles to use for infill and support.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== This is really two essentially unrelated applications in one ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You can't print from STL to the printer directly. You must always generate GCode, and it is easiest to treat the reprap application as being two distinct tools:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">First, the Preferences, the "Load STL" and "Print" buttons on the Print tab of the Console window, and the 3D Viewer constitute a skeining tool. Using this you load STL objects, position them on the printer table, select Extrusion Profiles for them, and generate the GCode for them.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Second, the "Load GCode" and "Print" buttons on the Print tab of the Console window constitute a Print command. Using this you send a GCode file to the printer. The 3D View window is utterly irrelevant, and most of the Preferences are too.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In either usage, the other tabs of the Console window can be used to perform manual operations on the printer, and the Preferences button can be used to modify, load, and/or save preferences.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Kpmartin http://www.kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=3D_Printer_Reprap_Documentation&diff=2106&oldid=prev Kpmartin at 01:55, 21 November 2011 2011-11-21T01:55:07Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 01:55, 21 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The documentation supplied with the reprap application is located at <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</del>http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel_User_Manual:_Host_Software<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The documentation supplied with the reprap application is located at http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel_User_Manual:_Host_Software.</div></td></tr> </table>

Kpmartin http://www.kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=3D_Printer_Reprap_Documentation&diff=2105&oldid=prev Kpmartin at 01:54, 21 November 2011 2011-11-21T01:54:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 01:54, 21 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The documentation supplied with the reprap application is located at <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">xxx</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The documentation supplied with the reprap application is located at <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel_User_Manual:_Host_Software].</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Kpmartin http://www.kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=3D_Printer_Reprap_Documentation&diff=2104&oldid=prev Kpmartin: A new wrapper page for the reprap application documentation. 2011-11-21T01:52:19Z

<p>A new wrapper page for the reprap application documentation.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The documentation supplied with the reprap application is located at xxx</div>

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