[sudo-discuss] 3D printing - help???

[Hol Gaskill]

thanks dan!  got my intake strainer 95% done in CAD during lunch, should be laying filament by 6PM, will post pics


Aug 7, 2013 04:03:24 PM, somniac at me.com wrote:
I've done it!  Here's the rundown:
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>Previously your host software was probably "Repetier-Host", which was a nice little suite with the slicer and host software in one package.  Now things are a little different:
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>First you'll use KISSlicer to slice an .stl model into your .gcode file, then you'll open PronterFace, where you can load that .gcode file and tell the printer to print it.  It's actually fairly similar, all the same general functions, just in two pieces of software.
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>Good luck!
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>-Dan
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>On Aug 7, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Hol Gaskill hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Folks,
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>> Who has used the 3D printer since the host computer was re-imaged or knows where to find documentation on how to use it posted somewhere?  I used the old one frequently but it was in a windows environment, tried to show someone how to use it the other day and was dumbfounded.  Trying to print out some intake strainers to keep pumps from sucking in duckweed.
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>> Cheers,
>> Hol
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