Makerware

[hoolito]

Hi,

Has someone tried Makerware (slicing software for the makerbot) to perform slicing?
It's like 20x faster than SFACT...!

[Mayhem]

sliced item whit makerware and it is fast, ill try how it will print it

[Mayhem]

felix wont print it

[Lioric]

Of course a proprietary app will not work on a non-proprietary element. but how about just slicing it, as in get the g-code produced (and yes, there should be a way to output that)

[hoolito]

I just thought about it, installed it (it's free to download), dropped an .stl in it and sliced.
Of course, the program asks for a choice of a slicing profile and Felix isn't there.... But it should be possible to create a profile...
The .gcode imports then fine in Repetier Host and it shows proper, only with a different origin of X,Y.
Apparently the center of a Replicator is the 0,0). I don't know how to move it back on the table.

[temo]

Hello

Try sending G92 Z0 X0 Y0 when you are in the middle of your print bed and your nozzle is at your Z-home poss. That way you tell the printer that this is your center and that you are on center, then hit print. Look in the g-code and remove any home moves.

Terje

[Lioric]

Or simply, for a quick test, when you start printing and the axis moves to home positions, trigger the opto end switch(s) (you can use a piece of paper) at the middle and there you go