3D Printer Firmware Settings - Stepper Motor Configuration. Guest blog Deepak Mehta: (123D)Catch it if you can! Recently Autodesk released 123D Catch for the iPhone.
But how useful is the app from a 3D printing perspective? Deepak Mehta, a technology evangelist for 3D printing, takes it to the test and tells about his experiences. Let me start with a short introduction of the functionality of 123D Catch for the iPhone. This is basically a front-end interface to the cloud service by Autodesk, which is also used by the Windows and the iPad version. The idea is that, through a combination of a good camera and the data from the location and gyro sensors in the iPhone, you can easily locate the angle at which the photo of the object was taken.
For good results you need to take care of several things: 1) Homogenous lighting: don’t turn on more lights during the shoot and avoid shadows darkening the shot… The more light, the better the colors and details come out. 3) Don’t move the object during the shoot. 4) Try to fill the object in every photograph you take. 6) Make sure the object is always in focus. Chopper. 3DP Larger from Less! Many are predicting that 3D printing means that no one is ever going to need to go out shopping again for toy's, plastic consumables, laundry basket's, even kitchen table's.
But there's a problem: the size of the objects you can print is currently limited by the volume of your 3D printer, and only research labs can afford large printers. So, whilst the smart among us take on the tedious task of designing small parts that can be assembled into larger objects, the brilliant among us devise ways of automating the process: which is exactly what Linjie Luo at Princeton University and colleagues have done. They have written a program called 'Chopper' that partitions objects according to variables such as “assemblability, having few components, unobtrusiveness of seams, and structural soundness.”
This research was presented at the SIGGRAPH Asia conference in Singapore last Thursday. Downloads and links: Linjie Luo, Ilya Baran, Szymon Rusinkiewicz, and Wojciech Matusik.
RPi Printer Server for your 3D Printer. Marlin and Kisslicer settings for awesome print quality. 3D Printer Marlin Firmware, Basic Configuration Setup Guide. Marlin Firmware v1 on 20×4 LCD Panel Display I’ve just updated the Marlin firmware on my Sumpod 3d printer since I’m always keen to have the latest features and bug fixes.
To be honest, I don’t mess with the firmware that much, and if it wasn’t for the configuration file from my last version, I would struggle to remember what sort of configuration I would need to set in the latest firmware version. Anyway, while my latest experience with 3d printer firmware is still fresh in the mined, I’ll share some notes about what settings you need to know to get a basic Marlin firmware configured enough to get a 3d printer working. The notes will focus on the Marlin firmware v1 and will include setting up a click encoder and LCD panel. But before going straight into getting the Marlin firmware configured, I’ll first quickly introduce you to a handy tool called WinMerge. UPDATE Sep 10, 2013 WinMerge WinMerge can compare both folders and files – Marlin Firmware being compared Marlin firmware Configuration. The promise of WebGL.
WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API maintained by the Khronos group, a standards body responsible for other open standards including OpenGL.
WebGL allows developers to display hardware-accelerated interactive 3D graphics in the browser without installing additional software — READ: no plug-ins needed. It’s currently supported by most of the major browsers (Chrome, Safari, and Firefox). Though it’s not clear when or if Microsoft will support WebGL, the applications created with WebGL are impressive. Printer WebUI – New Web Interface for 3D Printers.
ReplicatorG is a simple, open source 3D printing program - ReplicatorG.