Replicatorg!
I managed to get Replicatorg working with my Prusa tonight. In some ways it was easier than I thought it was going to be. Here’s what you need to know:
- Upgrade to the latest Replicatorg, available at replicat.org
- Replicatorg doesn’t support SFACT, so you gotta make a real Skeinforge profile. Make one, if you don’t already have one. You can grab mine if you’d like. One important thing I had to do was disable the Export plugin’s suffix option or else Replicatorg wouldn’t automatically load in newly-created gcode files. I’ve filed a ticket for SFACT support, unlikely though it may be.
- The reprap.xml file in Replicatorg/Machines usually needs some tweaking. I needed to set the e_steps_per_mm values for each axis to match what I had configured in my firmware. The build platform size needed a few adjustments, too. You can have mine.
- Manipulating the extruder motor with the control panel doesn’t work. Since the motor behaves as expected while printing, I think it’s fair to say that this is a bug. I’ve filed a ticket.
Other than that, it pretty much all works. Now it’s back to calibrating and recalibrating with the new Skeinforge profile.
Categorised as: 3D printing, Software
Hi,
I just received a Prusa Mendel from a client who wants me to design some stuff to be printed with it and even though I am a fairly technical guy,I am baffled how to get started here. I installed ReplicatorG because it seemed fairly newbie friendly, but it has no profile for the printer and it cannot find any ports on my computer. There has to be some sort of manual out there for newbies(not for building since I have the machine), but for what you do after it is built.
Any help would be most appreciated.
3D printing seems like it has a way to go before it is like 2d printing.