Cancelling a print and other typical beginner questions
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:46 pm
Hi,
I'm a beginner in both 3D printing and using my MakerGear, with the following questions.
Now that I printed some of the Getting started samples (the twisler and the bracelet) successfully, I wanna move on to printing models taken from thingiverse. I tried a simple car bag hook:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:129335/#files
and sliced it with slic3r (configured with the config.ini file from the sd card), exporting it to a .g and saving it to my MicroSD card demo folder.
Now, my questions:
Q: Is the getting started software THE only software to print everything i wanna print? or is there another software I should use to control my machine, that i don t know of?
Q: Why does the "cancel print" button gray out so often? how do I cancel a print if I really have to? switch the machine off?
Q: I can print the provided samples, but whenever i try any external object, when I click print now, all it does is it lowers the bed, nothing else and eventually "Connection failed - Timeout". I assume there is another software I should use, but can't find it.
Q: Also, will I always have to put things on the SD card or can it be sent through the USB cable?
Q: Most videos I found are about initial setup, is there a video that shows how to print a third-party sample from A to Z?
I'm a beginner in both 3D printing and using my MakerGear, with the following questions.
Now that I printed some of the Getting started samples (the twisler and the bracelet) successfully, I wanna move on to printing models taken from thingiverse. I tried a simple car bag hook:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:129335/#files
and sliced it with slic3r (configured with the config.ini file from the sd card), exporting it to a .g and saving it to my MicroSD card demo folder.
Now, my questions:
Q: Is the getting started software THE only software to print everything i wanna print? or is there another software I should use to control my machine, that i don t know of?
Q: Why does the "cancel print" button gray out so often? how do I cancel a print if I really have to? switch the machine off?
Q: I can print the provided samples, but whenever i try any external object, when I click print now, all it does is it lowers the bed, nothing else and eventually "Connection failed - Timeout". I assume there is another software I should use, but can't find it.
Q: Also, will I always have to put things on the SD card or can it be sent through the USB cable?
Q: Most videos I found are about initial setup, is there a video that shows how to print a third-party sample from A to Z?