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 ====== 3D printer usage ====== ====== 3D printer usage ======
  
-<WRAP center round tip 60%> +<WRAP center round tip 60%> **THIS CONTENT IS IN BETA.**
-**THIS CONTENT IS IN BETA.**+
  
- Please, email considerations to the [[http://pepper.quelab.net/mailman/listinfo/3d-printing|3d-printing mailing list]] to make this better!+Please, email considerations to the [[http://pepper.quelab.net/mailman/listinfo/3d-printing|3d-printing mailing list]] to make this better!
  
-** THIS CONTENT IS IN BETA ** +**THIS CONTENT IS IN BETA ** </WRAP>
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 ===== The MatterControl interface ===== ===== The MatterControl interface =====
  
-{{ :hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_icon.png|MatterControl main icon}} We currently are transitioning to [[http://www.mattercontrol.com/|MatterControl]] for use with the 3D printers. Its icon lives on the desktop of the 3D printing workstation and can be seen on the right. Its use is suggested over the use of Slic3r and Pronterface, which are kept on the 3D printing workstation for historical value.+{{  :hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_icon.png}}We currently are transitioning to [[http://www.mattercontrol.com/|MatterControl]] for use with the 3D printers. Its icon lives on the desktop of the 3D printing workstation and can be seen on the right. Its use is suggested over the use of Slic3r and Pronterface, which are kept on the 3D printing workstation for historical value.
  
 Opening MatterControl brings up the main window: Opening MatterControl brings up the main window:
  
-{{ :hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_main.png?direct&300 |MatterControl main interface}}+{{  :hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_main.png?direct&300  }}
  
 ==== Printer Status ==== ==== Printer Status ====
  
 +{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_view_status.png?200  }} shows the status of the current printer, as well as allowing you to disconnect or connect to a different printer. When connected, this view allows you to preheat the printer, according to the settings that are currently configured.
  
-{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_view_status.png?200 |printer Status}} Printer Status | shows the status of the current printer, as well as allowing you to disconnect or connect to a different printer. +==== Printer Status (while printing) ====
  
-==== Queue ====+{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_status_printing.png?200 |Printer Status (printing)}} While printing, the current print is shown, including estimated print time, current duration of print, progress in percentage, hotend and bed temperatures, plus buttons to temporarily pause the print or end the print entirely.
  
 +**n.b.** when canceling a print, the hotend and bed will be turned off, allowing them to cool; if you wish to resume printing quickly, be sure to press the "preheat" options quickly, as the time to heat the bed is much greater than to cool it! 
  
-{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_view_queue.png?200 |Print Queue}} Shows the print queue for the current printer, as well as a library of printable objects and a history of the current print queue. This panel serves double-duty as the print settings and printer control views.+==== Queue ==== 
 + 
 +{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_view_queue.png?200  }}Shows the print queue for the current printer, as well as a library of printable objects and a history of the current print queue. This panel serves double-duty as the print settings and printer control views.
  
 ==== Model View ==== ==== Model View ====
  
- +{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_view_model.png?200  }}Displays the current object ready for printing. This view allows you to pan around the solid object, as well as view the generated G-Code.
-{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_view_model.png?200 |Model View}} Displays the current object ready for printing. This view allows you to pan around the solid object, as well as view the generated G-Code.+
  
 ==== MatterControl: Print settings ==== ==== MatterControl: Print settings ====
  
-{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_settings.png?200 |}} This view allows you to adjust print settings. The two most common (and the only two that should really need adjusting) are:+{{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_settings.png?200  }}This view allows you to adjust print settings. The two most common (and the only two that should really need adjusting) are:
  
-  * layer Height (determined by the preset for "quality"). These are in increments that vary from printer to printer +    * layer Height (determined by the preset for "quality"). These are in increments that vary from printer to printer 
-  * Fill Density: The amount of material that the 3D printed object will actually be solid within the interior. Common values for this are: 1-20% (0.1 0.2) for decorative pieces, 50% (0.5) for light+    * Fill Density: The amount of material that the 3D printed object will actually be solid within the interior. Common values for this are: 1-20% (0.1 0.2) for decorative pieces, 50% (0.5) for light
  
-==== MatterControl: Printer control ====+==== Printer control ====
  
 {{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_contro.png?200  }} {{:hardware:3dprinter:usage_mattercontrol_contro.png?200  }}
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 ====== Printing with MatterControl ====== ====== Printing with MatterControl ======
  
-  - Turn on the printer. For each printer, there is a switch which controls mains power.  +    - Turn on the printer. For each printer, there is a switch which controls mains power. 
-  - Check the preflight list for [[.:start#makes_and_models|the printer you wish to use]]. +    - Check the preflight list for [[:room_sixteen#makes_and_models|the printer you wish to use]]. 
-  - Open MatterControl and connect to the printer you wish to use. +    - Open MatterControl and connect to the printer you wish to use. 
-  - Add the model you wish to print to the MatterControl queue +    - Add the model you wish to print to the MatterControl queue 
-  - Check settings for the model you wish to print, e.g. layer height (resolution) and infill density. +    - Check settings for the model you wish to print, e.g. layer height (resolution) and infill density. 
-  - Press print. MatterControl should take it from there. +    - Press print. MatterControl should take it from there. 
 + 
 +====== Removing prints from the bed ====== 
 + 
 +To remove prints from the bed, use the print removal tools (they look like spatulas) to wedge under one corner. Don't apply force upwards, instead looking to unseat the whole print at once. ToyBuilderLabs has produced a [[https://youtu.be/IZRUFkX6Wrk|video of its proper usage]] for those who are better at videos.
  
-===== Pausing/stopping a print ===== 
  
-Use the Printer Status buttons to pause or stop a print while the printer is running. If you wish to immediately start printing again, be sure to preheat the printer using the temperature buttons in the Printer Status view.  
  
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