3D Prototyping X1, User Manual

Page 1: ...3D Prototyping X1 3D Printer User Manual V1 3 ...

Page 2: ...on for installation operation and maintenance but not product warranty All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information in this manual However 3D Prototyping Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions contained in the documentation 3D Prototyping Pty Ltd reserves the right to explain and revise the publishing and fault of this manual The info...

Page 3: ...3 install printer 17 3 3 1 Connect power adapter and USB cable 18 3 3 2 Install printer 19 3 3 4 Load filament 20 4 The Basic Functions of Software 23 4 1 Menu 23 4 2 Function area 24 4 3 Panel Area 25 4 4 Information Bar 32 4 5 View Area 32 4 6 Status Bar 32 5 Print Steps 34 6 Print setting references 41 6 1 Gcode generator setting 41 6 2 extruder control 45 6 3 Pause restart printing 47 6 4 set ...

Page 4: ...n removing support material The brown sections of the currently supplied gloves melt at around 200 degrees therefore please do not hold the extruder block with the gloves There is a slight smell from filament material when it is being extruded The smell is however not too unpleasant Operate in a well ventilated room but draft free as draft will potentially cause warping 1 2 2 Protection The printe...

Page 5: ... before The system uses a nozzle to deposit molten plastic to make a solid object layer by layer so printed parts are strong and durable 2 1 Appearance Figure 2 1 1 Font view of printer Figure 2 1 2 Right view of printer framework Operator s LCD Panel build platform Extruder nozzle heat emission Spool holder SD USB Power 2 2 Axes In the figure 2 4 the direction of arrow is the forward direction of...

Page 6: ...e USB cable 1 piece Filament tube 1 piece Filament 1 spool CD 1 piece Hex wrench 1 set Gloves 1 pair Cutter 1 piece Spatula 1 piece Tweezers 1 piece Pen knives 1 piece Mini SD card 1 piece Mini SD card reader 1 piece Glue 1 bottle 2 4 specification Print Envelope 160 160 160mm Layer thickness 0 15mm 0 35mm ...

Page 7: ...ftware 3DSTART driver and STL models 3DSTART supports the operating system windows XP 32 bit and Win7 32 64bit professional edition or higher 3 1 1 Install the driver of USB to serial port 1 After connecting the device if the hardware wizard pops up you can install the driver according to the wizard If it fails to pop up please check from Device Manager from desktop right click Computer property d...

Page 8: ...X1 6 figure3 1 1 1 Right click to select Update Driver Software so the dialog Of Update Driver Software USB Serial Port pops up as in the figure below then follow the instructions to finish installation figure3 1 1 2 ...

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Page 10: ...8 figure3 1 1 5 figure3 1 1 6 3 1 2 Software installation 1 With all drivers successfully installed please insert CD into your PC click setup exe file entering the program installation interface as per the picture below ...

Page 11: ...totyping X1 9 figure3 1 2 1 2 Click next and select I accept the terms in the license agreement to continue next step figure3 1 2 2 3 Select the installation directory and Click NEXT to start the SETUP WIZARD ...

Page 12: ...3D Prototyping X1 10 figure3 1 2 3 4 Click install starting installation figure3 1 2 4 ...

Page 13: ...3D Prototyping X1 11 figure3 1 2 5 5 Select Install for all users and then click Next to install Python on your computer ...

Page 14: ...3D Prototyping X1 12 Figure 3 1 2 6 6 Choose the directory to install and click Next Figure 3 1 2 7 7 Click Next when the following dialog appears ...

Page 15: ...13 Figure 3 1 2 8 8 Click Finish in the pop up dialog to complete the installation Figure 3 1 2 9 9 In a while the following interface will appear please select I have read and accept the license terms and click install ...

Page 16: ...3D Prototyping X1 14 figure3 1 2 10 10 Click Finish in the pop up dialog and the installation is successfully installed figure3 1 2 11 ...

Page 17: ...exit the guide figure3 1 2 12 Notice if either of the below two interface appears it means that the latest version of Microsoft Visual C 2010 x86 Redistributable operation environment has been installed Click Cancel to complete the installation figure3 1 2 13 ...

Page 18: ...16 figure3 1 2 14 3 2 Program registration 1 Open the CD double click the file serial number reg under CD root 2 Click YES in the pop up dialog of registry editor figure3 2 1 3 click OK to finish registration figure3 2 2 ...

Page 19: ...gure3 2 3 3 In the pop up dialog of machine information you can find information of port serial number register and firmware version etc figure3 2 4 3 3 Install printer To avoid damage during delivery tray tray holder hose and hose mounting bracket are set down When you receive the product please install those four parts on the printer as ...

Page 20: ... figure 3 3 1 Please save the foam and bind the parts as we did in the event that you need to move or deliver the printer in the future Figure 3 3 1 1 Rope 2 White cotton mat 3 3 1 Connect power adapter and USB cable As in Figure 3 3 1 1 below connect the printer and your computer using the USB connection on the side of the printer and connect the power adapter to the power interface on the side o...

Page 21: ...USB B Connect AC 100 240V 3 3 2 Install printer First step insert filament tube to the top two holes One end to the hole in the extruder and the other end to the filament holder Press the blue elastic valve before you need to draw the tube out A B ...

Page 22: ...the platform Figure 3 3 2 2 Third step mounting the filament spool Please note the direction figure3 3 2 3 3 3 4 Load filament 1 Check whether the end of the filament is straight 2 Cut the end of the filament flat and push the end of the filament into one end of the filament tube from the underside and then pull it through to the extruder See figure3 3 4 1 ...

Page 23: ...it can also be operated by the software i Turn on the printer by pressing 2 5 seconds ii On boot up press to get shortcut menu figure3 3 4 2 iii Press to start loading filament figure3 3 4 3 iv When the temperature reaches the required temperature the filament will load automatically ...

Page 24: ...3D Prototyping X1 22 figure3 3 4 4 v When the temperature is stabilized at the required temperature the filament will keep loading you can press then to stop figure3 3 4 5 ...

Page 25: ...re Open the program 3dStart exe the window shown in the following figure will pop up some basic functions are as the follows menus Function car caption bar shortcut guide view status bar figure4 4 1 Menu Menu is used for new open and save file figure4 1 ...

Page 26: ...n folder figure4 2 0 1 Setting The interface of Setting is shown in the figure below its function are as the follows 1 view 2 Model view a Show or hide the status bar b Show or hide the title bar c Show or hide the model face d Show or hide lines e Set model color 3 Program a Select to query the temperature automatically b Set the language 4 Building a select to stop heating automatically after pr...

Page 27: ...he printer when software connecting with the printer under the Ready status Click Control Panel at the bottom of panel area or click Control Panel under Main to open the panel figure4 3 1 The function of Control panel are as the follows 1 Control move a Control the motion of platform b Control extruder c Control Fan on and Fan off 2 Control temperature ...

Page 28: ... 2 Shortcut folders Shortcut folders helps view STL models It is very useful when there are many models saved Once you choose the model from the left files the model will be shown instantly at right View area figure4 3 3 Model panel ...

Page 29: ...l contains View Move Rotate Scale and Mirror figure4 3 4 Move edit has the following modes shown as the figure below Before printing please make sure the model is on the platform Click Bottom to move the model onto the platform Click Centre to move model to the center of platform ...

Page 30: ...3D Prototyping X1 28 figure4 3 5 Rotate edit has the following 3 modes You can view the model from various angles through rotation ...

Page 31: ...3D Prototyping X1 29 figure4 3 6 Scale edit has the following 2 modes You can zoom the model through setting rate ...

Page 32: ...3D Prototyping X1 30 figure4 3 7 Mirror edit has the following ways It s mainly used to design text ...

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Page 34: ...o display model and the position in relation between the model and the printer platform 4 6 Status Bar It is used to real time display the current status There are some prompts at the bottom left such as Offline and Ready which is consistent with the connection status in the Main The connection status is as the follows figure4 6 1 Offline ...

Page 35: ...3D Prototyping X1 33 figure4 6 2 Ready figure4 6 3 Buiding ...

Page 36: ...r auto connection Choose the number for the COM which is found from the device manager when the computer is connecting to many printers figure5 1 figure5 2 5 Check build platform level is horizontal Refer to 7 4 for detail Make sure the nozzle is clean before printing 6 Ways to open models Click open to choose a model file Click add to choose an existed model from recent files Click model to choos...

Page 37: ...el to meet the demand After editing the model click Save to save the model Note make sure the model is on the print platform or else you can t go to next You can click Model Move Bottom to move the model onto the platform figure5 4 8 Generate GCode as follows a Click GCode Generator in the Main ...

Page 38: ...ion parameters in the window GCode generator c Click Generating GCode figure5 5 Note If the model has already generated a Gcode when it generates GCode again it will over write the last generated Gcode Click Stop Generate to stop generating GCode ...

Page 39: ... will appear in the interface figure5 7 9 Start to print There are two ways to print model including online print and offline print Online print If you choose the online print you only need to click Start in the interface Main then it will start to print the model figure5 8 Click Stop to stop printing After clicking Stop it cannot restore and print again ...

Page 40: ...r printing it will display Build finished in the status bar shown as the figure below figure5 10 figure5 11 Offline print 1 There are two ways to save the generated GCode to the SD card a Use card reader to copy the Gcode to the SD card ...

Page 41: ... the File list then click OK figure5 12 Note Please make sure the GCode is saved integrally When it starts to print offline the software will be disconnected from the device and it can only be connected to the device only after the offline print is stopped Using LCD Panel to control offline printing operation 1 turn on the power switch 2 Enter secure boot by pressing ok for 2 5 seconds 3 On Fast o...

Page 42: ...D Prototyping X1 40 figure5 13 b Select the file that you want to print by and press OK to start print figure5 14 Note Button can go back to top You can also press it to cancel the current printing task ...

Page 43: ...ing or the extruder might get blocked with the filament There are 4 options to set the print resolution between 0 15mm to 0 35mm per layer The finer the layer the better the quality the stronger the printed part and the longer it takes to print MODE Fast 0 35mm layer thickness MODE_Midium 0 25mm layer thickness MODE Quality 0 15mm layer thickness MODE Standard 0 2mm layer thickness ...

Page 44: ...t generated Select add raft there will be a model base generated The raft helpf for good stability Thin wall Select Thin wall there is no internal support will be created but only an external shell There is no top surface created only bottom surface The layer thickness will be at least 1 layer The shell layer can be added by solid shell layer means 2 in actual will be created 2 for 3 and the like ...

Page 45: ... the print speed Set the extrude speed Set the nozzle heating temperature Set the plateform heating temperature Set the layer thickness Once the layer thickness is changed the print speed and extrude speed will be adjusted relatively Set the solid surface layer Set the solid shell layer Set infill line distance ...

Page 46: ...he slope angle is larger than this value support will be generated in general the larger the angle the less support The model has a slope of 45 degrees if you do not want to generate support for this point of view of the support it should be set more than 45 if you want to have support set this parameter as less than 45 Reset to default when you want to recover the factroy default value ...

Page 47: ...D Prototyping X1 45 6 2 Extruder Control figure6 2 1 The printer can only Print in PLA figure6 2 2 When the nozzle reaches the preset temperature the printer will load filament automatically figure6 2 3 ...

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Page 49: ... 47 figure6 2 6 6 3 Pause restart printing figure6 3 Click PAUSE the platform will move to a secure position and the extruder control dialog box will pop up You can operate on Material IN Material Out or Material Change ...

Page 50: ...lick Z will make the platform move fast and then choose Fix move 1mm to make slight movement making the platform moving close to the nozzle until they meet each other 4 Click Get current Z height to get the current Z axis height 5 Click apply to finish the settings As the figure shows figure4 2 3 TIP You may need to set Z height when models are not adhearing to the platform properly or are distort...

Page 51: ...mware file in hex figure6 4 1 figure6 4 2 2 Click connect machine list and select a printer in the pop up dialog of machine information It doesn t matter even if it can t be connected which is just to get a port You can get the current firmware information in the dialog ...

Page 52: ...3D Prototyping X1 50 figure6 4 3 figure6 4 4 3 restart the printer power switch 4 Please click firmware update in 5 seconds after the printer restarted If update is failed you need to operate again ...

Page 53: ...4 5 5 there is process indication in right bottom when firmware update is finished figure6 4 6 What firmware version is needed Choose the version by printer serial number ces01aik002 V 01 hex es02aik023 V 02 hex es04aik321 V 04 hex ...

Page 54: ...en wait for it to heat up Then use heat stable material such as pure cotton cloth or wadding to clean the nozzle 7 3 Accessories You can print all of the plastic accessories of the printer by yourself Because there are some 3D models in the file 3DModel containing tray holder tube mounting bracket Extruder guard and so on If these parts are damaged you can print them by yourself 7 4 Level platform...

Page 55: ...180 0 200 0 PLA and the platform as 60 0 PLA If there is material residue on the print head please clean it at first figure7 4 3 4 Click platform Leveling from Setting page Then Panel area will change to Control Panel automatically and open platform Leveling dialog box Please set the temperature to be 0 by adjusting Control Panel and clean the spray nozzle to avoid affecting adjusting leveling Scr...

Page 56: ... platform Leveling dialog box and move the worktable to the corner bottom right corner which corresponding screw b Then compare the height of bottom left corner the height between nozzle and worktable similarly hereinafter and adjust screw b to make sure the height is the same as bottom left corner Click and to check the height difference and adjust to the same height as nozzle After finishing don...

Page 57: ...nt too soft to be pulled Solutions A Find a reliable filament supplier B Use the default 3D printer parameters The parameters provided by us are reliable and optimized C Level the print platform Reset the height at Z axis D The fan will automatically be turned on once the printer starts working You need to click on to start the fan if it has been turned off manually 2 Filament can not stick to the...

Page 58: ...heck if the power button of the printer has been pressed B Change the port C Please try to connect again after the independent printing is finished D Install the drivers 9 Contact Us 3D Prototyping Pty Ltd 48B Nariel Street Albion Qld 4010 Tel 07 3262 9283 Email sales 3dprototyping com au ...