15. Connecting Software to Duplicator 7
You can connect to your 3
D
printer with the
Connect
toolbar item.
Please ensure that you’
v
e properly configured your machine profile
,
as well as setting up the correct COM port before connecting.
14. Slicing a Model
Once you have loaded one or more models, configured your
machine profile, and configured your build
and
slicing profile
s
, you
can
slice a model. Choose the
Slice
i
con from the toolbar to bring
up
the Slicing Screen.
You can change the currently selected slicing profile to use.
Click the ‘Slice’ button to begin slicing. You can stop slicing by pressing the
Cancel
button. If your slicing profile is configured to export images, a
progress bar will appear here. Otherwise, just the gcode for the scene
will be generated and the images will be rendered during build-time.
Build Direction:
Top down or Bottom up. This value determines which direction the Lift
occurs. For a bottom up machine, this is used to peel the model from the bottom of the
build vat, sometimes in conjunction with a tilt/slide. For a Top-down machine, this makes the
lift operation dip into the resin.
Image Slice Export Options
Image Slice Export Options:
This allows you to control how the generated image slices
and gcode files are saved. You have the option of exporting to Zip file or to a subdirectory
when the
Export Images and GCode
button is checked. If this is left unchecked, slices and
gcode will still be generated, but not saved to disk.
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