Renkforce RF100 - Advanced Printing with Cura Software; 16. Print from Cura software

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f) Restart the 3D printer
• Restartthe3Dprinter,
- whenLCdisplaydoesnotshowanycorrectinformationortheLCdisplayisempty.
- afteran<Emergencystop>hasbeenperfomed.
- whenthe3Dprinterisnotworkingproperly.
• Ifany,unplugtheconnectedUSBcable.
• Switchoffthe3Dprinter.Afterashortwhile,switchitonagainandoperatethe3Dprinterasusual.
16. Print from “Cura“ software
a) General notes
• The3Dprinteriscompatiblewiththe“Cura“softwarepackageandisavailableforWindows
®
and Mac OS. For
specicoperatingsystemandhardwarerequirementsrefertothewebsiteathttps://ultimaker.com/ and make sure
yourcomputermeetstheminimumrequirements.
• Itisunfortunatelynotpossibletoexplainallthefunctionsoftheenclosedsoftwareinthescopeoftheseoperating
instructions. Full instructions are available from https://ultimaker.com/.
• Thebasicoperationandthepathtotherstprintoutare,however,describedbelowsothatyoucangetaresult
quicklyandeasily.Tofurtherfacilitatethis,wehavecollectedsomeprinterandmaterial-speciccongurationles
forthesoftwarewhichyoucanndonthesuppliedSDcard.
• “Cura“isahigh-performancesoftwaresolutionfor3Dprintingthatiseasytooperateevenforbeginners.
TheenclosedSDcardincludesaversionofthesoftwareforWindows
®
andMacOSwhichworkswiththe
3Dprinter.Werecommendyouinstallthisversionsinceitrequiresnospecialconguration.Therequired
drivers (for Windows
®
)arealsoprovidedontheSDcard.
• Thesoftware“Cura”performsthefollowingtasks:
- Placing,rotatingandscalingof3Dobjects.
- Slicingoftheobjecttobeprintedintothinlayersthatthe3Dprintercanprintoutlayerbylayer.Theresultofthis
processisaGCODEle
- ReviewingGCODElesforerrorandprintability
- Generatingsupportstructuresandraftsforimprovingprintresults
- SendingtheGCODElestotheprinterorsavingthemonanSDcardforstandaloneprinting
- Settingandstorageofprinterandlament-specicdata
- Managingtheprinterandlamentproles