Help with easy drawing

Hey I have a hard time figuring out how to make things in sketch up, but I just need to print an easy thing, so I would like to hear if somebody can help me, it takes like 2 min if you are good. I just need it as a stl and g-code file. I hope some you dont mind

I have attrached a picture of it. its a platform to my robot.

Best Regards.

Try that?

Thank you so much it looks like what i was thinking about, I'll try and see if I can figure out how to print it. again thanks so much!! (:

It seems that I have a problem. when im printing the platform, the extruder starts in the center of the bed and then prints to the back of the Y axel, which make the platform only printing half.

did you make the file in the center when you drawed it or outside the center?

or can I change where the extruder will print the object so it will print a full scale platform in the center of the bed?

best regards

here is some of the code.

I spotted that the measures in the code doesnt look right? am i right?

rinter is not online.
Connecting...
Connecting...
ok T:21.21 B:3.00 @:0
Printer is now online.
Setting hotend temperature to 185.000000 degrees Celsius.
Setting bed temperature to 60.000000 degrees Celsius.
SENDING:M105
ok T:168.49 B:3.00 @:127
SENDING:M105
ok T:176.31 B:3.00 @:0
SENDING:M105
ok T:173.44 B:3.00 @:127
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
Extruding 5.000000mm of filament.
1245.63592 mm of filament used in this print

the print goes from 59.260000 mm to 140.710000 mm in X
and is 81.450000 mm wide

the print goes from 69.260000 mm to 130.730000 mm in Y
and is 61.470000 mm wide

the print goes from 0.400000 mm to 2.800000 mm in Z
and is 2.400000 mm high

Estimated duration (pessimistic): 7 layers, 00:18:37
Print Started at: 17:27:18
T:194.06 E:0 W
T:194.52 E:0 W
T:194.97 E:0 W
T:194.97 E:0 W
T:195.40 E:0 W
T:195.80 E:0 W
T:196.31 E:0 W
T:196.65 E:0 W
T:196.85 E:0 W
T:197.24 E:0 W
T:197.70 E:0 W
T:197.70 E:0 W
T:198.01 E:0 W
T:198.15 E:0 W
T:198.61 E:0 W
T:198.61 E:0 W
T:199.06 E:0 W
T:199.06 E:0 W
T:199.23 E:0 W
T:199.52 E:0 W
T:199.52 E:0 W
T:199.57 E:0 W
T:199.97 E:0 W
T:199.97 E:0 W
T:199.97 E:0 W
T:200.31 E:0 W:0
Paused.
Entering skeinforge settings: Slic3r/slic3r.exe --load Slic3r/config.ini --ignore-nonexistent-config
Paused.
Print Started at: 17:36:27
Paused.
SENDING:M84
SENDING:M84
SENDING:M84
Entering skeinforge settings: Slic3r/slic3r.exe --load Slic3r/config.ini --ignore-nonexistent-config
1245.63592 mm of filament used in this print

the print goes from 59.260000 mm to 140.710000 mm in X ( it should be 70mm wide, right?)
and is 81.450000 mm wide

the print goes from 69.260000 mm to 130.730000 mm in Y ( it should be 50 wide, right?)
and is 61.470000 mm wide

the print goes from 0.400000 mm to 2.800000 mm in Z (and 3 mm high...)
and is 2.400000 mm high

Estimated duration (pessimistic): 7 layers, 00:18:37
Entering skeinforge settings: Slic3r/slic3r.exe --load Slic3r/config.ini --ignore-nonexistent-config

Or could the problem be the graph picture? If somebody could take a look, I would be so thankfully!!

Best regards

The skirt adds to the dimension of the print. It's OK.

Everything else looks fine.

Look at your settings in slic3r. Is your printer tab set up properly? Especially the size of the print bed. If the print isn't centered on the bed that is where I'd look first.

I assume your machine has been calibrated.

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Thank you akhlut

as you can see is my bedsize sat up to 140 mm * 100 mm * 100 mm

and center size 70 mm * 50 mm

I cant really not figure out why it prints out to the edge of the bed and by then only print a half sized platform.. see the attached picture off my printer.

Best regards

The center of origin when I made the part is the geometric center of the part. (Best Modeling Practices)

What's your print center set to?

http://brazenartifice.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/slic3rs-filament-settings.jpg


NOTE your picture of the graph from Pronter Face.

Each little square is 10mm x 10mm. (You can tell because the part is 7 squares long and 5 square wide)

So you have placed the part outside the limits of your printer of 140mm x 100mm

Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2013 01:54PM by ShadowRam.

Thanks ShadowRam.

my settings is attached as a picture..

Best regards.

thanks tripple times ShadowRam

I hope it wasn't me who did it, because if so I dont know what I have done.. but what can I do to make the slicer file be in the leftcorner instead of 7 squares away from the left corner?


Best regards

That I'm trying to figure out myself.

I'm at work at the moment, and I don't know the answer to that. Sorry

It has to be at the point where you put the STL file into Slic3r to make the Gcode.

Alright thats fair Thanks, I'll try to work on that.

I did everything from the beginning and know it prints on the bed, still not in the center but nearly! but it looks great

Thanks a ton for your help!! have a great weekend!

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2013 03:07PM by dynamitetalks.