Skeinforge BASICS?
Posted by Parker
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Skeinforge BASICS? March 06, 2011 09:21PM |
so, i've had my printer since christmas and have gotten it to print somewhat respectably in repsnapper and PLA, but repsnapper is a pretty cruel mistress... it doesn't have any sort of function to extrude a square around your base layer before printing to get the extruder working smoothly first, which i know skeinforge does with a plug-in.
it turns out that's an extremely vital trick, because i always lose the first ~ 3 inches of actual g-code movements before it starts extruding.
It's also horribly documented, I only figured out that all the stuff it stuck at the beginning of the code was actual commands, not a brief explanation of available commands today.
So now it's even weirder. by removing the 0 command and sending it to 0 manually before i print i can avoid starting a print with a blob from zeroing. however, by removing these commands at the beginning of the code i break it somehow, so that when i press restart to try a print again with these lines removed, it just sits where it is rapidly extruding in reverse, IE pushing the filament back out the top of my extruder.
so i'm giving up on repsnapper.
my new question is, where on earth is Skeinforge documented? it's extremely hazy so far... i've actually figured out what all the individual craft buttons do, so i can make pretty acceptable g-code that would be great and all, except
-----------important part here: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEND CODE TO THE PRINTER.
some people mentioned send.py? where do i get that python script, because i can't find it anywhere in my skeinforge directory, at least not with windows' search capabilities.
I've tried importing skeinforge g-code into repsnapper, but for some reason that shows up off the corner of the grid, so that it would be in the negatives on the x and y axises.
TL
R: I'm tired of repsnapper, where can i find a basic guide for skeinforge? and how do i send .gcode files to my printer?
I have a mendel with gen6 electronics by the way, hence the repsnapper, it's what apparently goes with my board.
it turns out that's an extremely vital trick, because i always lose the first ~ 3 inches of actual g-code movements before it starts extruding.
It's also horribly documented, I only figured out that all the stuff it stuck at the beginning of the code was actual commands, not a brief explanation of available commands today.
So now it's even weirder. by removing the 0 command and sending it to 0 manually before i print i can avoid starting a print with a blob from zeroing. however, by removing these commands at the beginning of the code i break it somehow, so that when i press restart to try a print again with these lines removed, it just sits where it is rapidly extruding in reverse, IE pushing the filament back out the top of my extruder.
so i'm giving up on repsnapper.
my new question is, where on earth is Skeinforge documented? it's extremely hazy so far... i've actually figured out what all the individual craft buttons do, so i can make pretty acceptable g-code that would be great and all, except
-----------important part here: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEND CODE TO THE PRINTER.
some people mentioned send.py? where do i get that python script, because i can't find it anywhere in my skeinforge directory, at least not with windows' search capabilities.
I've tried importing skeinforge g-code into repsnapper, but for some reason that shows up off the corner of the grid, so that it would be in the negatives on the x and y axises.
TL
R: I'm tired of repsnapper, where can i find a basic guide for skeinforge? and how do i send .gcode files to my printer?I have a mendel with gen6 electronics by the way, hence the repsnapper, it's what apparently goes with my board.
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