Looks like I was thinking of the legacy directory structure, or mixing it with the current one. In 7 and 8 the path is C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Slic3rby IMBoring25 - Slic3r
I don't have a machine in front of me right now, but no, those settings are not in the registry. They're in .ini files stored somewhere in the C:\Documents and Settings\AppData tree, unless I mis-remember. You'll probably have to set it to show hidden files and folders if you haven't already.by IMBoring25 - Slic3r
Is this PLA? What brand? I've seen recommendations as high as 220 for some variants of PLA, and the relatively short melt zone of the v6 means it should probably run towards the high end to keep nozzle pressure down, especially when running fast. Are you using the same speed for normal and external perimeters? If you're not, that can exacerbate issues with nozzle pressure. I would also seconby IMBoring25 - Printing
Copying a cassette tape, copying an electronic file, and copying a printer are all inherently distinct processes. Copying a cassette tape is analog and lossy. The magnetic media are not going to wind up in exactly the same places as on the original medium, and the net effect will be deteriorative. An electronic file is digital. Barring DRM or file system corruption, you can make as many copieby IMBoring25 - General
Mine wasn't a Tricolour with the Melzis for very long but I was getting a lot of comm errors and EEPROM overwrites. Commenting the line that echoes the extruder temperatures back to the console out of the M109 code seemed to dramatically improve things for me. It was a frustrating fix because that's nice and occasionally important info to have, but that was my experience.by IMBoring25 - General Mendel Topics
Slic3r will do it. If you export multiple bodies in the same coordinate system, you can right-click on the first body you load, go to Settings, then load additional Parts or Modifiers, with different settings as you see fit.by IMBoring25 - Printing
Two things on the speed settings... 1) What are your cooling settings? Those test cubes are tiny, and if you're using anything even loosely resembling the Slic3r default profiles, the speeds it uses will probably be minimum-layer-time/minimum-speed driven. 2) Are you using the same type of infill on both slicers? A more complex infill pattern may mean the speed never actually reaches what isby IMBoring25 - Reprappers
M400 or G4 S0 at the beginning of the tool change gcode would test that theory.by IMBoring25 - Slic3r
With a delta, the motor axes only move roughly the same distance as the tool head if you're moving directly in Z. How far the motors move to move .1mm in X or Y will depend on where over the build platform the effector is at the given time as well as the machine geometry and the results of the latest bed auto-level, if you're using that. The electronics are doing far more complex math than theyby IMBoring25 - General
The setting for two extruders in Slic3r is straightforward. With simultaneous extruder running, this sounds like misconfigured firmware/EEPROM to me...Not a Slic3r issue. What electronics and firmware are you running?by IMBoring25 - Slic3r
If you're still running Marlin there should be one or more instances of #define DEFAULT_AXIS_STEPS_PER_UNIT in Configuration.h. The matrix that follows will define steps per mm for X, Y, Z, and Extruder axes.by IMBoring25 - General
Spiral Vase requires one perimeter, 0% infill, no solid top layers, no support material, and only a single object. More generally, Solid Infill Threshold Area may mess you up if you're printing something with small cross-sections.by IMBoring25 - Reprappers
Here's my thinking...The Z axis homes from above. Then all the other moves after that, by default, are approached from below. So, if you have any backlash or hysteresis, you'll have layer heights lower than they're supposed to be (with corresponding squeeze-out) until the backlash has reached a stable position. The z lift on layer change sets it up so every layer change is approached from abovby IMBoring25 - Printing
That depends on how you define RepRap, how you define build area, and how you define solid.by IMBoring25 - Reprappers
I presume you've carefully set Z = 0. You could try using a layer change g-code that moves in Z up and then down by the same amount after the layer change. This makes every Z move approach the setpoint from the same direction and fixed (or masked, depending on how you look at it) a similar condition on my Mendel that I diagnosed as being due to hysteresis/backlash. I'm using: G91 ; change toby IMBoring25 - Printing
With that I can help. If you set a minimum extrusion length it will print a skirt with each extruder as it starts to use it.by IMBoring25 - Slic3r
The multi-extruder machine was three, but it's down for repair/upgrade after a second melted Melzi bed terminal. I'll initially bring it back up as single-extruder and take it up to five once that's running smoothly. I've experimented a little and my Slic3r is still not activating any extruders it's not going to use, except where I've specifically activated T0 in my start and end G-code so theby IMBoring25 - Slic3r
I've never seen the behavior you describe with Slic3r. It's always used the extruders I requested. When you're selecting extruders in Slic3r, they're 1-indexed, so T0 is Extruder 1, and so forth. The one quirk I've seen is that I had to put T0 in my start and end g-codes so the machine wouldn't store a home position with an incorrect offset.by IMBoring25 - Slic3r
The waterjet we had at my last job was programmed to make a curved arc into the tool path so it would make small round holes as an oversized teardrop shape. We made our DXFs with points at the center of where we wanted small holes and it would do a standing pierce. They should be able to do an extremely small standing pierce with a laser that you can then open up with the appropriately sized drby IMBoring25 - Reprappers
If you want to be an early adopter for printing PLA Yoda heads with a 10% success rate, yes, you're late. I think you still qualify as early adopter at this point, though, if you want to use hobbyist/consumer-grade equipment tuned well enough to make functional parts, explore engineering-grade materials and multi-extrusion, or dabble in lost-PLA casting.by IMBoring25 - General
One way to configure it would be the way RepRapPro did their legacy Tricolour Mendels, before they switched them over to Duet boards to match the rest of their lineup.by IMBoring25 - General
Extra bearings would drive part count, cost, and weight (and in this case, the weight would be added as a moving component of the Y axis, which is a fast-moving and fast-accelerating axis highly sensitive to extra weight). With a carriage, PCB, insulator, and glass (and often a heat spreader as well), the Y axis assembly already has a fair amount of torsional rigidity and if your machine is propby IMBoring25 - Reprappers
The slicers can struggle with thin sections that don't correspond to a multiple of the extrusion width. Sometimes they will try to compensate by tweaking extrusion width. Not all versions of all slicers depict the actual extrusion width they will be using. If it's a functional part on which a gap would be problematic, try to design in multiples of your nozzle diameter.by IMBoring25 - Printing
Since it's PLA-based, your temperatures are at the high end of what would typically be used, which would exacerbate the ooze issue.by IMBoring25 - Printing
Is the hot end holding the setpoint successfully? If the power supply is maxed out running the bed and hot end, some stray air currents on the hot end or lost insulation could cause the hot end to be unable to keep up, allowing the temperature to fall below what can successfully be extruded at the speeds you're using.by IMBoring25 - Reprappers
If I'm visualizing this correctly as a traditional belt clip, I have a few thoughts... All else being equal, if it works with the rest of the design, it would likely be best to print the width of the clip in Z so the clipping elements consist of continuous extrusions. I'm going to guess it's breaking at what might be called the base of the U. That region probably needs to be a little thicker aby IMBoring25 - Printing
I don't see that the tangent has been answered yet. The pictured extruder appears to be the same one used by RepRapPro. The STLs are available on their github.by IMBoring25 - General
I haven't used it but there's a checkbox for verbose output that will comment about what's going on. Does that not do what you're trying to do?by IMBoring25 - Slic3r
I don't understand the rolleyes. It's exactly the same thing you wrote except I showed work from the standard forms of the fundamental equations involved. I was writing it at the same time you were (mine might have gone in first if the site hadn't lagged) and it wasn't worth deleting.by IMBoring25 - Reprappers
Umm...V=IR, so I=V/R. P=IV, so P=V^2/R. Twice the resistance would keep the current the same on both configurations, but a 24V bed will deliver more power than a 12V bed if it has less than four times the resistance. Your analysis of a 12V bed at 24V is correct...It will be a monster, and absolutely require an SSR.by IMBoring25 - Reprappers