Host software Variations

There are various pieces of software for the Desktop that are helpful for printing. You have the traditional Java-based host software ([see on main wiki]). There is also Skeinforge by Enrique. This is software that translates a 3D shape into movement instructions for your RepRap in a very sophisticated way.

Skeinforge

There is a lot more information on the [main RepRap wiki]

Skeinforge deals with properties of the FFF process to increase precision. It has various useful options, such as:

- reducing stringing
- towering (building multiple layers on top of each other before completing the rest of the layer
- create a raft first (against warping / curving of your object)
- etc.

Installation

It can be downloaded via subversion, since it is maintained in this tree. This is a useful mechanism, since it's easy to keep skeinforge up-to-date (simply 'svn up' in the top directory of the repository).

Find it here: [reprap/trunk/reprap/miscellaneous/python-beanshell-scripts]

You can also find documentation there. file:///home/erik/RepRap/reprap/trunk/reprap/miscellaneous/python-beanshell-scripts/documentation/skeinforge.html