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Topic: Solidoodle Printer not Recognized in Replicator G

I believe that because of the fact that the Solidoodle Printer is not Recognized in Replicator G, when I open an stl in Replicator G the model shows up being so small I cannot tell what it is. As a result the g code created from it is too small for the printer to print, as well the model if it makes it through Skeinforge will show up in Pronterface half way off the screen. The only stl I have been able to get a print from is the test stl. Does anybody have any suggestions?

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Re: Solidoodle Printer not Recognized in Replicator G

RepG is designed for Makerbot printers. I should only be used for centering and orienting prints. Any size issues are more likely to do with mm vs inches scaling.

Repetier-Host does the orientation and scaling as well as connecting to the printer so I recommend you skip Reg completely.

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Re: Solidoodle Printer not Recognized in Replicator G

lawsy wrote:

RepG is designed for Makerbot printers. I should only be used for centering and orienting prints. Any size issues are more likely to do with mm vs inches scaling.

Repetier-Host does the orientation and scaling as well as connecting to the printer so I recommend you skip Reg completely.

Thank you for your response.
Size issue: I saved an stl out of Solidworks in mm and inch and yielded the same results with each.
Repetier-Host: I’m new to this and not sure what you are referring to.

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Re: Solidoodle Printer not Recognized in Replicator G

For Repetier Host, look here- http://solidoodletips.wordpress.com/201 … tier-host/

Repetier Host is a program that will orient the STL, slice it using either Slic3r or Skeinforge, and control the printer as Pronterface does.  It will also give you a 3D preview of the gcode while showing the actual gcode file, and let you step through the layers one at a time if you wish.

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Re: Solidoodle Printer not Recognized in Replicator G

IanJohnson wrote:

For Repetier Host, look here- http://solidoodletips.wordpress.com/201 … tier-host/

Repetier Host is a program that will orient the STL, slice it using either Slic3r or Skeinforge, and control the printer as Pronterface does.  It will also give you a 3D preview of the gcode while showing the actual gcode file, and let you step through the layers one at a time if you wish.

Again thank you for your response.
I tryed to install and run several versions of Repetier Host, but none would run on my P4 XP machine. I'll scearch for an older version.

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Re: Solidoodle Printer not Recognized in Replicator G

IanJohnson wrote:

For Repetier Host, look here- http://solidoodletips.wordpress.com/201 … tier-host/

Repetier Host is a program that will orient the STL, slice it using either Slic3r or Skeinforge, and control the printer as Pronterface does.  It will also give you a 3D preview of the gcode while showing the actual gcode file, and let you step through the layers one at a time if you wish.

I followed the very informative Instructions through the link in your post. Thank you for that. The only problem I cannot seem to figure out is: when I attempt to export configuration from slic3r I get an error stating Maximum infill thickness can’t exceed nozzle diameter. I have looked at every setting over and over and cannot find the discrepancy. Do you know where this is referring to?

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Re: Solidoodle Printer not Recognized in Replicator G

There is a setting to add infill every X layers.  When printing at .1mm layers, you can set to print infill every third layer to save time.  This will do 3 layers of perimeters at .1mm, then one layer of infill at .3mm.

If your layers are set to .3mm, and you still have it set to infill every 3rd layer, it will have to do .9mm infill, which it can't do.

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IanJohnson wrote:

There is a setting to add infill every X layers.  When printing at .1mm layers, you can set to print infill every third layer to save time.  This will do 3 layers of perimeters at .1mm, then one layer of infill at .3mm.

If your layers are set to .3mm, and you still have it set to infill every 3rd layer, it will have to do .9mm infill, which it can't do.

Hours of messing around and you solved my issue in moments, and I thank you.