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Re: Displaying oversized objects in Repetier???

null@example.com (Rocketman) — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:14:19 +0000

carl_m1968 wrote:

Rocketman wrote:
Rocketman wrote:
I'll look for that next time I'm working on it and let you know.
Oh you just meant the normal center button. That was the first thing I did. The object is so large it doesn't even touchdown on print bed when I hit the drop button. Even disppears partly at different angles. Not sure if there is a way to approximate the number of cuts needed. I'll just do several and hope each fit on bed.

You know your beds dimensions, and you should know the objects finished dimensions. So simple math should tell you how to cut it up.

Well I don't use the entire print area because clips are on the corners to hold the glass and also I would need to go smaller yet to reduce curling.

Re: Displaying oversized objects in Repetier???

null@example.com (carl_m1968) — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 02:40:42 +0000

Rocketman wrote:

Rocketman wrote:
carl_m1968 wrote:

Uhm it should do what you are asking. It centers the model on the stage and sets on the stage level.
I'll look for that next time I'm working on it and let you know.
Oh you just meant the normal center button. That was the first thing I did. The object is so large it doesn't even touchdown on print bed when I hit the drop button. Even disppears partly at different angles. Not sure if there is a way to approximate the number of cuts needed. I'll just do several and hope each fit on bed.

You know your beds dimensions, and you should know the objects finished dimensions. So simple math should tell you how to cut it up.

Re: Displaying oversized objects in Repetier???

null@example.com (Rocketman) — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 02:37:49 +0000

Rocketman wrote:

carl_m1968 wrote:
Rocketman wrote:
What does it do?

Uhm it should do what you are asking. It centers the model on the stage and sets on the stage level.
I'll look for that next time I'm working on it and let you know.

Oh you just meant the normal center button. That was the first thing I did. The object is so large it doesn't even touchdown on print bed when I hit the drop button. Even disppears partly at different angles. Not sure if there is a way to approximate the number of cuts needed. I'll just do several and hope each fit on bed.

Re: Displaying oversized objects in Repetier???

null@example.com (Rocketman) — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 03:30:18 +0000

carl_m1968 wrote:

Rocketman wrote:
carl_m1968 wrote:
Click the button that looks like a crosshair.
What does it do?

Uhm it should do what you are asking. It centers the model on the stage and sets on the stage level.

I'll look for that next time I'm working on it and let you know.

Re: Displaying oversized objects in Repetier???

null@example.com (carl_m1968) — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 23:52:08 +0000

Rocketman wrote:

carl_m1968 wrote:
Click the button that looks like a crosshair.
What does it do?

Uhm it should do what you are asking. It centers the model on the stage and sets on the stage level.

Re: Displaying oversized objects in Repetier???

null@example.com (Rocketman) — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 23:41:01 +0000

carl_m1968 wrote:

Click the button that looks like a crosshair.

What does it do?

Re: Displaying oversized objects in Repetier???

null@example.com (carl_m1968) — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 17:24:41 +0000

Click the button that looks like a crosshair.

Displaying oversized objects in Repetier???

null@example.com (Rocketman) — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:49:47 +0000

I have an object that is many times larger than my Repetier print space which I hope to cut into pieces to print individually and glue together after. However Repetier shows the object warped and well above the print space. How can I bring it down to the virtual print area so I can visualize how many pieces it might need to be cut into? Drop and Center don't work for objects larger than print space.