- Mach3 3D printer Add-on
I am very happy to announce that I have written an Add-on for mach3 which will allow you to use mach3 as a 3D printer Software. You will use mach3 software both for slicng the STL file and printing directly.
Please watch video in full screen…
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Installation Notes:
– Please download the setup1.3.exe and install (may request administrator privilege. The user name and password is your own administrator user name and password)
– It includes Slic3r inside (http://slic3r.org/).
– It requires a Windows machine running .net Framework. You can download the .net Framework yourself here).
– You can change Slic3r settings by editing “gnexlab_config.ini” Which is inside Slic3r directory. You can also open it with Slic3r.exe in order to modify it. Do not forget to save it on the “gnexlab_config.ini” file.
Tested on winXP and Win7 systems.
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| Version Updates: ver1.3 (Slic3r inside)– Packed with Slic3r 0.7.1 |
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| Version Updates: ver1.2 (Skeinforge inside)– Post g-code to mach3 button code updated – Exit button removed – Packed with Sfact V2.0 11.08.01 (Easy to use skeinforge) |
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Converting a CNC Machine to a 3D Printer 
can i also print with dual extruder?
Printing with one more extruder means you need to define one more axis. Be sure that your gcode preprocessor knows which axis is the tool described as extruder stepper motor.
Hello everybody. I’m rather new to 3d printing and I have quite a few questions on the matter, so I hope you will not get mad at me for asking here at least a few of them. I think before I’ll get seriously into sculpting I should focus on the software itself, and that’s what I would like to ask you about. Mainly, should I start with the most crudest CAD there is or would it be better to start on something more complicated? I’m worried that I’ll get some unwanted habits while working on less complex software. Second question is about the CAD software as well: should I search for software that would let me design and slice it in it, or should I use a different software for each? Will it even make a difference? Weirdly, I couldn’t find the answer to that, as it seems like most blogs and sites want to focus on the very basics (like what is 3d printing and so on), and while the answers to those questions are fine, it seems like no one wants to go into the details (it looks like some of them even steal from each other! I swear I’ve read the same answers to the same questions on at least 3 different sites) but I’m getting off-topic… The last question is about 3d pens. Would it be possible to somehow convert whatever I draw with a 3d pen to a 3d model in a program? For example, if I’ll draw a dog with 3d pen, would it be possible to get its outline in a program? I’m not sure how that could even work, but the very idea sounds appealing to me. Anyway, I think I’ll stop here just in case no one will ever answer me and all of this writing will go to waste. I apologise that I’m using your content to ask questions, but I hope you can relate and advice a newbie like me. Anyway, thank you for posting. I did learn something from this and that’s always appreciated. Thank you, and I hope to hear back from you very soon 🙂
i have test it over, i have bought a 1500mm*1500mm CNC, the structure is heave, it use mach to control, i hope it could become a 3d printer in hardware which should to be upgraded, but i have never done this before