Have you followed the link to the documents from Cura's "help" tab? It is really excellent. The help link takes you here: https://support.ultimaker.com/hc/en-us/sections/360003548339-Ultimaker-Cura Every printer setting is explained with examples showing parts made with and without the settings enables.
I don't think anyone is using printable PDF files for docs anymore because PDF is so hard to read on different sized screens. They use formats that reflow and allow different font sizes. On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 4:47 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Monday 15 June 2020 02:25:38 Chris Albertson wrote: > > > I don't know if any of the printed parts on my printer will fit an > > Ender3. But printer upgrades are the first things many people print. > > Electronics enclosures, tool trays and improved airflow are easy but > > very specific to an exact model of printer. > > > > There are upgrades too. Like a probe for measuring the bed height and > > auto-level software. Those are harder to get working. One gadget I > > want but have not made is a holder to attach a dial indicator to the > > print head. I've not seen one so some day I'll design one myself. > > > > The place to look is "Thingiverse". > > > > Here are any number of Ender 3 fan nozzles, some good, some bad. > > https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=ender+3+fan&type=things&sort=rele > >vant > > > I pulled the ender3 nozzle .zip. > > One thing I'd love tough, would be a manual I could print that actually > references the software I have. Docs have not kept pace with the sw, > particularly on linux where I'm reading the pdf's supplied on its sd > card. The cura doc on the sd card is for a 2017 version, but bears a > current date. Thats BS when the menu's quite often bear zero > resemblance to the printable pdf's showings. I press the designated > buttons but don't seem to get the effect, so I get lost and restart it, > and it runs differently everytime I start it. Why is there 2 copies of > the appimage? Both appear to run alike. For instance, I just did a new > slice on the 5mm calibration .stl, but I can't save it to the > removable /media/sdf1 card without first saving it someplace where I > have write perms, then launch a root chown and make it owned by root, > then run a root session of mc to copy it to the sd card for transport to > the printer for printing. And once you've chosen someplace to save the > file to, thats its default location for everything else and you then got > to wade back thru 2 terabytes of file system to get back to your src > file working directory. Thats so fscked up I will yet learn how to run > slic3r. > > Bad mood this morning, woof in the shop, might never come home. End stage > COPD. And I'm due at the local heart guy for a checkup on the stent > they replaced a week ago today. And from the way I'm feeling it could > be working better. The echolab girl said it was only doing 31%. > > > Thingiverse has a seach box so you can also just search for "ender 3" > > and get dozens of pages of stuff. > > I see that, thanks. > > > Quality varies dramatically as > > anyone can and does post stuff. > > I see that too. :) > > > > Your best bet is to look at > > Thingiverse and get ideas, down load a few and then use a CAD program > > to improve the design. Make an account on Thingiverse and then you can > > make lists of things to look at later > > > > There are also many electronics covers and cable protectors to fit the > > Ender 3. But they are specific to the printer. I have an A6 that is > > made of smoked Plexiglas, not metal like yours. An enclosure is a > > very good CAD project. You could design your own the way you like it. > > > > I use Fusion 360 but I'm studying OnShape. OnShape runs well on the > > Linux system because of the better Nvidia GTX1060 on the Linux system > > vs the Intel HD6000 on the iMac. > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 9:27 PM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> > wrote: > > > Greetings Chris; > > > > > > While I'm waiting for digi-key to send me some more ATS-667's to fix > > > my GO704's lack of index, I thought I'd waste a bit of string on the > > > 3d printer, and see if I can get it to make a block thats 25mm wide > > > for xy and and tall. I am also slowly advancing the steps per mm on > > > the extruder, and have arrived at a condition where the base layer > > > is both solid, and laid down stuck really tight with a starting temp > > > set of 215 and 70, so I've just now increased the nozzle clearance > > > by one bump of the wheels for the next run. Still quite tight onto a > > > sheet of catalog paper. But this past run got me a breakoff, > > > leaving the 3 layer base still stuck, that was a hair over 25 tall > > > but the breakoff 5 starter was still under 5. That tells me I > > > should lower the build plate which I have now done by one bump of > > > all 4 wheels and reduce the z feed by a fraction of a percent. > > > > > > So how it this z tradeoff properly adjusted? > > > > > > I see on youtube, a fan nozzle that looks like an improvement by > > > redirecting the cooling fan airflow more directly at the base of the > > > nozzle. Where can I dl the files to make this, and the tooltray and > > > the back cover for the control pcb? > > > > > > Thanks Chris. > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > -- > > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
