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I had a chat with the s3d support, i will try it tonight @ home
For now i try to populate the tips & trick page.

***Update *** ajusting physicaly the extruder height

habloIngles wrote:

acefx wrote:Yesterday , i wrote to s3d support and they gave me that files to, but for now it doesn't work... the extruder doesn't go to the center and doesn't do the wait for heat up and the first "waste" extrude, instead of that it begin to print where it is...

++Added some harware mods

Have you tried the zip folder I included above? It's working for my friend who has a Malyan M180

I guess your friend is not telling the truth.

"additional terminal commands for postprocessing"
Windows :
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[install_dir]\gpx [output_filepath]

no matter what one enters here. is only for the post-processing.

and the gpx.ini will not be processed.

I am now working with S3D.
but only with SDcard.
I save about "Toolpaths save to disk". e.g. "print.gcode"
then I open cmd
run "gpx -c gpx.ini print.gcode print.x3g"
copy print.x3g on sdcard.
print it.


will write in the closest days a manual.
I just need more time for English.
mother tongue German.

helmutdz wrote:

habloIngles wrote:

acefx wrote:Yesterday , i wrote to s3d support and they gave me that files to, but for now it doesn't work... the extruder doesn't go to the center and doesn't do the wait for heat up and the first "waste" extrude, instead of that it begin to print where it is...

++Added some harware mods

Have you tried the zip folder I included above? It's working for my friend who has a Malyan M180

I guess your friend is not telling the truth.

"additional terminal commands for postprocessing"
Windows :
Code: Select all
[install_dir]\gpx [output_filepath]

no matter what one enters here. is only for the post-processing.

and the gpx.ini will not be processed.

I use gpx [output_filepath] in my scripts tab > post processing command for and it works for me...

Re Malyan M180 and S3D. The machines 'Default Offset And Calibration" > 'Home Offset ' dis set to X 154.6 mm and Y 76.3 mm which leads to a print start/center way off to the left. It seems to bare no relationship to S3D print process settings. I have experimented with X at 116 mm and Y at 75 mm which, gets the print somewhere close to center. Has anyone struck this problem and solved ?

Nope, i have the same problem
preheating sequence OK
homing OK
start printing : Z goes down, X to opposite, Y the same.
this problem occur in usb printing.

for now i'm using makerware 2.40 with custom profile of replicator dual ( retuned by myself)
But well let make it clear, this printer is crap ! i'm not far from throwing it to the vendor face.

When i print using makerware, i have some problem too, the Z zero value, seems to be fluctuating, some time everything goes well, some time it print with 3mm z offset...

With the modified gpx.ini installed ( Mac ) the S3D software runs like a charm. I tend to agree that the M180 is "crap" but for the money, it is workable.
Regards the random centering of prints .. setting the X Home Offset to 132 mm ( for Right extruder ) seems to overcome this random problem. What the Factory reset Default of X 154.6 mm relates to is ??? . It may have something to do with hardware's confusion as to the Left and Right extruder distance ?? Just guessing !

Ok after many & many try, i couldn't succeed using s3d... so i stay on makerware 2.40 ( i try to hack the other version ).
I succeed producing some part with this software. The only remaining bug is the Z offset who seems arbitrary don't know if it's software or hardware dependant.
I'm going to make a wiki about that...

If someone succeed using s3d in direct usb print, tell me , if not i will refund my licence ( 2 weeks period )
And my next one will be a makerbot original

acefx wrote:Ok after many & many try, i couldn't succeed using s3d... so i stay on makerware 2.40 ( i try to hack the other version ).
I succeed producing some part with this software. The only remaining bug is the Z offset who seems arbitrary don't know if it's software or hardware dependant.
I'm going to make a wiki about that...

If someone succeed using s3d in direct usb print, tell me , if not i will refund my licence ( 2 weeks period )
And my next one will be a makerbot original

Can you post a screenshot of the communication log when s3d is trying to connect to your m180?