Page 1 of 1

Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 5:51 pm
by mitchfx
My new Wanhao i3 will be arriving in about a week and I was wondering about configuring Simplify to work properly with it. From what I've hear this printer has moved a lot of units during the pre-sale, so hopefully there will be some advanced users who figure out the best settings fairly quickly and share with the community.

Re: Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 10:40 pm
by BaudR8
i have a few reprap style printers (wanhao i3 is a reprap style printer based off prusa i3) and a few non standard ones (portabee go!) and I always use the "other" configuration, i acutally have a template fff of a basic "other" profile that i modify and then save as a new fff and import it anytime i get a new printer. works well for me, there's a tod for new printers too:

http://forum.simplify3d.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2009

I would go that route with the new wanhao i3. seeing as it is direct drive, you probably won't have to fudge around with too many settings.

Re: Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 11:08 pm
by deutchbag
I hope to be getting mine soon. Yet to receive any confirmation as to a firm shipment date, though.

Re: Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:19 pm
by TeamTEOR

Re: Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:31 pm
by TeamTEOR
This is my first post here on this forum.

Hope that these links help you out! I just found these links only a couple of mins ago when searching for the same information.

http://3dprinterbrain.com/pmwiki.php/Du ... omsettings

http://3dprinterbrain.com/pmwiki.php/DupI3/Firmware

I just got my machine 2 days ago, and am experimenting with it. I am very new to this world of 3D printing, so finding a way to keep it simple helps. Honestly, WanHao should have included setup files and info of our printboards on the SD Card besides a copy of Cura.

Personally, I am finding that I like the way that Repetier-Host and Slic3r work compared to Cura to create G-Code files. At this time I am only using the SD Card method, not the USB Cable method to start printing. One other thing that has been bugging me is that I am having issues with the G-Code not warming up the bed or extruder, however it may be my malfunction, lol.

I want to try out Simplify3d, first I want to see them offically list the Duplicator i3 on their site, and also I want to be able to try the software first, $149 is a lot of coin sight unseen.
Tom

Re: Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:20 am
by DarthRevan
TeamTEOR wrote:I want to try out Simplify3d, first I want to see them offically list the Duplicator i3 on their site, and also I want to be able to try the software first, $149 is a lot of coin sight unseen.
Tom
My office has had the new Wanhao I3 for a few weeks now. We did what BaudR8 said to do, (use the configuration assistant-->other) and it has been working quite well with S3D.

Hope this helps you make that decision.

Re: Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:38 pm
by mitchfx
Darth Revan,

Do you mind sharing your FFF profile here? I've been using the one off 3dprinterbrain's site but I'd be curious what you ended up with.

Thanks!

Re: Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 4:16 pm
by DarthRevan
Sure,
Wanhao i3.fff
(10.48 KiB) Downloaded 4045 times
mitchfx wrote:Darth Revan,

Do you mind sharing your FFF profile here? I've been using the one off 3dprinterbrain's site but I'd be curious what you ended up with.

Thanks!

Re: Settings for Wanhao Duplicator i3?

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:12 pm
by mitchfx
Thanks! I will try this out tonight.