Increase build area without updating firmware.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:09 pm
by crazyguy
I own a wanhao duplicator 6 and part of my starting gcode script is to create a purge line at -7 on the y axis. Since my printer is obviously capable of printing oitside of its 200x200 bounds, is it possible to expand the normal build area via simplify3d to 207x207 or higher?
Re: Increase build area without updating firmware.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:04 am
by brian442
You can change the build size on the G-Code tab in S3D, but if the printer firmware has hard-coded limits, it might not let you go past the stock build size
Re: Increase build area without updating firmware.
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 1:55 pm
by yonkiman
Some flavors of firmware have a gcode command that lets you move outside the defined build area: (
http://reprap.org/wiki/G-code#M564:_Limit_axes)