Dual Head Calibration Issue (Fixed)
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:32 pm
My printer has actually 3 extruders, but trying to calibrate 2 for now.
Printer factory setting:
Extruder 1: X=0; Y=0
Extruder 2: X=20; Y=0
Both heads alignments are perfect when I print using single extruder, either 1 or 2 using factory setting.
Wanted to use both extruders today with two separate colors using S3D Dual Extruder Wizard.
I setup the process settings/GCOD toolhead offset as factory setting, i.e. Ex 1=0 and Ex 2=20, when I started printing however, the second color (Ex 2) was way off its position. So, I changed the toolhead offset setting so Ex 2 X= -20 and that went fine, but the slicer now gives me the wrong offset for the second extruder, especially when I click/enable "apply toolhead offset in to G-Code coordinates" under G-Code settings. If I disable this option, the model in the slicer looks perfectly aligned but not when printed, totally off its position again.
Attached photo of slicer with printed calibration test of the same sliced model:
https://1drv.ms/i/s!ArgB8yhjOSYJhgbXuybxWfxc-i28
Is that suppose to happen? Am I missing something?
Printer factory setting:
Extruder 1: X=0; Y=0
Extruder 2: X=20; Y=0
Both heads alignments are perfect when I print using single extruder, either 1 or 2 using factory setting.
Wanted to use both extruders today with two separate colors using S3D Dual Extruder Wizard.
I setup the process settings/GCOD toolhead offset as factory setting, i.e. Ex 1=0 and Ex 2=20, when I started printing however, the second color (Ex 2) was way off its position. So, I changed the toolhead offset setting so Ex 2 X= -20 and that went fine, but the slicer now gives me the wrong offset for the second extruder, especially when I click/enable "apply toolhead offset in to G-Code coordinates" under G-Code settings. If I disable this option, the model in the slicer looks perfectly aligned but not when printed, totally off its position again.
Attached photo of slicer with printed calibration test of the same sliced model:
https://1drv.ms/i/s!ArgB8yhjOSYJhgbXuybxWfxc-i28
Is that suppose to happen? Am I missing something?