Tools:Ditto3DPrinter
From Lancaster And Morecambe Makers
These are some instructions on how to use Tom's 3D printer (called 'ditto'). They are based on notes I took while Tom was showing me how to use the printer. I'm still in the process of writing this page at the moment. Feel free to correct any mistakes when I've finished. --Highfellow (talk) 03:14, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Overview
Setting up Cura
Cura is the program which renders your 3D model file into a series of detailed instructions to send to the printer, written in a language called G-Code. This tells the printer exactly what to do at the level of 'move the head 3mm along the X axis while feeding filament at 1mm/sec', as opposed to the model file which is more 'there is a surface here which is defined by the following polygons'.
