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List of Figures

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Printer in shipping box

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Back of printer: serial number and spool holder arm

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Mac prompt for printer hotspot WiFi password

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Use the printer’s WiFi hotspot to connect to the printer’s
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Select local WiFi network

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Enter local WiFi password

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Local WiFi configured as network

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Printer

Configured Network

configuration completed

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Printer

Restart

for local network connection attempt

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First time login to Polar Cloud

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First time log in with Google credentials: classroom permis-
sions screen

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Polar Cloud home page

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Polar Cloud expand top menu and click

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: enter serial number

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Polar Cloud

ADD A PRINTER

printer found: security color check

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Polar Cloud added printer listed in

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printer not found error

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WiFi static IP address

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Ethernet static IP address

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Polar3D printer CONNECTIVITY GUIDE sheet: MAC ad-
dress

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Load filament onto the Polar3D printer

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Snip end of filament

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Summary of Contents for Polar3D

Page 1: ...Polar3D Printer Guide Kristin Hubner January 2018...

Page 2: ...Mac and Safari are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO group M Makers Empire is a trademark of Maker s Empire Pty Ltd MakerBot and The Re...

Page 3: ...ctivity problems 29 2 Start printing 31 2 1 Load filament on the Polar3D printer 31 2 2 An object to print 37 2 2 1 Find an object in the Polar Cloud 38 2 2 2 Experiment with adjusting object placemen...

Page 4: ...Polar3D build plate 84 5 Updating the Polar3D printer 86 6 Polar3D printer maintenance 91 6 1 Cleaning your build plate 91 6 2 Lubrication 92 6 3 Clean filament drive gear 92 6 4 Replace a corrupted...

Page 5: ...connection and printing 116 C 1 1 Wireless direct connection 117 C 1 2 Wireless direct printing 119 C 2 Cable direct connection and printing 122 C 2 1 Cable direct connection 123 C 2 2 Cable direct pr...

Page 6: ...s classroom permis sions screen 14 1 12 Polar Cloud home page 14 1 13 Polar Cloud expand top menu and click PRINTERS 15 1 14 Polar Cloud printers TILE display ADD printer button 15 1 15 Polar Cloud AD...

Page 7: ...print job extrusion has begun 53 2 19 Printer dashboard print job in progress 53 2 20 Printer dashboard print job extrusion completed 54 2 21 Printer dashboard print job completed 54 2 22 Printed obj...

Page 8: ...5 Printer local UI update description and confirmation screen 89 6 1 Printer local web interface landing screen Network screen with Existing WiFi pane 96 6 2 Printer local web interface Calibration s...

Page 9: ...tart up screen 124 C 8 Repetier Host Printer Settings screen 125 C 9 Repetier Host Printer Settings screen Port 126 C 10 Repetier Host Connect button 127 C 11 Repetier Host Printer Settings Printer Sh...

Page 10: ...his printer at the factory namely a yellow boat There are two ways to setup your Polar3D printer to connect through a local network to the Polar Cloud 1 Wireless WiFi see Section 1 1 2 Ethernet cable...

Page 11: ...CHAPTER 1 GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD 2 network the Polar3D printer can instead be controlled directly from your device for printing see Appendix C Figure 1 1 Printer in shipping box...

Page 12: ...CHAPTER 1 GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD 3 1 1 Connecting the Polar3D printer to the Polar Cloud via WiFi Overview of getting your printer connected to the Polar Cloud via WiFi...

Page 13: ...e https www instagram com p BJBaWwrjCwF This will put a slightly sticky but water soluble layer on the build plate giving better adhesion when objects are print ing 2 The printer arrives in its shippi...

Page 14: ...uttle out towards the front of the printer to give yourself more access Tip the build plate slightly and engage the gear on its bottom with the drive gear on the shuttle then push the build plate down...

Page 15: ...amed after your printer s serial number as found on the back of the printer see Figure 1 2 for example P3D02259 WIFI You will be prompted for a password that password is the 8 character se rial number...

Page 16: ...At this stage in the printer web interface note that there is no blue highlighted network shown un der Configured Network meaning that the printer is not yet connected to any local WiFi and through th...

Page 17: ...likely also its password see Figure 1 6 At some sites local networking may require some additional configuration work here if you know that your site uses static IP addresses or requires configuratio...

Page 18: ...UD 9 local WiFi network go back to the Existing WiFi pane as shown in Figure 1 7 your local network should now be listed highlighted in blue under Configured Network Figure 1 5 Select local WiFi netwo...

Page 19: ...ER 1 GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD 10 Figure 1 7 Local WiFi configured as network Figure 1 8 Printer Configured Network configuration completed While not strictly necessary we recommend that you re...

Page 20: ...our 3D printer with a network profile for your local network But incorrect values such as for the local network password see Figure 1 6 won t be detected until your printer attempts to actually connec...

Page 21: ...local network and permit it access to outgoing HTTP ports see Section 1 4 8 Once the printer is connected through your local network to the Polar Cloud its POLAR3D LED lights will be blue over white...

Page 22: ...Click on the account that you re going to use for Polar Cloud access Google Facebook Microsoft Live or Microsoft Office 365 That will create your Polar Cloud account If this is your first time signing...

Page 23: ...oogle credentials classroom permissions screen Once you re signed in your home page should appear looking similar to Figure 1 12 Figure 1 12 Polar Cloud home page 10 Now with the printer turned on and...

Page 24: ...13 and then click the ADD button towards the upper right shown in Figure 1 14 Figure 1 13 Polar Cloud expand top menu and click PRINTERS Figure 1 14 Polar Cloud printers TILE display ADD printer butt...

Page 25: ...ud will automatically presume that this is a Polar3D printer and automatically change the MAKE to Polar3D iii If the Polar Cloud located the printer with the serial number you entered a message will a...

Page 26: ...of the three drop down menus enter the color that your printer s lights are showing for the corresponding letters for PO AR and for 3D as for instance shown in Figure 1 16 corresponding to printer LE...

Page 27: ...newly added printer as shown in Figure 1 18 1 Figure 1 18 Polar Cloud added printer listed in TILE view 1 If you added the printer by clicking the ADD button on the printer LIST screen instead of by...

Page 28: ...printer to the Polar Cloud via Ethernet cable Connecting the printer to your network via an Ethernet cable is similar in functionality from a Polar Cloud perspective as a wireless connection The only...

Page 29: ...screen shown in Figure 1 15 you should then get presented with the LED light color security check as shown in Figure 1 16 However if instead you get an error at the ADD A PRINTER screen there are thre...

Page 30: ...net with POLAR3D LED lights blue over white then double check that you correctly input the printer s serial num ber For instance if your printer s serial number includes any zeros double check that yo...

Page 31: ...rior owner to transfer the Polar Cloud registration of the printer to you via the Polar Cloud printer MEMBERS screen s CHANGE OWNER button or simply DELETE PRINTER from their Polar Cloud account or ad...

Page 32: ...s then your IT or network administrator will need to add your 3D printer s MAC address to the list of hardware on the network in order for your printer to successfully connect to the local network see...

Page 33: ...ur lo cal network requires a static IP address then after connecting to 192 168 0 1 and if necessary clicking the Network tab to get to a screen such as Figure 1 4 either click on Add WiFi and then se...

Page 34: ...values for 1 IP Address 2 Network Mask 3 Gateway 4 DNS servers space separated if your site has more than one If you are used to adding network devices to your network you re probably familiar with t...

Page 35: ...opriate values for your site click the Add Network button WiFi see Figure 1 21 or Save Settings button Ethernet see Figure 1 22 Then click the Restart tab on the left navigation pane to have the print...

Page 36: ...CHAPTER 1 GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD 27 Figure 1 23 Polar3D printer CONNECTIVITY GUIDE sheet MAC address...

Page 37: ...by the printer local web interface after connecting to 192 168 0 1 look under the header Network Information for the value in the Current MAC field see for instance Figure 1 8 Indeed the printer local...

Page 38: ...not connected to the Polar Cloud If the LED lights cycled 1 POLAR3D POLAR3D POLAR3D the LED lights cycled from entirely blue to blue over red before returning to entirely blue the printer searched for...

Page 39: ...t over the Internet to the Polar Cloud a Confirm with your network administrator that the printer is being allowed access to outgoing HTTP ports 80 and 443 if your local network normally blocks access...

Page 40: ...n monitor the printing of your object through the Polar Cloud including printer dashboard progress display and real time video Section 2 4 as the printer prints your ob ject 2 1 Load filament on the P...

Page 41: ...ar3D printer 2 Unwrap the spool of filament and place it onto the spool holder see Figure 2 1 3 Find the end of the string of filament 4 Snip off the end of the filament perhaps an inch or two with a...

Page 42: ...filament into the filament feed hole at the top of the print head The feel of this takes a bit of getting used to when sticking the filament into the feed you must push past some initial resistance y...

Page 43: ...inserted and engaged with the filament drive gear as follows a From your device phone tablet computer connect to the printer s local IP address to access the printer s local web interface If your loca...

Page 44: ...on the LOCAL UI button gear icon at the upper right to navigate to the printer s local web interface see Figure 2 3 Figure 2 3 Polar Cloud printer dashboard LOCAL UI button At the printer local web in...

Page 45: ...t if the printer already had a bit of filament in the extruder and the Polar3D printers get a test print performed at the factory so even a brand new printer may have a bit of filament in the extruder...

Page 46: ...side the Polar Cloud into the Polar Cloud Section 5 3 Uploading objects of the Polar Cloud Guide 3 Create a new object yourself using CAD software Chap ter 6 Design or modify objects with design CAD s...

Page 47: ...e Figure 2 6 Then click on PUBLIC OBJECTS this will bring up a screen such as shown in Figure 2 7 Scrolling to the bottom of the screen and clicking SEE MORE will load additional objects You may click...

Page 48: ...s intended for checking cal ibration and try one of those objects as your first print see Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 Searching for calibration on the PUBLIC OBJECTS screen Let s scroll down and find Willia...

Page 49: ...igure 2 10 Then clicking on the 3D PRINT button will take you to the build plate screen as shown in Figure 2 11 Note that for especially complex objects objects with multiple or large stl files the pr...

Page 50: ...CHAPTER 2 START PRINTING 41 Figure 2 10 CalibrationKey object detail screen...

Page 51: ...the object see Section 2 2 2 Once you are content with the planned object click the PRINT button at the build plate screen s upper right to submit the print job to the printer this will automatically...

Page 52: ...tion 10 2 The build plate screen 3D PRINT and adjusting your print of the Polar Cloud Guide For now you may merely want to experiment with and check the following 1 Move the position of the object on...

Page 53: ...axes red x axis green y axis blue z axis superimposed on the object image and three tabs will appear in the right pane or lower pane on mobile or small displays under PLACEMENT MOVE W SCALE E and ROT...

Page 54: ...d pane or lower pane on small displays 3 Enter a numeric value for how much to move along the desired axis in the right hand pane lower pane on small displays such a numeric value can be entered at th...

Page 55: ...Experiment with changing the size of the object At the object build plate screen see Figure 2 11 check that PLACEMENT is highlighted in blue meaning that placement is the active mode if necessary cli...

Page 56: ...ifferently along different axes see the Scale all axes uniformly checkbox below the SCALE tab To adjust the object s size you may move the slider position on an axis in the right hand pane enter a new...

Page 57: ...late stationary is instead controlled via the ROTATE R tab under PLACEMENT Try clicking on the left arrow and right arrow on the dial to rotate the build plate and the object on it and try clicking on...

Page 58: ...filament see the filament manufacturer s rec ommendation for what temperature to use for it 2 3 Start the print job Are you ready to submit your object for printing Note that if you don t like any adj...

Page 59: ...de then clicking the PRINT button towards the upper right of the build plate screen will submit your job to your selected printer Note that especially with complicated object models the load ing of th...

Page 60: ...that you are connected to the Polar Cloud via the same local network over which the printer is con nected to the Polar Cloud then the Polar Cloud will update the printer dashboard with a live video f...

Page 61: ...the beginning of the print see Figure 2 17 Then the printer will continue to heat up to 185 C the proper temperature for extruding Polar 3D PLA filament At 185 C the printer will begin extruding melte...

Page 62: ...CHAPTER 2 START PRINTING 53 Figure 2 18 Printer dashboard print job extrusion has begun Figure 2 19 Printer dashboard print job in progress...

Page 63: ...igure 2 20 Printer dashboard print job extrusion completed Figure 2 21 Printer dashboard print job completed Once the object has finished printing the status line under the printer name towards the to...

Page 64: ...few hints on removing objects from the build plate Figure 2 22 Printed object CalibrationKey on the build plate On your build plate as in Figure 2 22 you may notice a faint outline or partial outline...

Page 65: ...t generation or modify skirt generation via the Po lar Cloud build plate PRINT SETTINGS BASIC Support Platform Adhesion Type None Skirt Skirt Settings see Section 10 2 2 2 The build plate screen PRINT...

Page 66: ...ou connect your printer to the Polar Cloud then after performing its initial connection see Chapter 1 you likely will seldom have a need or interest in connecting directly to the printer s local web i...

Page 67: ...l then attempt itself to connect to what it knows as the printer s local IP address If your local net work permits access to the printer s local IP address from the Internet which some local networks...

Page 68: ...b interface s Network screen with its Existing WiFi pane see for instance Figure 3 2 This is the same screen you would see if you selected the Network tab on the left menu see Section 3 1 5 and in par...

Page 69: ...screen where you may perform z axis Z rod and x axis build plate shuttle calibration 4 The camera icon Camera takes you to a screen showing live camera feed from the printer and various printer statu...

Page 70: ...then initiate printing Note that Polar3D printer local web interface supports print ing stl files and G code files but it does not directly support printing OBJ files However you may use the Polar Clo...

Page 71: ...you to the Manual Printer Controls screen At this screen you may manually direct the printer e g raise the print head set the temperature extrude a millimeter of filament turn on off the printer s LED...

Page 72: ...the Calibration tab dial gear icon of the Po lar3D printer local web interface main menu will take you to the Calibration screen where you may perform z axis Z rod and x axis build plate shuttle cali...

Page 73: ...screen Figure 3 6 Polar3D printer v2 0 and v2 5 local web interface Calibration screen See Section 6 5 for further discussion of performing calibra tion 3 1 4 The Camera tab and Camera screen Clicking...

Page 74: ...camera on or off 3 1 5 The Network tab Clicking the Network tab network icon of the Polar3D printer local web interface will take you to the Network screen with a pane of network details at the botto...

Page 75: ...s network knowl edge back to factory defaults Thus you would not normally want to click this button except when permanently transferring the printer to an entirely new location entirely different netw...

Page 76: ...this printer will now no longer see the P3Dserial number printer and instead will see a ref erence to P3Dserial number DELETED date see for instance Figure 10 64 in the Polar Cloud Guide Such members...

Page 77: ...her owner 3 1 6 The Update tab An Update tab update icon will only be present on the Po lar3D printer local web interface main menu at times when the printer is connected to the Internet and an update...

Page 78: ...Update screen 3 1 7 The Restart tab Clicking the Restart tab restart icon of the Polar3D printer local web interface will ask if you wish to restart the printer see Figure 3 11 Figure 3 11 Printer loc...

Page 79: ...D printer Anyone who connects to the Polar3D printer s local web interface can use the inter face The first person to go through the security light check becomes the printer owner later persons going...

Page 80: ...or teachers or for other situations when others able to access the printer physically or via the local network are all essentially trusted While reducing the chance that another person with physical o...

Page 81: ...y also choose to institute additional restrictions on accessing the Polar3D local web inter face at the network level for instance permitting only certain local IP addresses to access the Polar3D prin...

Page 82: ...ocal web interface Figure 3 12 Printer local web interface Security pane Figure 3 12 shows the Security pane of the Network screen To add a password for the first time enter the desired pass phrase in...

Page 83: ...curity pane initial password entered Clicking the Update Password button at the Security pane will pop up a notice that you must Restart the printer click the Restart tab on the left main menu of the...

Page 84: ...o connect to the printer s local web interface whether by connecting di rectly to the printer s local IP address or whether via the LOCAL UI button from the Polar Cloud you will be prompted to en ter...

Page 85: ...pt to reach printer local web interface Figure 3 16 Firefox user name and password prompt to reach printer local web interface Figure 3 17 Opera user name and password prompt to reach printer local we...

Page 86: ...the username and enter your password see Figure 3 19 for an example Only after you successfully enter admin and the password will you proceed to the printer local web interface Figure 3 19 Chrome ent...

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Page 88: ...OPERATIONAL TIPS FOR POLAR3D PRINTERS 79 Chapter 4 Operational tips for Polar3D printers 4 1 Loading and unloading and changing fil ament on Polar3D printer Figure 4 1 Loading filament onto the Polar3...

Page 89: ...lar3D printers with serial numbers P3D00000 P3D02000 see Polar 3D support document Loading and Unloading Fila ment 4 1 1 Loading filament on Polar3D printer Refer to Figure B 1 and especially to Figur...

Page 90: ...ly had filament in it and note that new Polar3D printers have a sample print performed at the factory and that filament was not completely removed but rather left a blob solidified in the filament dri...

Page 91: ...ter dashboard control buttons of the Polar Cloud Guide 2 Use the CHANGE FILAMENT button on the Polar Cloud printer dashboard screen of a printer while a print job is running See Section 10 4 2 Printer...

Page 92: ...ent drive gear has stopped running the printer is quiet again you should then pull the filament the rest of the way entirely out of the printer 4 1 3 Unloading filament from Polar3D 1 0 printer These...

Page 93: ...ause and the printer back out the filament in use 4 2 Removing objects from the Polar3D build plate Cooling a printed object still on the build plate briefly in the refrigerator or freezer may make it...

Page 94: ...spatula may be useful to aid in removing objects from the build plate But use the spatula gently so as not to break the build plate You should not have to pry or force the object Note that while an ob...

Page 95: ...he printer firmware will be avail able 1 When an update is available for a Polar3D printer you will see an update button visible in three locations 1 This chapter focuses on firmware updates to Polar3...

Page 96: ...s From a device computer tablet phone on your local network open a browser window and go to the location http localip update where localip is your printer s local IP address2 The effect ers too will h...

Page 97: ...be presented with a screen asking you to confirm that you truly wish to update the printer The Polar Cloud version of the confirmation screen is shown in Figure 5 4 on that screen click UPDATE PRINTER...

Page 98: ...CHAPTER 5 UPDATING THE POLAR3D PRINTER 89 Figure 5 4 Polar Cloud UPDATE PRINTER confirmation screen Figure 5 5 Printer local UI update description and confirmation screen...

Page 99: ...n color will gradually move up until all the lights are green POLAR3D indicating that the update is complete before the lights return to their normal colors blue over white POLAR3D for a printer conne...

Page 100: ...ion 6 1 Cleaning your build plate Something you will need to do fairly regularly is to clean your build plate Remove the build plate from the printer and wash it with warm water If bits of filament ar...

Page 101: ...bushing on each rod In addition if you are hearing any squeaking from the printer you may wish to apply a drop of lubricant at the top of the threaded Z rod and on the drive pinion For a video demonst...

Page 102: ...D card from Polar 3D to install for directions on replacing the SD card see Polar 3D support solutions Replacing the SD card 6 5 Printer calibration One of the advantages of the Polar3D printer s unde...

Page 103: ...he z height is too low filament either may not be able to come out at all or may come out too smooshed and actually flattened You will want to check that the tip of the extruder nozzle is just above a...

Page 104: ...ally checked at the Polar 3D factory when the printer is assembled but something might have happened to throw off this alignment after leaving the factory so it is worth checking to confirm that the m...

Page 105: ...ly with the printer from a browser on your device computer tablet phone connect to the printer s local IP address At this point you should be seeing the printer s local web interface as illustrated in...

Page 106: ...e at the correct height select the Just Right but ton Figure 6 2 Printer local web interface Calibration screen 2 The center of the build plate should be located directly un der the extruder nozzle of...

Page 107: ...erface Controls screen s Home and Center button If the x offset forward vs backward of the build plate seems a bit off from the location of the extruder noz zle when the build plate is putatively home...

Page 108: ...5 printer z and x calibration Go to the printer s local web interface and click the Calibration tab to get to the Calibration screen see Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Polar3D 2 0 or 2 5 printer Calibration s...

Page 109: ...e 6 6 Figure 6 6 Change Filament button confirm screen Once the temperature reaches 185 C see Figure 6 7 and if you are listening carefully you should also hear the noise of the printer filament drive...

Page 110: ...the Calibration tab on the left hand menu to return to the Calibration screen If you wish to perform z calibration check that the build plate is installed on the printer Then on the Calibration scree...

Page 111: ...wo feeling resistance If the paper slides easily not touching the extruder nozzle end at all you need to lower the extruder nozzle click the Move Z Down button If a sheet of paper cannot slide underne...

Page 112: ...in Figure 6 10 click the Ok button to dismiss the screen Figure 6 10 Calibration screen z done confirmation screen If you now wish to perform x calibration you must remove the build plate from the pr...

Page 113: ...button a few times see Figure 6 11 Once you have room to do so remove the build plate from the printer Figure 6 11 Manual Printer Controls screen Raise Print Head button With the build plate removed...

Page 114: ...of the extruder nozzle to the center of the build plate shuttle s drive gear bearing If necessary click the Move X Forward or Move X Backward button to adjust the location of the build plate shuttle...

Page 115: ...LAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE 106 Figure 6 13 Calibration screen x calibration Done Calibrating button Clicking Done Calibrating will bring up the screen shown in Figure 6 14 click the Ok button to dismis...

Page 116: ...CE 107 Figure 6 14 Calibration screen x done confirmation screen You re done with z and x calibration See the discussion of consistent levelness of the build plate item 3 in Section 6 5 if you still s...

Page 117: ...erneath the print head which are the very first lights to turn on when the printer is plugged in the Polar3D printer has LED lights running vertically on the left hand side with POLAR gen erally showi...

Page 118: ...BLUE over YELLOW if the network is found 3 POLAR3D BLUE over YELLOW The printer found a network to which it could connect but the printer has not connected 4 POLAR3D BLUE over WHITE The printer is con...

Page 119: ...the Polar3D support discussion Polar3D Support What do the different LED lights mean And the Polar3D video Youtube Polar3D channel WWBD LED Light Explained 7 2 Polar3D printer clogged or leaky nozzle...

Page 120: ...e the image has a blue cast Figure 7 1 Printer camera color balance gets strange Power cycling the printer unplugging it and then plugging it back in may reset the camera so that a correct color balan...

Page 121: ...s should you wish to move them However if you have interrupted the printer in the middle of a print job resulting in the step per motors still being engaged hence holding the build plate shuttle and p...

Page 122: ...Appendix A Polar3D printer specification sheet See https shop polar3d com products polar 3d printer 113...

Page 123: ...Appendix B Polar3D printer diagram Figure B 1 Polar3D printer diagram 114...

Page 124: ...ilable see instead Chapter 1 for a discussion of connecting the printer to the Polar Cloud If this is a brand new Polar3D printer which you are just unpacking from its shipping box begin by performing...

Page 125: ...Insert the power cord into the adapter and insert the adapter plug into your Polar3D printer Do not force the adapter plug it will not be flush with the printer 4 Plug in to a power outlet the Polar3D...

Page 126: ...plugged in and all its LED lights blue POLAR3D From your device computer tablet or phone select WiFi network From the list of net works select the P3D network named after your printer s serial number...

Page 127: ...printer and should see the printer s local web interface as shown in Figure C 1 the printer local web interface is discussed in detail in Chapter 3 Figure C 1 Printer local web interface network statu...

Page 128: ...stl files suitable for an initial test of the printer already onboard the printer user interface for your very first print you may wish to print one of them rather than uploading your own file 1 On t...

Page 129: ...loading an arbitrary stl file and instead go to step 3 to print one of the files shipped as test print files a Under Upload File select Choose File b Find the file select the file and click Open c Cli...

Page 130: ...that several sample stl files ship with the Polar3D printer accessible from the printer local web interface for your convenience in us ing them as a first print or for calibration prints see Figure C...

Page 131: ...You may click the Camera tab on the vertical menu at the left of the screen if you would like to watch the camera view of the printer operat ing C 2 Cable direct connection and printing With the cabl...

Page 132: ...with your computer such as a type A male to type B male USB cable to connect to your printer The proper type of USB cable looks like If you do not already have such a USB cable you may pur chase one...

Page 133: ...E124 Figure C 6 Do not close that window Figure C 6 Cable direct connection to printer installing device 3 Now download and install Repetier Host 4 Start up Repetier Host You should see a screen such...

Page 134: ...en You should now be looking at a window such as shown in Figure C 8 Figure C 8 Repetier Host Printer Settings screen First set the Baud Rate to 115200 Next click on the down arrow in the box labelled...

Page 135: ...e in the drop down menu In the ex ample shown below in Figure C 9 that new value is COM13 but the actual new value may vary Figure C 9 Repetier Host Printer Settings screen Port Click the OK button to...

Page 136: ...G THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE127 Figure C 10 Repetier Host Connect button 8 Now configure Repetier Host to work with your Polar3D printer Under Printer Settings enter the values shown...

Page 137: ...ttings Printer Shape etc Click the OK button to save these settings 9 Now configure the CuraEngine slicer settings CuraEngine is the slicer program that converts the 3D model the stl file to G code th...

Page 138: ...CTLY TO YOUR DEVICE129 Figure C 12 Repetier Host Slicer tab 10 Make sure that the Slicer choice is set to CuraEngine Figure C 13 Repetier Host Slicer CuraEngine Then with the slicer set to CuraEngine...

Page 139: ...11 You will need to download two files from the Polar 3D sup port page The files to download are named Polar Cura Settings rcp and Polar PLA Settings rcf They are available at the Polar 3D support we...

Page 140: ...TO YOUR DEVICE131 step 10 navigate to the Print tab click Import and then load Polar Cura Settings rcp Figure C 15 Repetier Host Configure Settings screen Import button 13 Next navigate to the Filamen...

Page 141: ...3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE132 Figure C 16 Repetier Host Configure Settings screen Filament Import 14 Navigate back to Printer Settings see for instance steps 4 and 5 click on Scripts then sele...

Page 142: ...7 Repetier Host Printer Settings Run on Kill script Copy the text as shown into the box as in Figure C 17 or you may copy the text from this link and paste it into the box Click OK to save Everything...

Page 143: ...Polar Cloud download it to your computer and then you will be able to upload it from your computer to the printer But if this is your first print and you don t have something else you want to print th...

Page 144: ...will tend to increase the speed of the print See Section 14 1 Posi tioning objects of the Polar Cloud Guide for additional dis cussion of operational tips regarding positioning objects To move the ob...

Page 145: ...APPENDIX C CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE136 Figure C 19 Repetier Host Slice with CuraEngine 5 When the slicing completes click Start Print That s it...

Page 146: ...the platform on which objects are printed For the Polar3D printer the build plate is a round mirror with a toothed gear on the underside that meshes with a gear on the build plate shut tle 1 4 84 85...

Page 147: ...centers airports coffee shops etc typically permit access by means of a captive portal where after a user accepts the conditions the MAC address of the user s device is permitted access for some perio...

Page 148: ...the print head but ensuring that the extruder only moves over extrusion areas of the prior layer With combing enabled non extrusion moves don t bother to lift up the filament but rather try to keep a...

Page 149: ...e format for storing 2D and 3D design data used by a number of CAD packages including for instance by Autodesk There are a number of variants of DWG format The Polar Cloud does not act on such files i...

Page 150: ...PLA and ABS are two of the most common materials for 3D printer filament 43 See also ABS PLA Gcode Gcode sometimes written as Gcode is a numerical con trol programming language used to control the op...

Page 151: ...t Material Safety Data Sheets are a widely used system for cataloging information on chemicals chemical compounds and chemical mixtures so for instance the plastic of 3D printing filament Note that 3D...

Page 152: ...asily correctable Note that as OBJ files often were not created with 3D printing in mind models in OBJ format frequently are less ready to print than a typical stl file might be Some lovely OBJ for ma...

Page 153: ...rusion and under extrusion See also filament slicer under extrusion PLA PLA PolyLactic Acid is a biodegradable plastic typically made from renewable raw materials such as cornstarch or sugarcane Besid...

Page 154: ...earn about polar coordinates and to help them visualize the relationship between polar coordinates and Cartesian coor dinates Also a couple of operational tips regarding optimal po sitioning of object...

Page 155: ...g non extrusion moves between sections of the print That is during printing there are normally extrusion moves dur ing which filament is being extruded and non extrusion moves during which the filamen...

Page 156: ...olid exterior by specifying the number of shells to generate When print ing via the Polar Cloud see in particular the build plate PRINT SETTINGS ADVANCED Quality settings es pecially Wall Thickness Se...

Page 157: ...ing profile A given slicer may use a different name e g a factory in Simplify3D Each print of an object each print job has an associated slicing configuration In particular the Polar Cloud provides tw...

Page 158: ...printing 37 40 50 60 61 119 121 128 134 See also CAD telegraphing A print defect caused by too thin of an exterior shell through which interior printing penetrates leaving visible surface blemishes S...

Page 159: ...le may optionally be raised by a Z hop amount so that the extruder may be moved with out extruding melted filament to some other portion of the build plate where extrusion will be resumed Performing a...

Page 160: ...via Repetier Host 135 Project Details screen of local web interface 61 stl files pre supplied in printer local interface 61 121 Via cable connection 134 Upload object file via Repetier Host 134 Via W...

Page 161: ...Network screen 8 65 Add Network button 26 Add WiFi Network drop down menu 9 Password field 9 Static Address button 24 Calibration screen v1 0 printer 60 63 63 97 X Offset Backward button 63 98 X Offs...

Page 162: ...WiFi pane of Network screen 96 HotSpot mode 118 Reset Networks button 66 Reset Printer on the Polar Cloud button 22 67 Security pane see Local web interface of Polar3D printer Security pane of Network...

Page 163: ...tic IP address 24 Objects in the Polar Cloud Detail screen 3D PRINT button 40 Example Calibration key 40 OBJ files Convert to stl file via Download STL File print job option 61 Must be converted to pr...

Page 164: ...alance 110 Lights 108 Local web interface 64 Turn on or off via Camera screen of local web interface 64 65 View displayed on Polar Cloud CAMERA screen on small mobile displays 51 View displayed on Pol...

Page 165: ...65 Finding 65 87 Network tab of local web inter face 65 Static 24 Static in Ethernet pane of Network screen of local web interface 65 LED lights Meaning of 108 Meaning of during update 89 Network con...

Page 166: ...61 Polar Cloud printer dashboard screen 51 Status network Local web interface Network tab 65 Stepper motors Unlock manually via local web interface 62 Temperature Camera screen of local web in terface...

Page 167: ...nter dashboard screen 51 Printers in the Polar Cloud ADD A PRINTER pop up screen 15 ADD button 17 Congratulations 17 Error Printer with this serial number was not found 20 Error The printer can no lon...

Page 168: ...ia Po lar Cloud see also Direct printing not through Polar Cloud Printing via Polar Cloud 3D PRINT button on object detail screen 40 Build plate 3D PRINT screen 41 MOVE object 43 Object placement 43 O...

Page 169: ...see also Repetier Host software CuraEngine 128 Start Print button 136 Startup screen 124 Use with direct USB cable con nection to printer 122 Skirt Default for Polar3D printer slic ing profiles 55 Ex...

Page 170: ...ing printer Polar Cloud approach 86 Confirmation screen 88 Polar3D printer 86 Confirmation screen Release notes through printer local web interface 68 88 Local web interface approach 68 87 Manually fo...

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