Sharebot Next Generation XXL+
user's manual
The “slices” are saved in a specific format (called G-Code); This format is nothing more than a set of instructions for moving the instrument (extruder head) along a path X,
Y, and Z axes.
Each slice contains the movements on two axes, the moving the of the plane and the commands of the motor that extrudes the plastic to create one by one the layers that
make up the object. Every 3D object can be transformed with the process of slicing in a variety of G-Code files, each different from each others because generated with
different slicing parameters: for example you can slice an object with an 100% internal infill, or completely empty or partially empty, or the walls are made with one, two,
three or more perimeters. Even the thickness of each layer is one of the parameters. The same object can be printed with 100 or 200 slices and so on.
The printing file: G-code
The G-Code files - containing instructions for the movements of the various mechanical parts of the printer according to specific parameters and settings - has no
compatibility between different printers. While the STL file can be used by anyone with a 3D printer to create a printing G-Code, a G-Code file is definitely running for the
printer for which it was created but could be unusable with other printers. Do not print G-codes downloaded from internet if they are not clearly compatible with Sharebot
XXL+.
The file also contains the heated printing bed temperatures and those of the extruder, linking the file not only to the printer but also to the material to be used. As we
shall see in the following pages, with the LCD Panel it is possible to modify some parameters while printing: Sharebot XXL+ offers you the possibility to modify a lot of
parameters of the G-Code during the printing.
Storing the files
As we have seen, the process consists of the stages of modeling, exportation of the STL file, slicing it into a G-Code file and print. We recommend that you save the 3D
model file in the native format of the 3D modeling sostware, so as to keep any primitives that compose the object. Similarly the STL files should be stored in order to
make slicing with different parameters, and finally we suggest you save the G-Code, even in different versions for the same model, so you can repeat a print with specific
features using the G-Code files that you already know the final result.
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