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User Manual
Arduino Materia 101
Technical support
Technical specifications
Warning: Temperature
01 – Preliminary Operations
The anatomy of the Arduino Materia 101
Opening the package
The printers position
Assembling the spool-holder
Unblocking the extruder
02 – The 3D printing Process
Model
Downloading from internet
From a 3D model to a printing file
A good STL, a good slicing, a good print
Printing file
Storing the files
03 – LCD panel
Informative mode
The control knob
Access to principal menu
1° level active printer
1° level printer in print
“Prepare” Menu
“Tune” Menu
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04 – Configuring the printer
Loading the filament
Preparing the printing bed
Learning to set up the plate
Calibration
Regulating final leg of axis Z
Calibrating axes X and Y
Recovering of scraps and usage of
M99 (software calibration)
Squaring off axes X and Y (hardware calibration)
Putting in tension the extruder’s rubber bands
05 – Our first print from a sD Card
SD card
Printing profiles
Starting the print
Stopping the print
Modifying printing parameters
Detaching the 3D printed object
06 – Creating G-Code files
Slic3r
Configuring Slic3r
Loading the model to print
Basic parameters of Slic3r
Slicing
07 – Materials and printing plate
How ABS behaves
How PLA behaves
How other materials behave
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