Sharebot Next Generation XXL+
user's manual
2 – The workflow of 3D printing
Before you start printing with your Sharebot XXL+ it is important to understand how you arrive at a finished object. This allows you not only to know what you need to do
to give form and substance to your ideas, but it helps you to identify any constraints and limitations of the technology used by this printer. In the table we summarized the
steps required to obtain a 3D printing:
Working enviroment
Operation
Output
Common used
CAD software
Design the object
Your 3D model in your CAD
extension
Common used
CAD software
Import/save file as .stl format
(or .obj)
Your 3D model in .stl format
Slicing software:
Slic3r or Simplify3D
Generate command file
for 3D printer
File .gcode
3D printer: Sharebot XXL+
Select the file from SD card
Printed object
3D model file
It all starts with creating or downloading a three-dimensional model of the object that you want to print in 3D. The creation is done through one of the many modeling
software available. There are many and each of them has specific characteristics. In this respect it is worth noting that you can have different modelling requirements and
this is reflected in the variety of applications . In this respect it is worth noting that you can have different modeling requirements and this is reflected in the variety of
applications. Some are more suited to mechanical design, other artistic modeling, other than architecture . Remember that 3D modeling was primarily used to create
projects or for rendering. In the first case the model was thought to be accomplished physically and therefore is subject to a series of specifications and constraints that
allow the project to be turned into something real. In the latter, the aim is to create an image for certain requirements: the model might then be flawless as display but
physically impossible and so, unprintable.
When you choose the program that you want to use for your models you must then ensure that it is able to create a file suitable for the production (especially 3D printing).
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