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3D Printing with Cura and Ender3

3D Printing is the method of which you will make plastic models from 3D models. In this model, you will learn the fundamentals of 3D printing on Cura and Ender3 by printing a house.


Resources, Tools, and Materials

Type Name Description
Tool Laptop Used to open upload a model to the server
Tool 3D Printer Used to print a model from the server
Resource Cura Used to format a model before uploading to the server
Resource Thingiverse Used to obtain a model
Resource HackBerryLab/print Used to format a model before uploading to the server
Material 3D printer filament Used to format a model before uploading to the server

Safety

  • Do not use 3D printers without Lab Assistant supervision!!!
  • Do not touch printers while printing is in progress.
  • If burned run burn under cold water until it stops hurting. If the burn seems severe alert Lab director.

Guide

When you type in “Thingiverse” in your browser this screen will appear. The first option will be the website we will use. This will be what you see once you click. There will be a search bar that says “search Thingiverse”.
Look up the object you would like to print. Select the object you would like to print.
Select to download all files and it will start downloading. Notice the download happens automatically do not download any ads given!! Click get started. If you have initialized Cura and added hackberry draft then you can skip to the image upload.
Click agree. Click next.
Click skip. Click Non UltiMaker printer.
Click add a non-network printer. Go down and click the Creality3D drop down arrow.
Select the Creality Ender-3/Ender-3 v2. Click Next.
Click skip. Click Finish to finish initializing Cura.
Select Generic PLA and the drop down arrow for nozzle size. Select the 0.6 mm Nozzle. Select quality and change it to draft.
Turn on supports and change placement to touching building plate. Click save.
Select save as new custom profile. Name it HackBerry Draft and click save new profile. You have now initialized Cura and set up HackBerry Draft.
Click the file icon. Find and select you STL file. If you downloaded a ZIPPED folder then click extract.
Your object should now appear. You can change the position of the object by its X, Y, and Z coordinates with the boxes or the arrows. Key bind “T” changes the formatting to move.
You can change the size of the object by its X, Y, and Z coordinates with the boxes or the cubes. Key bind “S” changes the formatting to move. You can change the rotation of the object by its X, Y, and Z coordinates with the arrows. Key bind “R” changes the formatting to move.
Select slice when done formatting. You can see the time to print, and the amount of filament needed to print. Select save to disk to get the G-Code for printing. Make sure to save it somewhere you can get it from.
Name your file and click save. You will go to hackberrylab.com/print and click connect to printers.
You will sign in as student with the login “student” and the password “marthaberry” to upload your image to the printer. You will ask a Lab Assistant to help find a printer. They are dressed in Pink.
You will then select the printer they tell you to. You will select upload G-Code and then find the G-Code of the object you saved and upload it.
You will then ask a Lab Assistant to help start the print. The print will start but make sure the print gets started and doesn't have an error. If an error occurs repeat the upload process.
Make sure to put your name on a sticky note and leave it at the printer you are using. When the printer is done the object will be placed in a cubby with a sticky note that has your name on it.

Tips

  • If printing a large object break it up to speed up print speed.
  • Remember to save the STL and the G-Code where you can find it.
  • Remember to ask for Lab Assistant help if you have issues with uploading.
  • The print will not always be perfect. Errors occur all the time.

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