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Is there a program that I can be able to stop the print thats being made with a computer hooked in? I just got a camera set up so I can view it from anywhere, but I'm not sure how I could stop it if something was not going right. I have only printed via SD so far, I just tried to install Makerware 2.4 on that computer but it keeps giving me a error, it's a older one I just took out for this.
Cura can stop, Repetier Host can stop it. Pretty sure any open source supported software can do the job. Not sure why you would want to use makerware on flashforge printers though.
Cause it is free and pretty good. :)
Simplify3D has a big stop button on the printer control panel.
Pretty much. It does not have a lot of features that I would like, but it should do for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by jfkansas
I will be getting S3D but it will be about 2 weeks probably. So, til then.
If you get it hooked up with the usb cable you can use something called remote desktop through google chrome.......Works great for meQuote:
Originally Posted by Bassna
because flashforge creators use the mightyboard and cannot use any of the open source software. Unless like geoff you've changed your board.Quote:
Originally Posted by richardphat
The rest of us are limited to makerware, replicator-g and simplify3d.
As far as stopping or pausing a print goes. The option exist on all software.
what os are you running on the computer ?
I've had no problem installing makerware on xp or windows 7.
Does the python part install correctly ? That's the only bit I can see being an issue.
Generally speaking if the first layer goes down clean, then the rest of the print will normally work.
Issues I have had:
Bad calibration, print detached halfway through and had lots of spaghetti.
Model fell off rim of printer and wedged under the build plate - I no longer have models on the rim :-)
Filament got caught behind reel and snapped
Abs warped, caught print head, dislodged print. - Fixed by mostly using pla now and abs pretty much just on raft.
But 99% of prints do what I want them to.
You can cut down on problems by a few simple precautions.
Check filament roll before starting a print.
Make sure the build plate is properly calibrated
No models around rim of printer (lol)
And be there when the print actually starts - for the first layer anyway. If that goes down clean - you're usually okay. Well until it warps anyway :-)
The computer is running a fresh install of Windows 7. It actually became a huge pain yesterday, I could not get the Kinect to work as a webcam no matter what I did, tried for hours. The makerware was just giving me some stupid silly error message, I would have to see it again when I got home.Quote:
Originally Posted by curious aardvark
I pretty much gave up on getting the kinect to work as a camera on there, not sure why it wont. I will just find a different cam to set up. Mainly wanted to record the prints. But would also be nice to pull it up from work and just see how far along things are, etc. And yeah I printed out a part to hold the spool filament feeding in the middle of the rolls. (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:409297) works great. I did have 1 print that had a leg break off mid-print, I believe the raft just came loose. I glue'd it back together, looks ok.
Are you wanting to be able to control your computer/printer while you are not home?..........I have a camera on my printer as well so I can watch what is going on...... If I notice something is wrong I can log in through Remote Desktop and control my computer from my cell phone or tablet to pause or cancel the print......
Pretty much exactly what I am trying to do. I am going to pick up a webcam after work today (gave up on getting the kinect to work right). What program do you use to pause or cancel the print?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikenmel08
I am using Google Chrome browser, if you go to the Chrome store you can download something called remote desktop.... It will let you log into your computer that is hooked to your printer from a remote location.........I am at work now but I can post links later on today when I get home.....all it does is basically lets you remotely control your computer that is already hooked up to the printer......
Because most designers who first get a printer and are scratching their head, are directed by all flashforge documentation to get Replicator G... have no idea what your print preview is going to look like, what supports will look like etc and have little understanding of Gcode.. (sure you learn all this along the way but lets say you are fresh) Makerware just works, it's that simple. No frigging around, load the model, press print and it's done. When I started printing and even still to this day, and while it lacks alot of features for me its very much what a printing program should be. Not overfluffed, not laden with technical jargon that most people are yet to understand. My kids won't touch repg, but Makerware they feel completely comfortable using.Quote:
Originally Posted by richardphat
Makerware was the first slicing/printing program I used that had a preview function, which I have come heavily to rely on not only for the structure of the print, but the estimated time and plastic usage. I know alot of other software does this, but Cura still for me is not as reliable as makerware for a stock flashforge.
Even if I'm NOT printing in Makerware, I still use it to slice and also to print preview because it is so damn quick. I wouldn't say it's quicker than slic3r but it beats the pants off ReplicatorG... which can take ludicrously long to slice objects. Not going to mention any other software because I would only be speculating.
Now, all of this is completely based on the software and has no relation to Makerbot, which I now consider to be the evil step-son of the printing industry, not the pioneer it once was.
wouldn't personally touch chrome with even a 3d printed bargepole.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikenmel08
Bloody thing is amazingly prone to virus infection. making me a lot of work at the moment. people don't realise it's not just a web browser.
piece of crap - avoid it !
It's funny, I switched to it from IE about 2 years ago and turned off windows update following a friend's advice who is a programmer and have not had one single problem since........ And it still runs better and faster than most of the other computers I have access to..... Including newer and supposedly faster machine running newer Operating systems...... All I can say is its working
But the question you must ask is "who is it working for?".Quote:
Originally Posted by mikenmel08
lol - All i know is recently the malware I'm seeing on clients machines has switched from page hijackers and tool bar based malware, back to to proper trojans and viruses, backdoor bots, processor leaching bots etc. Really nasty, hard to shift, stuff.
And every time the initial ingress has been made with a chrome app.
Thing is, chrome apps can continue running after chrome has been closed, they have all sorts of permissions and are essentially full on stand alone programs not just browser add-ons.
And it looks like some clever bastard out there has realised this.
It doesn't help that most people use google as their home page and google hassles you to install chrome.
Most people don't even realise they've installed it - or what it's for. But it's on more pc's than not these days.
If I needed more proof that google is the great internat Satan (which i didn't) then this is it !
what was the original question in this thread ? (lol)
Google Chrome is terrible. For me, it does stupid things like constantly forget its DNS cache, so sites I visit often it can't resolve (grumpy dinosaur) So I need to open another browser (which of course works fine on the site I wanted) then you go back , refresh chrome and oh .. there you go...
Madness. Madness I tell you.
I think we should bring back the pre-google days altogether when Altavista was your only choice for a search engine, you never got more than 10 hits and it searched for what you wanted instead of what it thought you wanted.
I don't know if it will work on a FlashForge, but I use a Raspberry Pi board running OctoPrint to control and view my printer remotely. Here's a topic discussing this for another printer: http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.p...e-your-printer The whole setup I use only cost about $50 bucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassna