MakerBot/Tutorial on Blender
< MakerBot
Building STL files in blender and printing them
edit- 1. Go the computer near the makerbot
- 2. Go to "my computer"
- 3. Click on local Disk (C:)
- 4. Open the "Program Files (x86)"
- 5. Open Blender Foundation
- 6. A cube will appear
- 7. Delete the cube unless you are making a house
- 8. Go to "add" in the upper left hand corner
- 9. Click "Mesh"
- 10. Add the geometric shape you want. (Icospheres are good).
- 11. Design it the way you want.
- 12. When done with the geometric shape save it as an STL file.
- 13. Go to file then export and click on STL file
- 14. Name it and for convenience save it to the Desktop.
- 15. Open Replicator G
- 16. Open your file in Replicator G. (If it be big and you want small go to scale)
- 17. Go to control panel and Click 180 to target temperature and from the Panel temperature type 110 (This will take a couple of minutes, faster if you can type fast though).
- 18. Generate the Gcode
- 19. In the Gcode tab replace "S 220 T" to "S 180 T"
- 20 Click on build
- 21 Go to the room with the makerbot
- 22 Now wait for 7 or 100 minutes or so
- 23 IF YOU MADE A HOUSE YOU SHOULD BUY A DOLL