3D Printing: 3D printing using OctoPrint on Linux Ubuntu desktop (2 Solutions!)
3D Printing: 3D printing using OctoPrint on Linux Ubuntu desktop The Question: I'm trying to set up octoprint.org/ on my Linux Ubuntu 16.04 desktop to work with my Micro3D printer. The printer works fine on Mac and Windows: image_ I've installed OctoPrint with the github.com/donovan6000/M3D-Fio. I can see the files in ~/.octoprint/ fine and I can even turn the printer fan on/off, move the extruder, etc. through OctoPrint: But when I press the blue "Print button", there is no response. Also the files in the "upload" section are greyed out. Must I download a slicing program or something? I'm new with 3D printing in general but not with Linux. Grateful for help! Solutions: Please watch the whole video to see all solutions, in order of how many people found them helpful == This solution helped 3 people == I just discovered that OctoPrint only reads .gcode files for printing (apparently, unless you have a slicing software embedded in it), so I installed slic3r.org/download separately, and ran ./slic3r mystlfile.stl to generate a .gcode file (in the executable directory). Then I uploaded the .gcode file to OctoPrint and things got moving. With thanks & praise to God, and with thanks to the many people who have made this project possible! | Content (except music & images) licensed under cc by-sa 3.0 | Music: www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music | Images: stocksnap.io/license & others | With thanks to user thopiekar (askubuntu.com/users/1655), user khaverim (askubuntu.com/users/1601), and the Stack Exchange Network (3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/1120). Trademarks are property of their respective owners. Disclaimer: All information is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. You are responsible for your own actions. Please contact me if anything is amiss at Roel D.OT VandePaar A.T gmail.com.
3D Printing: 3D printing using OctoPrint on Linux Ubuntu desktop The Question: I'm trying to set up octoprint.org/ on my Linux Ubuntu 16.04 desktop to work with my Micro3D printer. The printer works fine on Mac and Windows: image_ I've installed OctoPrint with the github.com/donovan6000/M3D-Fio. I can see the files in ~/.octoprint/ fine and I can even turn the printer fan on/off, move the extruder, etc. through OctoPrint: But when I press the blue "Print button", there is no response. Also the files in the "upload" section are greyed out. Must I download a slicing program or something? I'm new with 3D printing in general but not with Linux. Grateful for help! Solutions: Please watch the whole video to see all solutions, in order of how many people found them helpful == This solution helped 3 people == I just discovered that OctoPrint only reads .gcode files for printing (apparently, unless you have a slicing software embedded in it), so I installed slic3r.org/download separately, and ran ./slic3r mystlfile.stl to generate a .gcode file (in the executable directory). Then I uploaded the .gcode file to OctoPrint and things got moving. With thanks & praise to God, and with thanks to the many people who have made this project possible! | Content (except music & images) licensed under cc by-sa 3.0 | Music: www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music | Images: stocksnap.io/license & others | With thanks to user thopiekar (askubuntu.com/users/1655), user khaverim (askubuntu.com/users/1601), and the Stack Exchange Network (3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/1120). Trademarks are property of their respective owners. Disclaimer: All information is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. You are responsible for your own actions. Please contact me if anything is amiss at Roel D.OT VandePaar A.T gmail.com.