Hello. Recently, my son had a DR and wanted a 3D printer as a gift. The choice fell on Anycubic Mega-S in its price category. This is an updated version of the popular Anycubic i3 Mega model, with some improvements and enhancements. Their sale began not so long ago, basically all reviews go only to i3. I bought Mega-S for 16,900 rubles on Ali from the official seller of Anycubic Official Store with delivery from a warehouse in Moscow and brought it home to me on the 4th day after ordering, and on Saturday ... I thought there was no delivery on weekends, but I was pleasantly surprised. After watching the videos, after receiving and unpacking, as the smartest one I started right away with firmware and connecting to a PC, and it turns out I didn’t know much and did not take into account. It seemed to me that everything was so simple that I downloaded the model from the network, threw it on the map and on, but it wasn’t there! Without a PC and an idea of ​​what a slicer is and why it is needed, you won’t achieve the desired result. In fact, all printers are the same CNC machine. The slicer translates the 3D model into layers, and the layers into code with commands, starting from the command to start heating the table and feeding them further with what temperature of the nozzle to which point to move and how much filament to squeeze out. Honestly, the first models I had were of sloppy quality, until on the 3rd day I did not delve into the essence of this matter. Therefore, I was struck by the idea of ​​making a topic here, on a forum familiar to electronic devices, where people who are far from a PC in terms of technical software, but who bought a 3D printer for themselves or their children, could download GCODE and print out an interesting model without unnecessary gestures. It is important to understand that the models on the network are presented in STL format, the printer owner needs to set a bunch of parameters like temperature, speed, substrate or skirt, layer thickness, filling, support, etc. etc. Through trial and error, as well as numerous settings, I was able to achieve excellent printing on this printer. I propose to post ready-made models in GCODE.
When making a post with a model, we indicate:
- model name
- model image and, if possible, a live photo after printing
- type of material used
- layer height
- filling in% ratio
- model sizes
- print time
- live photo after printing (if possible)
- GCODE and STL files
Basically now I print PLA and my opinion is that it is very good plastic, I will use ABS only where I need more temperature in using the printed model. For example, a seat mounting plug in a car printed out of PLA in the summer may become deformed by heating the passenger compartment in the southern regions. Such things are certainly best printed from ABS. I have not tried other materials yet, so I can’t say anything. In principle, the GCODE laid out here should be suitable not only for Anycubic Mega-S and i3 for printing out of the box, but also for other printers with a nozzle diameter of 0.4 mm and a filament of 1.75 mm. So try, ask questions, share slicer settings and print life hacks)
Post has been editedmax-gulyash - 15.02.19, 17:15