– Naming Your Company / Product
A great video lecture from Ms. Alexandra Watkins on how to name your product or company. Does your company name pass the SMILE or SCRATCH test? Watch and avoid making the most common mistakes in product / company naming. Thanks Alex W. for the reference.
– Installing Cura
Quick video tutorial on how to install a 3D printer profile on a 2018 version of Cura
Quick video tutorial on how to install a 3D printer profile on a 2016 version of Cura
– Handling files for autoprinting
Saving the file name on your SD micro card as auto0.g can enable your Printrbot Simple Metal, Simple Metal Plus, Play and other Printrbot machines to print untethered from your machine
– Printing a project
Step #0 – [5:27] – Install Cura (specifically 15.4.6)
Step #1 – [0:58] – Getting Access to the Innovation Lab at U.C. Berkeley
Step #2 – [2:09] – Start a 3D print
Step #3 – [3:37] – Use a micro SD Card to print “untethered”
– Troubleshooting
Hiccup #2 – [1:18] – Cura / Slicer issues
Hiccup #3 – [2:33] – SD Card usage / installation Issues
Hiccup #4 – [3:49] – SD Card falls into the machine
Hiccup #5 – [4:25] – Need to change filament
Hiccup #6 – [5:20] – Filament stuck in drive mechanism
Hiccup #7 – [5:54] – Brittle Filament
Hiccup #8 – [8:12] – Start with a simple CAD model for printing
Hiccup #9 – [8:40] – My print takes longer than 10 minutes