Month: November 2016

Went crazy, ordered a mk2. What to do?

Figured if I’m getting one go big (within reason). They said it should be here before xmas and I want to be prepared. Is there anything that doesn’t come with the kit that I should pick up in advance? I’m reading through the prusa forums trying to prepare for any immediate problems, is there anything you mk2 owners suggest?I’ve downloaded cura and fusion since those were mentioned a lot, are there any programs that work better with the mk2 or are they all interchangable? http://ift.tt/2g5ug95

G-code following path (no slicing/layers)

Hi guys,I work in the field of biofabrication (3d printing of hydrogels and cells) and will be looking at the creation of small blood vessels. I intend to print a 3d structure rather than just planar, and in the past this has been done using standard slicing and printing layer by layer. I will be using coaxial tips, so will not require this layering in order to create a hollow vessel. Furthermore, I’m printing into a support material, so the traditional method of layering will be unnecessary. I would much rather have it print along a path along all 3-axes (dynamic z). However, all software I know only creates G-code for printing in layers. I could write the G-code but anything but a simple structure would get extremely complicated. Does anyone know of software out there that would allow me to do such a thing? http://ift.tt/2feXtRC