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Stewards: Scott Silvers and Robert Johnson

We have both Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and Stereolithography Stereolithography (SLA) printers at Makersmiths.

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Post a message to the #3dprinting Slack Channel.

Direct message to the 3D Printing Steward (sometimes they also have their phone number in slack to call)

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3D printing can be difficult. If you experience problems there are folks who can help. First, review the guides here and for the specific printer. If you still have a problem, post to the #3dprinting Slack channel.  Even if you find the solution, let us know, so that we can be aware that it might be an issue for others, and try to prevent it from happening again.

Software

OctoPrint

Login: octouser
Password:  makesomething2day

Ultimaker Cura

Ultimaker Cura is the slicer of choice for many open source-based 3D printers for it's relative ease of use

Recommend using v4.13.1 instead of latest 5.1.1   There are bugs in the 5 train of code that cause problems with layer thickness

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Elegoo has their own fork of Cura tuned for their printers. Recommend using v4.13.1 instead of latest 5.1.1   There are bugs in the 5 train of code that cause problems with layer thickness

PrusaSlicer

PrusaSlicer is open source and can be difficult to use. For advanced users it has fine-grained control and can produce excellent prints.

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input: .stl, .obj, .amf, .3mf

output: .stl, .gcode, .amf, .3mf, .obj

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Cura LulzBot Edition

Cura for LulzBot is an open source slicer based on Ultimaker Cura and tuned for LulzBot machines.

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PrusaSlicer

PrusaSlicer is open source and can be difficult to use. For advanced users it has fine-grained control and can produce excellent prints.