First Print

First Print

We recommend your first print to be a simple test square. This test square will tell us a lot about how well your Gigabot is printing.

1. Download the File:20mm-box.stl
2. Open Slic3r and import the 20mm-box.stl
3. Check that the Gigabot settings are selected and active in Slic3r
4. From the main screen in Slic3r click on Export G-code
5. Open Pronterface and connect to Gigabot
6. In Pronterface click on Load File and open the G-code file generated by Slic3r.
7. The tool path should show in the Pronterface preview window
8. Set the hot-end temperature to 200C
9. Once hot-end is up to temp then click extrude