Quick Start Guide

A 3D printer takes a 3D model and turns in into a plastic part. To do this there are a number of pieces of software complete this task. A good source of more information can be found here:Software Toolchain (reprap.org)) We suggest the following open source applications:

Slic3r:

Slic3r takes a 3D model (usually a .stl file) and turns it into Gcode. Gcode is the instructions for the 3D printer to create the part. An example of Gcode is show below.

G92 E0

G1 Z0.350 F12000.000

G1 X-10.000 Y-16.620

G1 F3600.000 E0.50000

G1 X10.000 Y-16.620 F2160.000 E2.31859