![]() Once it’s been loosened enough so that you can wiggle the Z Stage, go in to the Utilities on the LED screen, and navigate to the Level function. So you will need to use a screw driver to loosen the 4 support screws, as you are loosening the Z Stage will lower. Once the printer has been booted up, you will need to ensure that the build platform is level with the vat below it. Leveling the Build Platform:įrom here, you can boot up the printer. You should also clean the aluminum on the actual build surface with the IPA rubbing alcohol and a paper towel, and reattach once it’s been cleaned. Once cleaned, go ahead and reattach the vat, and screw the thumb screws back in. If you have done previous prints, you’ll want to gently wipe down the film with IPA rubbing alcohol. To do this, take off the Cover of the Resin Vat, by unscrewing the support screws on the top, and gentle take the top off. Our first steps before we begin printing, we need to ensure that all printing surfaces are clean. Go ahead and take the Lid off of the Duplicator 7 Plus. Now that we have all the slicing done for our model, we’ll need to copy our updated model file that we just created with Creation Workshop, to a USB that we can stick into our Duplicator 7 Plus. Make sure you wear gloves and have eyewear while dealing with resin printers. Printing Our Model with the Duplicator 7 Plus Note: If you are creating a large model, you might want to consider adding a drainage hole, or creating hollow models to help save resin. The more complex the models, the longer the slicing will take, but it shouldn’t be too long. Once saved, click the Slice icon, which is the Pie shaped button on the top of your screen.įor Slicing Profile, 50 Microns is sufficient for our needs. Navigate to the Save Button in the top of your screen, and save your model to your computer. ![]() If you need Support Structures, then you can click the + in the top left corner, and you can create and edit the size and shape of the supports on the bottom layer of your print.īelow we actually Slice our Print, we need to save our changes. We can use the Move Button to move the model along the stage, or the Rotate Button to rotate it around the printing stage. Now that we have our model loaded onto our stage we can begin to edit the model. A file browser will open up, and you can select your file model. Navigate to the top right corner, and click the Load Button, to load up your file. On the right side you’ll have all the Scene Info, Object Info, and a few more options related to Scaling and other edits. For this tutorial, we will be fine with leaving everything else at their default settings.įrom here, we can navigate back to the 3D View tab, and you’ll be presented with a visual representation of the stage of your 3D printer. Going back to the Configure tab, we can adjust all sorts of settings such as Exposure Time, Slice Thickness, among other things. From there, click the Configure Machine tab and ensure that the Wanhao Duplicator 7 Plus is selected as our machine. Inside this tab you’ll be presented with all sorts of settings to look through.įor the Duplicator 7 Plus, we’ll want to go through and check the Export to CWS box, this is the correct format which allows us to save to a USB. Once you had the software downloaded, you can go ahead and open it up, and we can begin! Once inside, navigate to the Configure Tab on the top, and then click the Configure Slicing Profile tab. This software will come preconfigured for Wanhao Duplicator printers. ![]() You can download this free piece of software from the Wanhao website. Our recommended slicing software for the Duplicator 7 Plus is a software called Creation Workshop. Slicing for a resin printer is slightly different than what you might be used to. Setting Up Slicing for the Duplicator 7 Plus In this tutorial we will be setting up our first print with the Wanhao Duplicator 7 3D Printer! Wanhao has a whole line of reputable 3D printers including the duplicator 9 which we had a previous article about.
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