User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Content
- Preface
- Introduction
- Notice
- Chapter 1: 3D Printing Technology
- Chapter 2: About GuiderIIS
- Chapter 3:Unpacking
- Chapter 4: Hardware Assembly
- Chapter 5: Build Plate Leveling
- Chapter 6: About Software
- 6.1 Software Installation
- 6.2 Exploring FlashPrint
- 6.2.4 Views
- ①Changing views
- ②Set View
- ③Reset View
- ④Show Model Outline
- ⑤Show Steep Overhang
- 6.2.5 Move
- 6.2.6 Rotate
- 6.2.7 Scale
- 6.2.8 Cut
- 6.2.9 Supports
- ②Auto Supports
- ③Add Supports
- ④ Clear Supports
- Click [Clear Supports], all supports will be delet
- ⑤Delete Supports
- 6.2.10 Print
- 6.2.11 File Menus
- 6.2.12 Edit Menus
- 6.2.13 Print Menus
- 6.2.14 Tool Menus
- ① Control Panel
- ② Update Firmware
- NOTE!Please update firmware under instructions of
- ③ On Board Preferences
- ④ Machine information
- 6.2.15 Help Menus
- Chapter 7: Basic Printing
- Chapter 8: Supports and Service
- Chapter 9:Basic Questions and Answers
- Note! Do not disassemble the printer for maintenan
- 9.1 Extruder shakes from left and right when print
- 9.2 “1025” extruder temperature showed on printer’
- Step 1. Extruder thermocouple has loose contact or
- 9.9 Wave-like lines appear on the surface of model
- 1. Apply some lubricate grease on the Z-Axis.
- 2. Z-Axis guide rods and Z-Axis bearings do not co
- 9.10(1)One of the axis motor is not working or rot
- 9.12 Files sliced by Flashprint and transferred by
- 9.13 Print results shift along the direction of X-
- 9.14 When doing build plate leveling, touch screen
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Chapter 1: 3D Printing Technology
3D printing refers to transforming three-dimensional models into physical objects that
you can hold and touch. It is also called additive manufacturing because the 3D model
is created by “adding” layers upon layers of material until the object is fully formed.
Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is the most common method of 3D printing. It is
also the method that the GuiderIIS uses. It works by melting plastic material called
filament onto a print surface in high temperature. The filament solidifies after it cools
down, which happens instantaneously after it is extruded from the nozzle. 3D objects
are formed with the filament laying down multiple layers.
1.1 Process
3D printing involves three steps:
1.) Make or download a 3D model
2.) Slice and export the 3D model
3.) Build the 3D model
1.1.1 Make a 3D Model:
Currently, there are three ways to creating a 3D model.
·Designing From Scratch You can use free CAD (computer-aided design) software
such as 3DTADA, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Pro-E, and our own software Happy 3D to
design your own 3D model.
·3D Scanners An alternative method to creating a 3D model is to scan an object. 3D
scanners work by digitizing a physical object, collecting its geometric data, and saving
it to a file on your PC. There are also apps that can turn a mobile device into a 3D
scanner.