User's Manual Part 1

CHAPTER 4. THE P OL AR CLOUD 139

8. Once an object has been selected by clicking on it (in the list

on the right, under “PLACEMENT”and“PRINT SETTINGS”),

the “PRINT SETTINGS” tab also becomes active. Under

“PRINT SETTINGS”aremanysettings,(correspondingto

slicer setti ngs) which may be used to adjust aspects of the

print, such as the temperature, speed of printing, thickness

of exterior walls on the object, whether to add a brim, raft,

or skirt, etc.; see Figure 4.80.

In particular, under “PRINT SETTINGS”, there are three

screens of settings:

(a) The “BASIC”settingsincludeextrudertemperature(185°C

is normal for the PLA ﬁlament provided by Polar 3D,

but the temperature should always be adjusted for the

type of ﬁlament you are actually using), and whether

to add a brim, raft,orskirt when printing the object.

(b) The “ADVANCED”settingsincludeinﬁll settings (den-

sity of the object’ s interior), ﬁlament diameter, retrac-

tion settings (raising the print head dur i n g non-printing

moves), “Quality” settings (adjusting the thickness

of the exterior of the object), “Speed”settings(e.g.,

for ﬁne-tunin g the speed of printing the initial layer –

which may be relevant for gett i n g good adhesion, and

agoodinitialﬂowofmaterial),andsomecoolingset-

tings.

and ending Gcode (actual instructions to the printer).

9. The “UI SETTINGS”areseveralsettingadjustingtheoper-

ation of the b u i l d plate user interface; see Figure 4.81.