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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Welcome To The Revolution

    Congratulations on your purchase of the INFINITY 3D. We’re excited that you’re part of the 3D printing revolution! 3D printing is evolving at a pace we’ve never seen before and we want to make sure you are able to incorporate these developments into your printer. The modular design of the INFINITY 3D makes it easy for you to keep up with what’s new and incorporate it right into your...

  • Page 3: Safety Information

    NEVER OPEN ELECTRONICS CASE WHEN PRINTER IS POWERED ON. TURN OFF AND UNPLUG THE POWER SUPPLY. INFINITY 3D User Guide by Revolution 3D Printers Copyright © 2015 Revolution 3D Printers Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence (CC BY-SA 3.0).

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME TO THE REVOLUTION SPECIFICATIONS SAFETY INFORMATION UNBOXING Whats in the box? THE INFINITY 3D ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOGUE INSTALLING PRINTER COMPONENTS Universal Filament Spool Holders Universal Spool Holder Adaptors Inserting Filament into Extruder Glass Build Plate Power and USB cords...

  • Page 5: Unboxing

    UNBOXING 1. Place the shipping box upright on an even floor surface. 2. Open the box. 3. Remove the first layer of cardboard. 4. Grab the front and back of the printer frame from the bottom of the box as shown and pull upward with the pink side padding sliding out as well.

  • Page 6: The Infinity 3D Illustrated Parts Catalogue

    THE INFINITY 3D ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOGUE...

  • Page 7: Installing Printer Components

    INSTALLING PRINTER COMPONENTS Universal Filament Spool Holders To assemble the Filament Spool 1. Spool Holder Arms (4 pieces) with M4-12mm bolts Holders, you will need the and washers following items from your 2. Universal Spool Holder Adaptors (4 pieces) Accessories Package: 3.

  • Page 8: Universal Spool Holder Adaptors

    Installing the Universal Spool Holders 1. Position the Spool Holder Arm in its correct position - corresponding the labels on the spool holder to the labels on the printer frame). 2. Insert the 3Mx12mm screws and washers into the hole. 3.
  • Page 9 Installing the Universal Spool Holder Adaptors 1. Insert one Universal Spool Holder Adaptor into your filament spool and insert the Adaptor into one of the Spool Holder Arms. Note that the Spool Holder Arms are quite flexible and will bend to allow for easy installation.

  • Page 10: Inserting Filament Into Extruder

    Inserting Filament into Extruder Once you have installed the Spool Holder Arms and Adaptors, you are now ready to insert your filament into the extruder. 1. Squeeze the drive lock door to the extruder and turn the drive door lock knob counterclockwise to open the filament drive door.

  • Page 11: Glass Build Plate

    Glass Build Plate The glass build plate is magnetized and completely removable by using the tape tab on the side of the glass build plate. We recommend you use hairspray as the bed adhesive when printing as it makes it easier to clean by simply washing with warm water and cleaning with glass cleaner.

  • Page 12: Install And Setup Of Mattercontrol Software

    INSTALL AND SETUP OF MatterControl SOFTWARE Connecting your Printer to MatterControl 1. Select and download the MatterControl software for your platform from www.revolution3dprinters.com/pages/downloads. 2. In the status dashboard, select “Add a Printer”. 3. Give your printer a name in the “Printer Name” field. 4.

  • Page 13: Inputting Your Printer's Unique Calibration Settings

    Inputting your Printer’s Unique Calibration Settings Every printer we send out goes through several calibration procedures to make sure your selected extruder is perfectly tuned to your printer. The following printer settings are optimized to each printer: Dual Extruder Offset, Z-Height Offset, and Print Centre. These calibrations are found on the Delivery &...

  • Page 14: 3D Print Settings

    3D PRINT SETTINGS Your MatterControl software comes with preset quality settings specific to the INFINITY 3D printer. In the Advance Controls>Settings options, the Quality selection has three options: High, Medium and Low. Select to quickly start your print. In Settings, you will also find the Materials selection.

  • Page 15: Starting A Print With Mattercontrol

    STARTING A PRINT WITH MatterControl How to Get a File There are several ways of creating a 3D print file or .gcode: 1. Develop a CAD design, export as a .stl file and drag-and-drop into MatterControl to slice and print. 2.

  • Page 16: Printing

    Printing The MatterControl slice engine has Simple, Intermediate and Advanced settings, which can be selected in the Settings window under the Quality and Material presets. These settings filter the amount of control and print settings you have when starting your print. The Simple setting has one menu and allows for changing the layer height and the fill density of your print, as well as generating support material and a raft.
  • Page 17 You are also able import and export your slice settings from another program in the Options menu beside your slicing preferences. Each slicing option has a help option to help you better understand how each setting affects your print. This help feature can be toggled on and off...

  • Page 18: Viewing And Editing Your Print

    Viewing and Editing your Print In the Queue and Library, you are able to view your print by selecting the print file and selecting View. In the 2D or 3D view, you are able to view your print in the build plate and area.

  • Page 19: Cloud Notifications

    Cloud Notifications By using Cloud Notifications in MatterControl, you are able to be notified when your print is finished by sending yourself a text, e-mail or a sound to be played on your computer. You can also monitor the progress of your print by sending a link to yourself or your colleague. You can change the Cloud Notification settings in the Configuration panel.

  • Page 20: Export To Sd Card

    Export to SD Card You are also able print without tethering your printer to a computer by using the Graphic Display Panel and are able to control print speed, temperature and extrusion rate while printing just like in MatterControl. In the MatterControl Software, you are able to slice and export any file to a .gcode file format which is transferred to the SD card ready to print from the printer directly.

  • Page 21: Graphic Display Panel

    Graphic Display Panel You are also able print without tethering your printer to a computer by using the Graphic Display Panel and are able to control print speed, temperature and extrusion rate while printing. Rotate the control button to scroll through the menu and select by pressing the control button.

  • Page 22: Designing For 3D Printing

    DESIGNING FOR 3D PRINTING There are many CAD and modelling softwares that can be used to do create your own designs and prototypes. However, there are some tips that can help you in printing your design just how you have designed it in CAD: 1.

  • Page 23: Material Guidelines

    MATERIAL GUIDELINES Our extruder is specifically designed so that it can be used with any 1.75mm filament on the market. With a maximum extruder temperature of 320C and a heated bed temperature of 120C, you are able to print with a large variety of materials. Here are some guidelines on printing with the most popular filaments: 1.

  • Page 24: Basic Maintenance

    BASIC MAINTENANCE Changing Filament Changing filament from one material to another is as easy as inserting filament as seen above in the Inserting Filament into Extruder section. 1. Make sure your extruder is heated to the extruding temperature when changing filaments.

  • Page 25: Quick Change Nozzle

    Quick Change Nozzle If you find that your filament jam cannot be solved by manually pushing filament through the heated nozzle, it is very fast and easy to switch out the clogged nozzle. 1. Make sure your nozzle has completely cooled before going near the hot end.

  • Page 26: Nozzle Clearance Setting

    NOZZLE CLEARANCE SETTING Once the printer leaves our workshop, the bed springs should not have to be adjusted manually. If you were to change the bed height by adding tape to your glass or removing tape, the bed height should be changed in the MatterControl software under Z-Offset as shown in the section of Installing MatterControl Software.

  • Page 27: Appendix A

    APPENDIX A The Graphic Display Panel full menu is as follows: Main Start Up Screen Info Screen Prepare Disable steppers Auto home Preheat PLA Preheat PLA 1 Preheat PLA 2 Preheat PLA 3 Preheat PLA ALL Preheat PLA Bed Preheat ABS Preheat ABS 1 Preheat ABS 2 Preheat ABS 3...
  • Page 28 PID-I: PID-D: PID-C: Preheat PLA conf: Fan Speed: Nozzle: Bed: Preheat ABS conf: Fan Speed: Nozzle: Bed: Motion Accel: Vxy-jerk: Vz-jerk: Ve-jerk Vmax x: Vmax-y: Vmax-z: Vmax-e: Vmin: Vtrav min: Amax z: Amax y: Amax x: Amax e: A-retract: Xsteps/mm: Ysteps/mm: Zsteps/mm: Esteps/mm:...

  • Page 29: Appendix B

    APPENDIX B DRIVER INSTALL TROUBLESHOOTING When first connecting your printer to your computer, Windows users will need to download the driver required to communicate with the motherboard. For OS X users, the driver is downloaded with the MatterControl software and is ready to use on first plug in. For Windows users, follow the following steps to download the driver: 1.

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