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Polar3D Printer Guide

Kristin Hubner

January, 2018

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Page 1 Polar3D Printer Guide Kristin Hubner January, 2018...
Page 2 Copyright © 2017, 2018, Kristin Hubner. Autodesk, Autodesk 123D, Autodesk Fusion 360, Autodesk Maya, DWG, DXF, and Tinkercad are trademarks or registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. Blender is a trademark of The Blender Foundation, registered in the U.S. and E.U. BlocksCAD is a trademark of H3XL, Inc.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
1 Get connected to the Polar Cloud ....Connecting the Polar3D printer to the Polar Cloud via WiFi Connecting the Polar3D printer to the Polar Cloud via Eth- ernet cable .
Page 4 Polar3D 1.0 printer z and x calibration ..96 6.5.2 Polar3D 2.0 or 2.5 printer z and x calibration ..99 7 Troubleshooting for Polar3D printers ....108 Polar3D printer LED lights .
Page 5 CONTENTS C.1 Wireless direct connection and printing ... . . 116 C.1.1 Wireless direct connection ....117 C.1.2 Wireless direct printing .
Page 6: List Of Figures
....26 1.23 Polar3D printer CONNECTIVITY GUIDE sheet: MAC ad- dress ....... 27 Load ﬁlament onto the Polar3D printer...
Page 7 ..63 Polar3D printer v1.0 local web interface Calibration screen Polar3D printer v2.0 and v2.5 local web interface Calibration screen ....... 64 Printer local web interface Camera screen .
Page 8 ......98 Polar3D 2.0 or 2.5 printer Calibration screen ..99 Manual Printer Controls screen: Change Filament button Change Filament button: conﬁrm screen...
Page 9 LIST OF FIGURES Polar3D printer diagram ..... 114 Printer local web interface network status ... 118 Printer local web interface Project Details screen .
Page 10: Get Connected To The Polar Cloud
Chapter 1 Get connected to the Polar Cloud When you open up your Polar3D printer shipping box, you will see contents such as shown in Figure 1.1: the printer frame (with print head mounted), a spool of (blue) ﬁlament, a power...
Page 11: Printer In Shipping Box
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD network), the Polar3D printer can instead be controlled directly from your device for printing: see Appendix C. Figure 1.1: Printer in shipping box...
Page 12: Connecting The Polar3D Printer To The Polar Cloud Via Wifi
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD Connecting the Polar3D printer to the Polar Cloud via WiFi Overview of getting your printer connected to the Polar Cloud via WiFi:...
Page 13 Apply a generous quantity of Aqua Net Extra Hold hair spray (included in the shipping box with your Polar3D printer) to the build plate of your new printer. You should apply a smooth and heavy coat, so that the surface looks milky; for a video demonstration, see: https:/www.instagram.com/p/BJBaWwrjCwF/...
Page 14 Polar 3D youtube video: WWBD - Plate and Filament Installation 3. Insert the power cord into the adapter, and the adapter plug into your Polar3D printer. Note: Do not force the adapter plug; it will not be ﬂush with the printer.
Page 15: Back Of Printer: Serial Number And Spool Holder Arm
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD From your device (computer, tablet, or phone), select its WiFi network controls. From the list of WiFi networks your device displays, select the network named after your printer’s serial number, as found on the back of the printer (see Figure 1.2); for example, “P3D02259-WIFI”.
Page 16: Mac Prompt For Printer Hotspot Wifi Password
(yet) connected to any local WiFi and through that to the Internet, but rather is in HotSpot mode. (Aside: The Polar3D WiFi listed, which your printer is not on, is the Polar 3D corporate WiFi.) Once you connect to your site’s lo-...
Page 17: Use The Printer's Wifi Hotspot To Connect To The Printer's Web Interface
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD Figure 1.4: Use the printer’s WiFi hotspot to connect to the printer’s web interface 7. Click the “Add WiFi” tab and choose the WiFi network to which you would like to connect the printer;...
Page 18: Select Local Wifi Network
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD local WiFi network, go back to the “Existing WiFi” pane; as shown in Figure 1.7, your local network should now be listed, highlighted in blue, under Configured Network. Figure 1.5: Select local WiFi network Figure 1.6: Enter local WiFi password...
Page 19: Local Wifi Configured As Network
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD Figure 1.7: Local WiFi conﬁgured as network Figure 1.8: Printer Configured Network conﬁguration completed While not strictly necessary, we recommend that you remove...
Page 20: Printer Restart For Local Network Connection Attempt
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD the “Polar3D” WiFi network from the Configured Network list by clicking on the X mark right of it; see Figure 1.7. (Removing the “Polar3D” network will prevent your printer from attempt- ing to connect to that network after power cycles; you want your printer to attempt to connect ﬁrst to your local network when...
Page 21 CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD the side of the printer will go through a progression of colors ending as blue over white: POLAR3D If the connection attempt does not succeed, check that you properly entered the local WiFi password (see Figure 1.6), and attempt connection again.
Page 22: First Time Login To Polar Cloud
Current Email Address to a Google, Microsoft, or Facebook Ac- count has additional details. Go to polar3d.com on your device (computer, tablet, or phone); see Figure 1.10. Figure 1.10: First time login to Polar Cloud Click on the account that you’re going to use for Polar Cloud access (Google, Facebook, Microsoft Live, or Microsoft Oﬃce...
Page 23: First Time Log In With Google Credentials: Classroom Permis
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD Figure 1.11: First time log in with Google credentials: classroom permissions screen Once you’re signed in, your home page should appear, looking similar to Figure 1.12. Figure 1.12: Polar Cloud home page 10.
Page 24: Polar Cloud Expand Top Menu And Click Printers
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD (i) From the Polar Cloud main menu, expand the menu lines at the upper left, click the “PRINTERS” tab, as shown in Figure 1.13, and then click the “ADD” (“+”) button (towards the upper right), shown in Figure 1.14.
Page 25: Polar Cloud Add A Printer: Enter Serial Number
Figure 1.15: Polar Cloud ADD A PRINTER: enter serial number Once you have entered the printer’s P3D... serial number, the Polar Cloud will automatically presume that this is a Polar3D printer and automatically change the “MAKE” to “Polar3D”. (iii) If the Polar Cloud located the printer with the serial number you entered, a message will appear, see Figure 1.16,...
Page 26: Polar Cloud Add A Printer Printer Found: Security Color Check
Once the Polar Cloud detects a connection to the printer with the speciﬁed serial number, the color of the LED lights spelling out “POLAR3D” along the side of the printer will form a security check. On the “ADD A PRINTER” screen, at each of the three drop down menus, enter the color that your printer’s lights...
Page 27: Polar Cloud Add A Printer Congratulations
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD Figure 1.17: Polar Cloud ADD A PRINTER congratulations Click “OK” to dismiss this conﬁrmation and return to the printer “TILE” list-by-image screen, now updated with your newly added printer, as shown in Figure 1.18. Figure 1.18: Polar Cloud added printer listed in TILE view If you added the printer by clicking the “ADD”...
Page 28: Connecting The Polar3D Printer To The Polar Cloud Via Ethernet Cable
Polar Cloud Guide. Connecting the Polar3D printer to the Polar Cloud via Ethernet cable Connecting the printer to your network via an Ethernet cable is similar in functionality, from a Polar Cloud perspective, as a wireless connection.
Page 29: Errors At Add A Printer Screen
IT or network administrator to open up local network access to your printer. Once the LED lights on the printer show as POLAR3D (blue over white), then perform steps 9 and 10 from Section 1.1; that is, log in to your Polar Cloud account, and add the printer to your Polar Cloud account.
Page 30: Polar Cloud Add A Printer Printer Not Found Error
Section 1.1) and (af- ter making sure that the printer is plugged in and connected to the Internet with POLAR3D LED lights blue over white) then double-check that you correctly input the printer’s serial num- ber. (For instance, if your printer’s serial number includes any zeros, double-check that you typed zeroes rather than capital letter O’s.)
Page 31: Polar Cloud Printer Add Attempt When Add Allowed Is Disabled
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD Figure 1.20: Polar Cloud printer ADD attempt when Add Allowed is disabled then this printer (its serial number) has already been registered in the Polar Cloud, and the printer’s “SETTINGS” switch “Add Allowed”...
Page 32: Network Issues And Solutions
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD printer owner, then see the printer local web interface and its “Reset Printer on the Polar Cloud” button. Network issues and solutions Note that captive portal network access is not supported. If your site does not use DHCP and instead assigns static IP addresses to network devices (such as your 3D printer), you...
Page 33: Static Ip Address For Printer
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD 1.4.1 Static IP address for printer Many networks automatically assign IP addresses (via DHCP) to network devices such as your 3D printer, but if your local net- work does not have a DHCP server, then you will need to man- ually conﬁgure your printer with a static IP address.
Page 34: Wifi Static Ip Address
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD Figure 1.21: WiFi static IP address Enter speciﬁc values for: 1. IP Address 2. Network Mask 3. Gateway 4. DNS servers (space separated if your site has more than one) If you are used to adding network devices to your network, you’re probably familiar with the sorts of values to enter.
Page 35: Ethernet Static Ip Address
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD values to enter. Figure 1.22: Ethernet static IP address Once you have ﬁnished entering appropriate values for your site, click the “Add Network” button (WiFi – see Figure 1.21) or “Save Settings” button (Ethernet – see Figure 1.22). Then click the “Restart”...
Page 36: Polar3D Printer Connectivity Guide Sheet: Mac Ad
CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD Figure 1.23: Polar3D printer CONNECTIVITY GUIDE sheet: MAC address...
Page 37: Mac Address For The Printer
Figure 1.21 Figure 1.22.) Note that if you have left your Polar3D printer conﬁgured to potentially use multiple WiFi networks, then the MAC address displayed may diﬀer in its ﬁnal digit from the value printed on the “CONNECTIVITY GUIDE”...
Page 38: Solving Network Connectivity Problems
HTTP ports is that the LED lights will be blue over yellow: POLAR3D Make a note of your printer’s IP address (if you are using a static IP...
Page 39 CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD POLAR3D POLAR3D POLAR3D (the LED lights cycled from entirely blue, to blue over red, before ending as blue over yellow): the printer successfully connected to your local network, but has not been able to connect over the Internet to the Polar Cloud.
Page 40: Start Printing
Polar Cloud, including printer dashboard progress display and real-time video (Section 2.4) as the printer prints your ob- ject. Load ﬁlament on the Polar3D printer For a video demonstation, see: Polar 3D youtube video: WWBD - Plate and Filament Installation...
Page 41: Load Filament Onto The Polar3D Printer
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.1: Load ﬁlament onto the Polar3D printer 1. Swing out the spool holder arm from the back (see Figure 1.2) of the Polar3D printer. 2. Unwrap the spool of ﬁlament and place it onto the spool holder;...
Page 42: Snip End Of Filament
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.2: Snip end of ﬁlament 5. Feed the ﬁlament through the ﬁlament guide (the hole at the top of the Polar3D printer); see Figure 2.1. 6. Stick the end of the ﬁlament into the ﬁlament feed hole...
Page 43 ﬁlament drive gear and properly engaged, it may be that a bit of old ﬁlament has stuck, hardened up, in the ﬁlament drive gear. (And since Polar3D print- ers get a sample print performed at the factory – see for instance the yellow “Benchy”...
Page 44: Polar Cloud Printer Dashboard Local Ui Button
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING while within the Polar Cloud. From the Polar Cloud main menu, expand the left-hand menu and click on “PRINTERS”, then click on the image of the printer you are loading with ﬁlament; this will take you to the printer’s dashboard screen.
Page 45: Manual Printer Controls Screen: Set The Temperature
ﬁlament. (c) Note that if the printer already had a bit of ﬁlament in the extruder – and the Polar3D printers get a test print performed at the factory so even a brand-new printer may have a bit of ﬁlament in the extruder –...
Page 46: An Object To Print
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING An object to print Figure 2.6: Polar Cloud top menu OBJECTS tab To print using the Polar Cloud, you need an object (one or more ﬁles) in the Polar Cloud; you may: .stl Search for and ﬁnd in the Polar Cloud an object shared someone else, Upload an existing object (from outside the Polar Cloud)
Page 47: Find An Object In The Polar Cloud
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING A quick way to get started is to ﬁnd an object in the Polar Cloud, as will be demonstrated in Section 2.2.1. 2.2.1 Find an object in the Polar Cloud From the Polar Cloud main screen, expand the top left menu and click on “OBJECTS”;...
Page 48: Searching For "Calibration" On The Public Objects Screen
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING for “calibration” (to ﬁnd objects intended for checking cal- ibration) and try one of those objects as your ﬁrst print; see Figure 2.8. Figure 2.8: Searching for “calibration” on the PUBLIC OBJECTS screen Let’s scroll down and ﬁnd William Steel’s original calibration key, as shown in Figure 2.9.
Page 49: Public Objects Listing Of William Steele's Calibrationkey
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.9: PUBLIC OBJECTS listing of William Steele’s CalibrationKey Clicking on that object’s tile image takes you to the object’s detail screen, as shown in Figure 2.10. Then clicking on the “3D PRINT” button will take you to the build plate screen, as shown in Figure 2.11.
Page 50: Calibrationkey Object Detail Screen
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.10: CalibrationKey object detail screen...
Page 51: Build Plate Screen For Calibrationkey Object
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.11: Build plate screen for CalibrationKey object At the build plate screen, you may optionally make numerous adjustments to the object; see Section 2.2.2. Once you are content with the planned object, click the “PRINT” button (at the build plate screen’s upper right) to submit the print job to the printer;...
Page 52: Experiment With Adjusting Object Placement And Print Settings
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING 2.2.2 Experiment with adjusting object placement and print settings Once you choose an object to print and click the “3D PRINT” button on the object’s display screen (see Figure 2.10), you will be at a screen such as shown in Figure 2.11, where you have the opportunity to adjust your object, and adjust printer settings, if you wish.
Page 53: Build Plate Placement: Move Object
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.12: Build plate PLACEMENT: MOVE object Click on the object image on the build plate screen, or click on the object name on the right underneath “PLACEMENT. Clicking either place will bring up a set of colored axes (red x-axis, green...
Page 54: Build Plate Placement: Move To Center Calibrationkey
Figure 2.13: Build plate PLACEMENT: MOVE to center CalibrationKey While in general objects are best printed oﬀset from the cen- ter of the Polar3D printer build plate (thereby avoiding blem-...
Page 55 CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING ishes from any suboptimal calibration at the build plate cen- ter , (see Section 14.1.1: Position objects towards the edge of the Polar3D printer build plate of the Polar Cloud Guide), the CalibrationKey object, as it intended to test and display any calibration issues, is best printed with its center at the center of the build plate.
Page 56: Build Plate Placement: Scale Object
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.14: Build plate PLACEMENT: SCALE object You may choose to scale the object’s overall size uniformly along all axes, or scale the object diﬀerently along diﬀerent axes: see the “Scale all axes uniformly” checkbox below the “SCALE”...
Page 57 CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING 2.2.2.3 Experiment with rotating your view of the object At the object build plate screen, see Figure 2.11, the dial towards the upper left of the left-hand (object on build plate) screen in eﬀect “rotates the build plate” – it rotates your view of the object.
Page 58: Start The Print Job
Figure 2.15: Build plate PRINT SETTINGS: check the print temperature The proper temperature for the ﬁlament provided by Polar 3D on a Polar3D printer is 185°C. (If you are using a diﬀerent type of ﬁlament, see the ﬁlament manufacturer’s rec- ommendation for what temperature to use for it.)
Page 59: Printer Dashboard: Job Submitted To The Print Queue
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING of selecting an object.) Once you are ready to submit a print job – that is, once you have completed any adjustments you wished to make at the build plate (“3D PRINT”) screen overviewed in Section 2.2.2 (and discussed in detail in Section 10.2: The build plate screen...
Page 60: Monitor The Printing
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Click the “START” button (towards the upper right of the printer dashboard screen) to begin the print. Monitor the printing Having submitted your job and clicked “START” (see Section 2.3), the Polar Cloud printer dashboard screen (see Figure 2.16) will begin updating, showing you a camera view of the printer (on the left) and status data on the progress of the printer (on the right).
Page 61: Printer "Homing" When The Temperature Reaches 175° C
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING “PAUSE”, and “STOP”) will show up as active on the printer dash- board. At 175°C, the printer will home (i.e., move the build plate and print head into proper position for the beginning of the print); see Figure 2.17. Then the printer will continue to heat up to 185°C (the proper temperature for extruding Polar 3D PLA ﬁlament).
Page 62: Printer Dashboard: Print Job Extrusion Has Begun
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.18: Printer dashboard: print job extrusion has begun Figure 2.19: Printer dashboard: print job in progress...
Page 63: Printer Dashboard: Print Job Extrusion Completed
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING Figure 2.20: Printer dashboard: print job extrusion completed Figure 2.21: Printer dashboard: print job completed Once the object has ﬁnished printing, the status line under the printer name (towards the top left of the screen) will cy-...
Page 64: Printed Object Calibrationkey On The Build Plate
CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING cle through: COMPLETING PRINTING, FINISHING PRINTING, and then READY TO PRINT (when it is ready for a new job); see Fig- ure 2.21. Let your object cool a bit on the build plate to ﬁrm up, and then remove it from the build plate! (Note that Section a few hints on removing objects from the build plate.) Figure 2.22: Printed object CalibrationKey on the build plate...
Page 65 CHAPTER 2. START PRINTING disable skirt generation, or modify skirt generation, via the Po- lar Cloud build plate “PRINT SETTINGS”, “BASIC”, “Support”, “Platform Adhesion Type: None (Skirt)”, “Skirt Settings”; see Section 10.2.2.2: The build plate screen: PRINT SETTINGS of the Polar Cloud Guide.
Page 66: The Polar3D Printer Local Web Interface
Chapter 3 The Polar3D printer local web interface If you are controlling your Polar3D printer directly through its local WiFi (see Section C.1) rather than going through the Po- lar Cloud, then the printer’s local web interface will be your main control interface.
Page 67: Polar Cloud Printer Dashboard Local Ui Button
CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 58 Figure 3.1: Polar Cloud printer dashboard LOCAL UI button menu to your list of printers, then click on the printer itself, and then at the printer dashboard printer managers may click on the LOCAL UI button (towards the upper right), shown in Figure 3.1.
Page 68: Navigating Through The Polar3D Printer Local Web Interface
The tabs/icons at the left of the screen select additional screens: 1. The printer icon (“Print File”) selects the “Project Details” screen, where you may upload a ﬁle to print, or select an already available ﬁle to print (as the Polar3D printer’s user...
Page 69 CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 60 interface ships with several test ﬁles), and then initi- .stl ate printing. This screen also displays, on the right hand side under “Printer Status”, various status information regarding the printer. 2. The lines-with-boxes icon (Controls). At this screen, you may manually direct the printer;...
Page 70: The Print File Tab And The Project Details Screen
“Project Details” screen. At this screen, you may upload a ﬁle to print, or select an already available ﬁle to print (as the Polar3D printer’s local web interface ships with several test ﬁles),...
Page 71: The Controls Tab And The Manual Printer Controls Screen
As of version 17.09.21 (released early October, 2017) of the Polar3D printer ﬁrmware, this is also where you will ﬁnd the “Change Filament” button, used for unloading or changing ﬁl- ament.
Page 72: The Calibration Tab And Calibration Screen
CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 63 Figure 3.4: Printer local web interface Controls screen 3.1.3 The Calibration tab and Calibration screen Clicking the “Calibration” tab (dial/gear icon) of the Po- lar3D printer local web interface main menu will take you to the “Calibration”...
Page 73: The Camera Tab And Camera Screen
CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 64 Figure 3.5: Polar3D printer v1.0 local web interface Calibration screen Figure 3.6: Polar3D printer v2.0 and v2.5 local web interface Calibration screen See Section for further discussion of performing calibra- tion.
Page 74: The Network Tab
3.1.5 The Network tab Clicking the “Network” tab (network icon) of the Polar3D printer local web interface will take you to the “Network” screen, with a pane of network details at the bottom and another pane at the top, initially the “Existing WiFi”...
Page 75: Printer Local Web Interface Network Screen Showing Existing Wifi Pane
CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 66 WiFi” top pane, tabs along the top of the “Network” screen al- low switching to the “Ethernet” pane, the “Add WiFi” pane, or the “Security” pane. Figure 3.8: Printer local web interface Network screen showing Existing WiFi pane Note that the “Reset Networks”...
Page 76 CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 67 the original network later, by selecting the original network and then again clicking “Restart”, without having to entirely redo the network proﬁle.) Note that the “Reset Printer on the Polar Cloud” but- ton on the “Network”...
Page 77: The Update Tab
ﬁrmware has been made available from Polar 3D. At such a time, clicking the “Update” tab (update icon) at the Polar3D printer local web interface main menu will show you a summary of any current update, and ask if you wish to...
Page 78: The Restart Tab
Figure 3.10: Printer local web interface Update screen 3.1.7 The Restart tab Clicking the “Restart” tab (restart icon) of the Polar3D printer local web interface will ask if you wish to restart the printer; see Figure 3.11. Figure 3.11: Printer local web interface Restart screen...
Page 79: Security Of Access To The Local Web Interface
Security of access to the local web inter- face Three approaches (independent of any network security that may also be in place at a site) for Polar3D printer local web interface access security are as follows, in order from most con- venient/least secure, to least convenient/most secure: 1.
Page 80 (such as new teachers or substitute teachers) to au- tonomously add themselves as additional printer managers. And if a Polar3D printer needs to be reassigned to another owner, again this remains possible (without explicit action by the current printer owner) via the “Reset Printer on the Polar Cloud”...
Page 81 Polar3D local web inter- face at the network level: for instance, permitting only certain local IP addresses to access the Polar3D printer local web in- terface over the local network. However, even if local network access is restricted, persons with physical access to the Polar3D printer would still be able to connect to the printer’s local web...
Page 82: The Security Pane And Setting A Password For The Local Web Interface
CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 73 3.2.1 The Security pane and setting a password for the local web interface Figure 3.12: Printer local web interface Security pane Figure 3.12 shows the “Security” pane of the “Network” screen.
Page 83: Printer Local Web Interface Security Pane: Initial Password Entered
CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 74 Figure 3.13: Printer local web interface Security pane: initial password entered Clicking the “Update Password” button at the “Security” pane will pop-up a notice that you must “Restart” the printer (click the “Restart” tab on the left main menu of the printer local web interface) in order to have your password change take eﬀect;...
Page 84: Printer Local Web Interface: Password Updated, Restart Re
IP address, or whether via the “LOCAL UI” button from the Polar Cloud), you will be prompted to en- ter “User Name” (always “admin” for the Polar3D printer local web interface) and its “Password”. The exact appearance of the username/password prompt screen is controlled by the browser;...
Page 85: Chrome: User Name And Password Prompt To Reach Printer Local Web Interface
CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 76 Figure 3.15: Chrome: user name and password prompt to reach printer local web interface Figure 3.16: Firefox: user name and password prompt to reach printer local web interface Figure 3.17: Opera: user name and password prompt to reach printer local web interface Figure 3.18: Safari: user name and password prompt to reach printer local...
Page 86: Chrome: Entering User Name And Password To Reach Printer Local Web Interface
CHAPTER 3. THE POLAR3D PRINTER LOCAL WEB INTERFACE 77 Enter “admin” as the username and enter your password; see Figure 3.19 for an example. Only after you successfully enter “admin” and the password will you proceed to the printer local web interface.
Page 88: Operational Tips For Polar3D Printers
CHAPTER 4. OPERATIONAL TIPS FOR POLAR3D PRINTERS Chapter 4 Operational tips for Polar3D printers Loading and unloading (and changing) ﬁl- ament on Polar3D printer Figure 4.1: Loading ﬁlament onto the Polar3D printer...
Page 89: Loading Filament On Polar3D Printer
CHAPTER 4. OPERATIONAL TIPS FOR POLAR3D PRINTERS The Polar 3D support site has detailed discussions of loading and unloading ﬁlament on Polar3D printers. For Polar3D printers with serial numbers P3D02150 and higher, see: Polar 3D support document “Loading and Unloading Fila- ment”...
Page 90 “clean” end to feed into the printer. (See Figure 2.2.) 4. Feed the ﬁlament through the ﬁlament guide (the hole at the top of the Polar3D printer). (Having the ﬁlament prop- erly guided keeps the ﬁlament from ﬂopping wildly from the spool to the print head.)
Page 91: Unloading Filament From Polar3D 2.0 Or 2.5 Printer
Note that the Polar Cloud printer “LIST” view displays printer make number. The “CHANGE FILAMENT” button is always present on the printer dashboard, regard- less of whether or not a print job is running, as of Polar3D printer ﬁrmware version 17.09.19 or later, released early October, 2017.
Page 92: Unloading Filament From Polar3D 1.0 Printer
However, removing the ﬁlament while still warm (or else heating up the extruder again to somewhat melt the ﬁlament) This button is present on the “Manual Printer Controls” screen as of Polar3D printer ﬁrmware version 17.09.19 or later, released early October, 2017.
Page 93: Removing Objects From The Polar3D Build Plate
CHAPTER 4. OPERATIONAL TIPS FOR POLAR3D PRINTERS will likely be easier (and less likely to result in ﬂakes of ﬁlament jamming up the ﬁlament drive gear). Particularly if the ﬁlament is still warm, you should be able to simply pull the ﬁlament straight up and out of the print head.
Page 94 CHAPTER 4. OPERATIONAL TIPS FOR POLAR3D PRINTERS Controls” screen may be helpful. Then remove the Printer build plate, with freshly printed object still attached, from the 3D printer and place it in the refrigerator or freezer: four or ﬁve minutes in the freezer may suﬃce; ten to ﬁfteen minutes is usually plenty.
Page 95: Updating The Polar3D Printer
When an update is available for a Polar3D printer, you will see an update button visible in three locations: This chapter focuses on ﬁrmware updates to Polar3D printers. However, some other printers also support through-the-Polar-Cloud ﬁrmware updates, in which case those print-...
Page 96: Polar Cloud Printer Manage Screen Update Button
CHAPTER 5. UPDATING THE POLAR3D PRINTER 1. On the printer dashboard screen within the Polar Cloud; Figure 5.1. 2. On the printer manage screen within the Polar Cloud; Fig- ure 5.2. Figure 5.2: Polar Cloud printer manage screen UPDATE button 3.
Page 97: Printer Local Web Interface Shows Update Tab
Cloud version of the conﬁrmation screen is shown in Figure 5.4; on that screen click “UPDATE PRINTER” to perform the update. Note that when updating using the Polar3D printer’s local web interface, its conﬁrmation screen also displays release notes regarding the update; an example is shown in Figure 5.5; on...
Page 98: Polar Cloud Update Printer Confirmation Screen
CHAPTER 5. UPDATING THE POLAR3D PRINTER Figure 5.4: Polar Cloud UPDATE PRINTER conﬁrmation screen Figure 5.5: Printer local UI update description and conﬁrmation screen...
Page 99 CHAPTER 5. UPDATING THE POLAR3D PRINTER Note that when the printer is performing an update, the LED lights along the left-hand side of the printer will go through a color change: the LED lights towards the bottom (3D) will turn...
Page 100: Polar3D Printer Maintenance
Chapter 6 Polar3D printer maintenance The Polar3D printer’s polar coordinates-based design means a simpler machine with fewer moving parts, so fewer maintenance issues. But as with any machine, there are a few parts that beneﬁt from some occasional maintenance attention.
Page 101: Lubrication
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Plate Lubrication There are ﬁve spots which can beneﬁt from occasional lubrica- tion: the bottom of the threaded rod, and around the bush- ings on each of the four steel rods (two rods for the build plate shuttle, and two rods for the gantry);...
Page 102: Replace A Corrupted Sd Card
Polar3D printer doesn’t tend to require frequent cal- ibration. However, occasionally you may want to check and adjust its calibration. There are three general types of calibration of the Polar3D...
Page 103 CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE calibration adjustments – but because the Polar3D printer op- erates in polar coordinates, with a spinning build plate achieving both x-axis and y-axis movements, rather than a separate and distinct y-axis calibration, calibration of the Polar3D printer’s movement in the xy-plane is achieved via x-axis calibration and build plate levelling.)
Page 104 Calibrating a Polar3D printer’s z height and x-axis (items and 2) is performed using the printer local web interface’s...
Page 105: Polar3D 1.0 Printer Z And X Calibration
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE 6.5.1 Polar3D 1.0 printer z and x calibration 1. To calibrate the z height of the extruder, from within the Polar Cloud, click on the printer, and then click on the “LOCAL UI” button (dial icon); or when communicating directly with the printer, from a browser on your device (computer/tablet/phone), connect to the printer’s local IP...
Page 106: Printer Local Web Interface Calibration Screen
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Each click will lower (or raise) the z home of the print head (and hence the extruder) by 0.05 millimeters (about 1/2 the thickness of a sheet of paper). Adjust the z height until the tip of the extruder is just touching the build plate.
Page 107: Printer Local Web Interface Controls Screen's Home And Center Button
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE To home the build plate, click the “Controls” tab on the printer local web interface left-hand menu; then click the “Home and Center” button; see Figure 6.3. Figure 6.3: Printer local web interface Controls screen’s Home and Center button If the x oﬀset (forward vs.
Page 108: Polar3D 2.0 Or 2.5 Printer Z And X Calibration
6.5.2 Polar3D 2.0 or 2.5 printer z and x calibration Go to the printer’s local web interface and click the “Calibration” tab to get to the “Calibration” screen; see Figure 6.4.
Page 109: Manual Printer Controls Screen: Change Filament Button
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Figure 6.5: Manual Printer Controls screen: Change Filament button A screen will pop-up explaining that the printer needs to heat up the extruder in order to change the ﬁlament; click “OK” at this conﬁrmation screen, (Figure 6.6).
Page 110: Manual Printer Controls Screen: Temperature 185° C
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Figure 6.7: Manual Printer Controls screen: temperature 185° C Having unloaded any ﬁlament, you are now ready to proceed with calibration, so click the “Calibration” tab on the left- hand menu to return to the “Calibration” screen.
Page 111: Calibration Screen: Z Calibration Wait Screen
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Figure 6.8: Calibration screen: z calibration wait screen Now check the position of the extruder nozzle end relative to the build plate. You want to be able to just slide a sheet of paper between the two, feeling resistance. If the paper slides easily, not touching the extruder nozzle end at all, you need to lower the extruder nozzle: click the “Move Z Down”...
Page 112: Calibration Screen: Z Calibration Done Calibrating Button
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Figure 6.9: Calibration screen: z calibration Done Calibrating button Clicking “Done Calibrating” will bring up the screen shown in Figure 6.10; click the “Ok” button to dismiss the screen. Figure 6.10: Calibration screen: z done conﬁrmation screen...
Page 113 CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE calibration, the print head will be lowered to the build plate and you will not have free room to remove the build plate; in this case, click the “Controls” tab on the left-hand menu to go to the “Manual Printer Controls”...
Page 114: Calibration Screen: X Calibration Wait Screen
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Figure 6.12: Calibration screen: x calibration wait screen Compare the position of the center of the extruder nozzle to the center of the build plate shuttle’s drive gear bearing. If necessary, click the “Move X Forward” or “Move X Backward”...
Page 115: Calibration Screen: X Calibration Done Calibrating Button
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Figure 6.13: Calibration screen: x calibration Done Calibrating button Clicking “Done Calibrating” will bring up the screen shown in Figure 6.14; click the “Ok” button to dismiss the screen.
Page 116: Calibration Screen: X Done Confirmation Screen
CHAPTER 6. POLAR3D PRINTER MAINTENANCE Figure 6.14: Calibration screen: x done conﬁrmation screen You’re done with z and x calibration! See the discussion of consistent levelness of the build plate (item in Section 6.5) if you still seem to have a bit of miscalibration.
Page 117: Troubleshooting For Polar3D Printers
ﬁrst lights to turn on when the printer is plugged in, the Polar3D printer has LED lights running vertically on the left hand side, with “POLAR” gen- erally showing in blue when the printer is turned on (plugged in), and with the color of “3D”...
Page 118 CHAPTER 7. TROUBLESHOOTING FOR POLAR3D PRINTERS A summary of the meaning of the LED lights on these Po- lar3D printer is: POLAR3D (BLUE over BLUE): The printer has ﬁnished turning on, but is not connected to a network, and has stood up its own wireless network.
Page 119: Polar3D Printer Clogged Or Leaky Nozzle
Polar 3D youtube video: WWBD – How to Unclog a Nozzle and Clear a Leaky Nozzle Polar3D printer camera color balance The camera in the Polar3D printer attempts to perform auto- matic color balancing. However, occasionally its color balancing algorithm may yield strange results, where the camera picture appears to have a strange overall tinge.
Page 120: Polar3D Printer Stepper Motors Locked In Place
CHAPTER 7. TROUBLESHOOTING FOR POLAR3D PRINTERS overnight; when the lights get brighter, as in the morning, the color balancing may not readjust properly.) See for instance Figure 7.1, where the image has a blue cast. Figure 7.1: Printer camera color balance gets strange...
Page 121 CHAPTER 7. TROUBLESHOOTING FOR POLAR3D PRINTERS Normally, when the printer is not printing, the build plate shut- print head move freely on their respective support rods, should you wish to move them. However, if you have interrupted the printer in the middle of a print job, resulting in the step-...
Page 122: Appendices
Appendix A Polar3D printer speciﬁcation sheet https://shop.polar3d.com/products/polar-3d-printer...
Page 123: B Polar3D Printer Diagram
Appendix B Polar3D printer diagram Figure B.1: Polar3D printer diagram...
Page 124: C Connecting The Polar3D Printer Directly To Your Device
Chapter for a discussion of connecting the printer to the Polar Cloud.) If this is a brand new Polar3D printer, which you are just unpacking from its shipping box, begin by performing steps 1 through 4 of Section 1.1;...
Page 125: Wireless Direct Connection And Printing
3. Insert the power cord into the adapter, and insert the adapter plug into your Polar3D printer. Do not force the adapter plug; it will not be ﬂush with the printer. 4. Plug in to a power outlet; the Polar3D printer’s LED lights should turn blue over blue: POLAR3D Then there are two ways to connect the printer directly to your device: wireless (WiFi) –...
Page 126: Wireless Direct Connection
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE117 C.1.1 Wireless direct connection For this type of connection, you will connect to the printer’s hotspot directly. (Thus this process starts out rather similarly to conﬁguring the printer to connect via WiFi to a local net- work, as discussed in Section 1.1, but instead of merely using...
Page 127: Printer Local Web Interface Network Status
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE118 after your printer’s serial number and which the printer stood up itself, 192.168.0.1 will be the address of the printer.) You are now connected to the printer and should see the printer’s local web interface, as shown in Figure C.1;...
Page 128: Wireless Direct Printing
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE119 C.1.2 Wireless direct printing The steps below describe the full process for uploading and printing an arbitrary ﬁle. (However, note that the Po- .stl lar3D printer ships with several ﬁles, suitable for an initial .stl...
Page 129: Project Details Screen: Select File Drop-Down
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE120 2. Upload a ﬁle to print. (If this is your very ﬁrst print on this printer, you may prefer to skip this step, of ﬁnding and uploading an arbitrary ﬁle, and instead go to step .stl...
Page 130: Project Details Screen: Select File Choices
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE121 (b) Select the desired ﬁle. (Note that several sample .stl ﬁles ship with the Polar3D printer, accessible from the printer local web interface, for your convenience in us- ing them as a ﬁrst print, or for calibration prints; see Figure C.4.)
Page 131: Cable Direct Connection And Printing
Cable direct connection and printing With the cable direct method of connection and printing, since you won’t be able to access either the Polar Cloud user interface, or the Polar3D printer’s own onboard web user interface, you will...
Page 132: Cable Direct Connection
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE123 need to run third-party printer control software on your device (typically your computer) that can control the printer. In par- ticular, Repetier-Host is free software which can be downloaded and installed on your computer for this purpose.
Page 133: Cable Direct Connection To Printer: Installing Device
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE124 Figure C.6. Do not close that window! Figure C.6: Cable direct connection to printer: installing device 3. Now, download and install Repetier-Host. 4. Start up Repetier-Host. You should see a screen such as shown in Figure C.7.
Page 134: Repetier-Host Printer Settings Screen
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE125 5. Once the drivers from step have ﬁnished downloading, unplug your printer. Then click Printer Settings on the top right of the Repetier-Host start-up screen. You should now be looking at a window such as shown in Figure C.8: Figure C.8: Repetier-Host Printer Settings screen...
Page 135: Repetier-Host Printer Settings Screen: Port
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE126 Settings window. 6. Plug your printer back in. Open Printer Settings again. Select the new value in the drop down menu. In the ex- ample shown below in Figure C.9, that new value is COM13, but the actual new value may vary.
Page 136: Repetier-Host Connect Button
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE127 Figure C.10: Repetier-Host Connect button 8. Now, conﬁgure Repetier-Host to work with your Polar3D printer. Under “Printer Settings”, enter the values shown in Figure C.11 below:...
Page 137: Repetier-Host Printer Settings: Printer Shape, Etc
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE128 Figure C.11: Repetier-Host Printer Settings: Printer Shape, etc. Click the “OK” button to save these settings. 9. Now, conﬁgure the CuraEngine slicer settings. (CuraEngine is the slicer program that converts the 3D model – the .stl...
Page 138: Repetier-Host Slicer Tab
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE129 Figure C.12: Repetier-Host Slicer tab 10. Make sure that the Slicer choice is set to CuraEngine: Figure C.13: Repetier-Host Slicer: CuraEngine Then, with the slicer set to “CuraEngine”, click the “Configuration”...
Page 139: Zoomed In View Of Slice With Curaengine: Configuration
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE130 Figure C.14: Zoomed in view of Slice with CuraEngine: Configuration button 11. You will need to download two ﬁles from the Polar 3D sup- port page. The ﬁles to download are named “Polar Cura Settings.rcp”...
Page 140: Repetier-Host Configure Settings Screen: Import Button
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE131 step 10, navigate to the “Print” tab, click “Import”, and then load “Polar Cura Settings.rcp”: Figure C.15: Repetier-Host Configure Settings screen: Import button 13. Next, navigate to the “Filament” tab, click “Import”, and...
Page 141 APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE132 Figure C.16: Repetier-Host Configure Settings screen: Filament, Import 14. Navigate back to “Printer Settings” (see for instance steps and 5), click on “Scripts”, then select “Run on Kill”; see Figure C.17.
Page 142: Repetier-Host Configure Settings Screen: Import Button . 131 C.16 Repetier-Host Configure Settings Screen: Filament, Import132 C.17 Repetier-Host Printer Settings: Run On Kill Script
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE133 Figure C.17: Repetier-Host Printer Settings: Run on Kill script Copy the text as shown into the box as in Figure C.17 – or you may copy the text from this link and paste it into the box.
Page 143: Cable Direct Printing
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE134 C.2.2 Cable direct printing Once you have connected your printer via USB cable directly to your computer, and conﬁgured the printer controller software on your computer (e.g., Repetier-Host), as described in Section C.2.1, you are ready to print an object!
Page 144: Repetier-Host Load Button
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE135 Figure C.18: Repetier-Host Load button 3. You may want to change the position of the object on the build plate. You will generally want to position the object so that it is not at the center of the build plate, and in- stead is near the edge of the build plate –...
Page 145: Repetier-Host Slice With Curaengine
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE POLAR3D PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE136 Figure C.19: Repetier-Host Slice with CuraEngine 5. When the slicing completes, click “Start Print”. That’s it!
Page 146: Glossary
For 3D printers in general, the build plate is the platform on which objects are printed. For the Polar3D printer, the build plate is a round mirror with a toothed gear on the underside, that meshes with a gear on the build plate shut- tle.
Page 147 MAC address of the user’s device is permitted access for some period of time. In the context of Polar3D printers, note that a Polar3D printer cannot navigate itself through a captive portal; so for a Po-...
Page 148 Glossary Cartesian coordinates Cartesian coordinates are rectilinear coordinates, describ- ing the position of a point in two-dimensional space via x and y coordinates, or in three-dimensional space via x, y, and z coordinates. Cartesian coordinates are named after the 17th century mathematician Ren´ e Descartes who devel- oped them;...
Page 149 Glossary nates use the r and θ of polar coordinates, plus a z height. polar coordinates DHCP DHCP (Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol) is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an IP host (such as your 3D printer) with its IP address and other related net- working parameters such as the IP subnet mask and de- fault gateway IP address.
Page 150 Glossary case you have a DXF ﬁle that you would like to store along with an object, the Polar Cloud does support uploading and storing DXF ﬁles as object subsidiary ﬁles. See also DWG ﬁle extruder The extruder, or extruder nozzle, of a 3D printer is the nozzle at the bottom of the print head;...
Page 151 Glossary layer communications purposes. MAC address are typi- cally assigned by the manufacturer of a network device, en- coding the manufacturer’s registered identiﬁcation number, and are stored in the device’s read-only memory or other ﬁrmware. Among other uses, a device’s MAC address is a way of identifying the device for network access purposes.
Page 152 Glossary OBJ ﬁle The OBJ ﬁle format is an open format for representing 3D geometry of objects. It does not include features such as color or texture, nor does it specify a ﬁxed size; it solely represents the shape. However, OBJ ﬁles can have a com- panion MTL ﬁle, where the MTL ﬁle stores properties such as color and texture.
Page 153 By care- fully measuring your ﬁlament diameter, and then checking that that value is properly entered in the slicer – for a Polar3D printer, this means properly entered under the ob- ject’s “PRINT SETTINGS”, “BASIC”,...
Page 154 – you may wish to draw such students’ attention to the un- derlying polar operation of the Polar3D printer, both to help motivate them as to why one might want to learn about polar coordinates, and to help them visualize the relationship between polar coordinates and Cartesian coor- dinates.
Page 155 Glossary a thick series of layers which can later be removed once the print is ﬁnished. These layers — referred to as a raft — are printed slowly so as to promote better adhesion to the build plate as well as to level out the printing surface. A raft usually has support material at its base, and a plat- form (smooth surface) at its top, to support the object’s base.
Page 156 Glossary sizes, ranging from a fraction of a gigabyte to upwards of 256 gigabytes or more. The term “SD” is an acronym for “Secure Digital”. shell When a model is prepared for printing by a slicer, the slicer generates commands to print a solid exterior. The exte- rior is typically printed by following the model’s perime- ter.
Page 157 Glossary As the process is referred to as slicing, the software which implements the process is often called a “slicer”. For a Polar3D printer, slicer settings are set in the Polar Cloud under “PRINT SETTINGS”. (If using a direct connection to...
Page 158 Glossary shuttle (x axis), and one controls the rotation of the build plate (θ rotation). 60, 62, See also build plate shuttle, polar coordinates, print head & Z rod .stl ﬁle STL originally stood for the STereo Lithography ﬁle format native to CAD software created by 3D Systems, describing the surface geometry of a three-dimensional object.
Page 159 & retraction Z rod On a Polar3D printer, the Z rod or Z threaded rod is the tall, threaded rod towards the back of the printer on which the print head (the printer extruder assembly) moves up and down; see Figure B.1. 4, 60, 63, 92, 95, 115, See also extruder &...
Page 160: Index
Project Details screen, Object ﬁle upload via Repetier- Temperature, Host, Required for print job Object ﬁle upload via WiFi, 61, Polar3D printer local web in- terface Camera screen, Object position via Repetier- Polar3D printer local web in- Host, terface Project Details...
Page 161 (printing) printer dashboard, button, X Offset Backward Change Filament button on X Offset Forward button, 63, Polar3D printer local web in- terface, Z Offset Down button, 63, From Polar3D 1.0 printer, Z Offset Up button, 63, From Polar3D 2.0 or 2.5 screen (v2.0...
Page 162 Polar Cloud button, 22, Configured Network list, Remove from Security pane, see Local web Polar3D Configured Network list, interface of Polar3D printer, Security pane of Network IP address, screen Load ﬁlament, Network tab, 24, 28, 60, Manual Printer Controls Obsoleting printer ownership in...
Page 163 Firefox, print Download STL File Opera, job option, Safari, Must be converted to print via Polar3D printer local web in- Microsoft Live terface, Credentials used to log in to Po- PUBLIC OBJECTS screen, lar Cloud, Search, Microsoft Oﬃce 365 account...
Page 164 INDEX Add printer to Polar Cloud ac- count, View displayed Polar Ethernet connection, Cloud CAMERA screen on WiFi connection, small/mobile displays, Baud rate View displayed on Polar Cloud printer dashboard, USB cable direct connection, Change network, 8, Build plate Connect (or reconnect) to Polar Cloud, 1, 11, Cleaning, Homing via local web interface,...
Page 165 Turn on or oﬀ via local web in- Filament load/unload diagram, terface, Local IP address Printer diagram, HotSpot mode, Filament guide hole, 33, Local web interface, see Lo- Filament load/unload diagram, cal web interface of Polar3D printer Printer diagram, MAC address, Filament loading, CONNECTIVITY GUIDE Checking, sheet,...
Page 166 INDEX Power on, 5, Local web interface Network tab, Camera lights, LED lights blue over blue, 5, Stepper motors Unlock manually via local web interface, Print head Raising, 4, Temperature Unlock stepper motors to move Camera screen of local web in- manually, terface, Remove printed object from...
Page 167 Lubricating, The printer can no longer be added error, Ports Adding to account Outgoing HTTP must be open to Polar3D printer, printer, CAMERA screen on small/mobile Used by Repetier-Host, displays, Print jobs and queues in the Polar Changing ownership, 22,...
Page 168 INDEX screen, Build plate (3D PRINT) screen, P3Dserial-digits Add Polar3D printer to ac- MOVE object, count, Object placement, Default Polar3D Object size, Name printer, PLACEMENT tab, 43, PRINT button, 42, P3Dserial-digits -DELETED-date PRINT SETTINGS, see Print- Reset Printer on the Polar Cloud eﬀect,...
Page 169 INDEX Submit job, nection to printer, Temperature (extruder) Skirt Dial on printer dashboard screen, Default for Polar3D printer slic- ing proﬁles, PRINT SETTINGS, Example of, Zoom build plate view via mouse or trackpad scroll feature, Slicing proﬁle Example: Polar3D 2.0 - Repetier-Host software PLA - 0.32mm - Draft...
Page 170 INDEX Stepper motors locked in place, notes through printer local web interface, 68, Local web interface approach, Updating printer Polar Cloud approach, Manually forcing, Conﬁrmation screen, Polar Cloud approach, Polar3D printer, Conﬁrmation screen, Release Release notes,...

Polar Electro Polar3D Manual

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1 Get Connected to the Polar Cloud

2 Start Printing

3 The Polar3D Printer Local Web Interface

4 Operational Tips for Polar3D Printers

5 Updating the Polar3D Printer

6 Polar3D Printer Maintenance

7 Troubleshooting for Polar3D Printers

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