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3D Prototyping X1
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  • Page 1 3D Prototyping X1 3D Printer User Manual V1.3...
  • Page 2 This document is copyrighted and contains proprietary information that is the property of 3D Prototyping Pty Ltd. The user does not have the right to copy, reproduce, or translate this document in any way or to any media without the prior written consent of 3D Prototyping Pty Ltd. Disclaimer This user manual is an instruction for installation, operation, and maintenance, but not product warranty.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3D Prototyping X1 TABLE OF CONTENTS V1.3 ......................1 1. Introduction ...................2 1.1. How to use this manual ..............2 1.2. Precautions.................2 1.2.1. Safety ................2 1.2.2. Protection .................2 2. Overview....................3 2.1. Appearance ................3 2.2. Axes....................3 2.3. packing list ..................4 2.4. specification ................4 3.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    • Please turn off the printer when mini SD card needs to be inserted or pulled out to avoid damage to printer. • We are not responsible for any damage caused by filament material purchased from outside of 3D Prototyping and not authorized by 3D Prototyping.

  • Page 5: Overview

    3D Prototyping X1 2. Overview Thank you for choosing 3D Prototyping X1 3D Printer. It is designed with ultimate portability and simplicity in mind. The system and software allows you to print great models with only a few keystrokes, even if you have never used a 3D printer before. The system uses a nozzle to deposit molten plastic to make a solid object layer by layer, so printed parts are strong and durable.

  • Page 6: Packing List

    3D Prototyping X1 2.3. Packing List 3D printer mainframe 1 set Power supply and cable 1 piece （out24V/7.5A） USB cable 1 piece Filament tube 1 piece Filament 1 spool 1 piece Hex wrench 1 set Gloves 1 pair Cutter 1 piece...

  • Page 7: Installation

    3D Prototyping X1 Nozzle diameter 0.4mm Move speed 60mm/s Vertical print speed about 30cm³/hour Positional accuracy 0.01mm Consumable Materials Machine Dimension 300*320*390mm Net Weight 9.5kg Packing Size/weight 459*424*474mm/13.5kg Connectivity USB, TF card Nozzle 3. Installation 3.1. Printer installation Within the CD is the printing software 3DSTART, driver, and STL models. 3DSTART supports the operating system windows XP 32 bit and Win7 32/64bit (professional edition or higher).
  • Page 8 3D Prototyping X1 figure3.1.1.1 Right click to select “Update Driver Software”, so the dialog Of “Update Driver Software-USB Serial Port” pops up as in the figure below, then follow the instructions to finish installation. figure3.1.1.2...
  • Page 9 3D Prototyping X1 figure3.1.1.3 figure3.1.1.4...

  • Page 10: Software Installation

    3D Prototyping X1 figure3.1.1.5 figure3.1.1.6 3.1.2. Software installation With all drivers’ successfully installed, please insert CD into your PC, click setup.exe file, entering the program installation interface as per the picture below.
  • Page 11 3D Prototyping X1 figure3.1.2.1 Click “next”, and select “ I accept the terms in the license agreement” to continue next step figure3.1.2.2 Select the installation directory, and Click “NEXT” to start the SETUP WIZARD...
  • Page 12 3D Prototyping X1 figure3.1.2.3 Click “install”, starting installation. figure3.1.2.4...
  • Page 13 3D Prototyping X1 figure3.1.2.5 Select “Install for all users”, and then click “Next”to install Python on your computer.
  • Page 14 3D Prototyping X1 Figure 3.1.2.6 Choose the directory to install, and click “Next” Figure 3.1.2.7 Click“Next” when the following dialog appears...
  • Page 15 3D Prototyping X1 Figure 3.1.2.8 Click “Finish” in the pop-up dialog to complete the installation. Figure 3.1.2.9 In a while, the following interface will appear, please select ““I have read and accept the license terms ”, and click “install”...
  • Page 16 3D Prototyping X1 figure3.1.2.10 10. Click “Finish” in the pop-up dialog, and the installation is successfully installed. . figure3.1.2.11...
  • Page 17 3D Prototyping X1 Click ”finish” in the follow dialog to exit the guide. figure3.1.2.12 Notice: if either of the below two interface appears, it means that the latest version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable operation environment has been installed.

  • Page 18: Program Registration

    3D Prototyping X1 figure3.1.2.14 3.2. Program registration 1. Open the CD, double-click the file [serial number].reg under CD root 2. Click “YES” in the pop-up dialog of “registry editor” figure3.2.1 3. click “OK” to finish registration. figure3.2.2...

  • Page 19: Install Printer

    3D Prototyping X1 Validate registration 1. Please press on the printer for 2.5 seconds to secure boot. 2. Choose “machine list” from “Main” . figure3.2.3 3. In the pop-up dialog of “machine information”, you can find information of port, serial number, register, and firmware version, etc.

  • Page 20: Connect Power Adapter And Usb Cable

    3D Prototyping X1 per the following steps. We secure the parts to protect them during transportation. When you receive the product, please loosen the rope, and take off the white cotton mat at the bottom, shown in figure 3.3.1. Please save the foam and bind the parts as we did in the event that you need to move or deliver the printer in the future.

  • Page 21: Install Printer

    3D Prototyping X1 figure3.3.1.1 A: Connect USB B: Connect AC-100-240V 3.3.2. Install printer First step: insert filament tube to the top two holes. One end to the hole in the extruder, and the other end to the filament holder. (Press the blue...

  • Page 22: Load Filament

    3D Prototyping X1 figure3.3.2.1 Second step: The Magnets makes it is easy to align the build plate, you just need to fit the two notches in the plate onto the platform. Figure 3.3.2.2 Third step, mounting the filament spool. Please note the direction.
  • Page 23 3D Prototyping X1 figure3.3.4.1 Load the filament into extruder by LCD panel (it can also be operated by the software) Turn on the printer by pressing 2.5 seconds。 On boot up, press to get shortcut menu figure3.3.4.2 iii. Press to start loading filament figure3.3.4.3...
  • Page 24 3D Prototyping X1 figure3.3.4.4 When the temperature is stabilized at the required temperature, the filament will keep loading, you can press , then to stop figure3.3.4.5...

  • Page 25: The Basic Functions Of Software

    3D Prototyping X1 4. The Basic Functions of Software Open the program “3dStart.exe”, the window shown in the following figure will pop up, some basic functions are as the follows. menus，②Function car，③caption bar，④shortcut guide， view ⑥status bar figure4 4.1. Menu Menu is used for new, open and save file.

  • Page 26: Function Area

    3D Prototyping X1 4.2. Function area Function bar contains two options, “Main” and “Setting”. MAIN The interface of “Main” is shown in the figure below, its function are as the follows. 1. Connect or disconnect with device. 2. Shutdown 3. Generate Gcode.

  • Page 27: Panel Area

    3D Prototyping X1 figure4.2.0.2 4.3. Panel Area Panel area contains “Control panel”, “Model panel”, and “shortcut folders”. Control panel You can only control the printer when software connecting with the printer under the “Ready” status. Click “Control Panel” at the bottom of panel area or click “Control Panel”...
  • Page 28 3D Prototyping X1 figure4.3.2 Shortcut folders “Shortcut folders” helps view STL models. It is very useful when there are many models saved. Once you choose the model from the left files, the model will be shown instantly at right View area.
  • Page 29 3D Prototyping X1 After loading the model, you can edit the model. Model panel contains “View”, “Move”, “Rotate”, “Scale” and “Mirror”. figure4.3.4 Move edit has the following modes, shown as the figure below. Before printing, please make sure the model is on the platform. Click “Bottom” to move the model onto the...
  • Page 30 3D Prototyping X1 figure4.3.5 Rotate edit has the following 3 modes. You can view the model from various angles through rotation.
  • Page 31 3D Prototyping X1 figure4.3.6 Scale edit has the following 2 modes. You can zoom the model through setting rate.
  • Page 32 3D Prototyping X1 figure4.3.7 Mirror edit has the following ways. It’s mainly used to design text.
  • Page 33 3D Prototyping X1 figure4.3.8...

  • Page 34: Information Bar

    3D Prototyping X1 4.4. Information Bar When running it will display some prompts in the information bar. 4.5. View Area View area is used to display model and the position in relation between the model and the printer platform. 4.6. Status Bar It is used to real-time display the current status.
  • Page 35 3D Prototyping X1 figure4.6.2 Ready figure4.6.3 Buiding...

  • Page 36: Print Steps

    3D Prototyping X1 5. Print Steps 1. Turn on the power, and connect USB cable. 2. Install the driver and print software according to the wizard. (Only need to do this once when connecting the printer to the same computer.) 3.
  • Page 37 3D Prototyping X1 figure5.3 7. Before generating GCode, edit the STL model through “Model Panel” to meet the demand. After editing the model, click “Save” to save the model. Note: make sure the model is on the print platform, or else you can’t go to next. You can click “Model”->”Move”->”Bottom”...
  • Page 38 3D Prototyping X1 b) Choose the configuration parameters in the window “GCode generator”. c) Click “Generating GCode”. figure5.5 Note: If the model has already generated a Gcode, when it generates GCode again it will over write the last generated Gcode.
  • Page 39 3D Prototyping X1 figure5.6 When Generating and loading Gcode are finished (If check “Auto load GCode Language” under the “Setting”), the printing time needed will appear in the interface. figure5.7 9. Start to print. There are two ways to print model, including online print and offline print.
  • Page 40 3D Prototyping X1 figure5.9 After printing, it will display “Build finished” in the status bar, shown as the figure below. figure5.10 figure5.11 Offline print 1) There are two ways to save the generated GCode to the SD card.. a) Use card reader to copy the Gcode to the SD card.
  • Page 41 3D Prototyping X1 b) Click “Main”-> “Save To SD”, and then a new window will pop up. Set the file name and click “Ok” in the window, it will start saving the file to the SD. This method omits the card reader, but it processes more slowly and will take more time to print.
  • Page 42 3D Prototyping X1 figure5.13 Select the file that you want to print by “ ” “ ”，and press OK to start print figure5.14 Note： ： ： ： Button “ ”can go back to top. You can also press it to cancel the current...

  • Page 43: Print Setting References

    3D Prototyping X1 6. Print setting preferences 6.1. Gcode generator setting figure6.11 Usually, only Print mode needs to be adjusted. We suggest to use the defaulted setting for printing, or, the extruder might get blocked with the filament. There are 4 options to set the print resolution between 0.15mm to 0.35mm per layer. The finer the layer, the better the quality, the stronger the printed part and the longer it takes to print.
  • Page 44 3D Prototyping X1 Support Mode None support：There is no support generated. Outside support：The support will be generated outside of the model Full support：There will be outside and internal support generated. Select add raft, there will be a model base generated.The raft helpf for good stability.
  • Page 45 3D Prototyping X1 Select Autostart Building to start printing automatically after generating Gcode file. Set the print speed Set the extrude speed Set the nozzle heating temperature Set the plateform heating temperature Set the layer thickness. Once the layer thickness is changed, the print speed and extrude speed will be adjusted relatively.
  • Page 46 3D Prototyping X1 Strip rate reflects the height between model and raft. If the layer thickness is 0.2mm, while the strip rate is 2, then the height between model and raft is 0.4mm When the slope angle is larger than this value, support will be generated, in general, the larger the angle, the less support.

  • Page 47: Extruder Control

    3D Prototyping X1 6.2. Extruder Control figure6.2.1 The printer can only Print in PLA. figure6.2.2 When the nozzle reaches the preset temperature, the printer will load filament automatically. figure6.2.3...
  • Page 48 3D Prototyping X1 figure6.2.4 figure6.2.5...

  • Page 49: Pause/Restart Printing

    3D Prototyping X1 figure6.2.6 6.3. Pause/restart printing figure6.3 Click PAUSE, the platform will move to a secure position, and the extruder control dialog box will pop up. You can operate on Material-IN, Material-Out or Material-Change.

  • Page 50: Set Z Axis Height

    3D Prototyping X1 6.4. set Z axis Height Note：this setting can be only operated on online status。 1、 “setting”->“set height”, the below dialog box will pop up 2、 click “Z homing” 3、 first choose “Uninterrupted”, click Z+ will make the platform move fast, and then choose “Fix move”1mm to make slight movement, making the platform moving close...

  • Page 51: Firmware Update

    3D Prototyping X1 6.5. Firmware Update 1、Click “open” to open the firmware file in .hex. figure6.4.1 figure6.4.2 2、Click “connect”->”machine list”, and select a printer in the pop up dialog of “machine information”(It doesn’t matter even if it can’t be connected, which is just to get a port) You...
  • Page 52 3D Prototyping X1 figure6.4.3 figure6.4.4 3、restart the printer power switch 4、 Please click “firmware update” in 5 seconds after the printer restarted. If update is failed, you need to operate again.
  • Page 53 3D Prototyping X1 figure6.4.5 5、there is process indication in right bottom when firmware update is finished. figure6.4.6 What firmware version is needed? Choose the version by printer serial number: ces01aik002: V-01-**.hex es02aik023: V-02-**.hex es04aik321: V-04-**.hex...

  • Page 54: Maintenance

    3D Prototyping X1 7. Maintenance 7.1. Changing the Material Loading, withdraw and change the filament by “E Tools” Note: the nozzle and print head is quite hot, so please wear the gloves during the operation. 7.2. Cleaning the Nozzle After being used several times, the nozzle will be covered with a layer of oxide material.
  • Page 55 3D Prototyping X1 Shown as Figure 7.4.2 Screws （ （ （ （ b） ） ） ） Screws Screws figure7.4.2 Set the nozzle temperature and platform temperature in the “Control Panel”->”Temperature”, then click “Set Temp” to start heating. Usually set the nozzle temperature as 180.0~200.0 (PLA) and the platform as 60.0 (PLA).
  • Page 56 3D Prototyping X1 figure7.4.4 5. Click “ ”from “platform Leveling” dialog box, and move the worktable to the corner (“bottom left” corner) which corresponding screw “（ （ （ （ a） ） ） ） ” 6. Click “ ”from “platform Leveling” dialog box to rise the worktable to highest point.

  • Page 57: Faq

    3D Prototyping X1 the height difference and adjust screw “(c)” to the same height as nozzle height (during the adjusting, maybe there is some space between worktable and nozzle, and it can be adjusted a little the height of worktable and nozzle using “Control Panel” ).

  • Page 58: Contact Us

    3D Prototyping X1 A、 Check the connection of the power cable and USB data cable, and check if the power button of the printer has been pressed. B、 Change the port. C、 Please try to connect again after the independent printing is finished.

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