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MiiCraft 3D Printer User Manual

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MiiCraft
3D Printer
User Guide
Version 1.1
Hello!
Thank you for your interest and support in purchasing our MiiCraft 3D
Printer. We hope our MiiCraft 3D Printer is just what you needed for your
application and interest. Should you have any additional questions, please
feel free to email us at
Sincerely,
MiiCraft Team
service@miicraft.com

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Summary of Contents for MiiCraft 3D Printer

  • Page 1 Hello! Thank you for your interest and support in purchasing our MiiCraft 3D Printer. We hope our MiiCraft 3D Printer is just what you needed for your application and interest. Should you have any additional questions, please feel free to email us at service@miicraft.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    4.2 Unique RGBMASK file placement ....................5 5 Hardware Setup ............................6 5.1 Install Trigger Driver ........................6 5.2 Connect MiiCraft 3D Printer to PC ....................6 5.3 Install Arduino Mega Driver......................6 6 System Setup ..............................7 6.1 Display Check ............................ 7 6.2 Turn off Power Saving Functions ....................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1 Introduction This guide is created to provide you with basic understanding of system requirement, setup instructions and operating procedure for your MiiCraft 3D Printer. This guide will cover the following topics. Should you have any additional questions, please feel free to email us at service@miicraft.com...

  • Page 4: Package Content

    MiiCraft 3D Printer User Guide Rays Optics Inc. 2 Package Content 2.1 Handling Instructions  During transportation of the unit. Always have at least one hand to support the bottom area of the 3D Printer. Page 2...

  • Page 5: System Requirements

     Windows XP and Windows 7 Operating System  Mac OS and Linux PC are not yet supported 3.2 Software  MiiCraft Suite is Open Source software based on Python. It requires installation of Python 2.x  The MiiCraftSetupVxx.zip has three components o Sources folder –...

  • Page 6: Software Installations

     Sources folder – the source code and prerequisites software  python-2.6.6.msi – Python setup program  setup.py – MiiCraft Suite setup program Step 2: Install Python  Move mouse pointer to python-2.6.6.msi and double click to execute setup program.

  • Page 7: Unique Rgbmask File Placement

    MiiCraft 3D Printer User Guide Rays Optics Inc. 4.2 Unique RGBMASK file placement  Each MiiCraft 3D Printer have a “unique” CorrectRGB_MASK.png file that will be provided to you via email.  After above installation is complete, copy and paste the CorrectRGB_MASK.png...

  • Page 8: Hardware Setup

    Rays Optics Inc. 5 Hardware Setup Warning: All Drivers must be installed “BEFORE” connecting MiiCraft 3D Printer to Computer 5.1 Install Trigger Driver  Download MiiCraftsetup.zip from link provided in your shipment confirmation email  Unzip MiiCraftSetup.zip to a temporary directory, eg. C:\temp ...

  • Page 9: System Setup

     Screen Saver needs to be turned off during 3D printing.  Make sure your PC will not go into “hibernate” or “sleep” mode during 3D Printing Warning: 3D Printer process will FAIL if the screen saver is active during 3D Printing operation Page 7...

  • Page 10: Unit Operations

    MiiCraft 3D Printer User Guide Rays Optics Inc. 7 Unit Operations 7.1 Launch MiiCraft Suite  Double click on MiiCraftSuiteVxx  Follow the steps and launch the individual sub-programs to start Printing process  It is recommended that user close each individual program once finish using it.

  • Page 11: Miicraft Modeler

     Click on Modeler in MiiCraft Suite Vxx  Load your STL file in the model by clicking “Read STL”  The grid shown in the Modeler is the X-Y Plane printable area for MiiCraft 3D Printer  All model needs to stay within this boundary...
  • Page 12 MiiCraft 3D Printer User Guide Rays Optics Inc.  Modeler Functions Scale the model Load STL Model Reload Last Saved STL Model Center Model to XY plane Save STL Model Zero the Model to X-Y Plane Warning: You must save STL model before proceeding to Slicer program regardless if there’s any changes to the model.

  • Page 13: Miicraft Slicer

     You have the option of X, Y and Z plane of the model  Set layer thickness in mm Note: At this moment, MiiCraft 3D Printer only support layer thickness of “0.1mm” or “0.05mm” User can try to print at thinner layer thickness but we cannot guarantee Printed model performance ...

  • Page 14: Miicraft Checker

    The filled portion in the image is the part of the indented in the model design o Make sure there’s always some overlap between the filled portion in the previous image  MiiCraft Checker – Single image mode  MiiCraft Checker – Two image mode (overlapped image will be in pink color) Page 12...

  • Page 15: Miicraft Printer Control

    Once clicked, please pay attention to LED light on Printer. It will flash once after connection is established. (connection can take from 2sec to 10sec) Note: If application cannot automatically find MiiCraft 3D Printer, please make sure the device driver has been installed.  Load the image index file (***.idx), which is located in the “output”...
  • Page 16 It is important external monitor display is setup properly for MiiCraft 3D Printer to function correctly. 3D Printer process will FAIL if the screen saver is active during 3D Printing operation. A example of setting USB Display Start X...
  • Page 17 MiiCraft 3D Printer User Guide Rays Optics Inc. Note: The initial value of all the Config options are defined in C:\MiiCrafte\MiiCraftSuite.ini Any changes modification made from the Printer Control will not modify the initial value. If you want to modify the initial value, please directly edit the file.

  • Page 18: Printed Model Cleaning

    7.6 Printed Model Cleaning  The printed model will be attached to the “Pick” once it is finish printing  Remove the Pick from MiiCraft 3D Printer by lifting the Black handle bar securing it upwards  Clean the excess resin via rising it with Alcohol...

  • Page 19: Post Curing

    MiiCraft 3D Printer User Guide Rays Optics Inc. 7.7 Post Curing  Before loading the model into MiiCraft Post Curing device, user need to “fold” the Pick Handles downwards toward the model  Load the folded Pick into MiiCraft Post Curing device ...

  • Page 20: Test Print

    8 Test Print 8.1 Print Sample Model (Optional)  Double-click c:\MiiCraft\MiiCraftPrinter_V03.py  From Menu, select Connect-> Auto Search and Connect to connect to the 3D Printer  From Menu, select File-> Open Image Index File, then browse C:\MiiCraft\sample\Hexball\Hexball.idx  Click on "Initialize" button, the stage will move up to the HOME position.

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