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  • Page 1 Platte tekst Windows Version Full manual available in EN / NL / DE / FR from creatrhs.lpfrg.com...
  • Page 2 Follow us online! facebook.com/lpfrg twitter.com/Leapfrog_3D instagram.com/leapfrog_3d Sign up for our newsletter www.lpfrg.com...
  • Page 3 You are now officially part of The Ecosystem: the place where all Leapfrog 3D printer users gather to help each other and to interact with the Leapfrog 3D Printers support team. Here are a few valu- able tips on what you are able to find there.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of content Making your very first 3D print – Quick Print Guide Unpacking your Creatr HS and finding the right place for it Getting to know your printer Plugging in your Creatr HS Preheating the printer Loading filament Checking and adjusting the bed Printing Preparing for your next print Removing your print and replacing your print sticker...

  • Page 6: Making Your Very First 3D Print - Quick Print Guide

    1. Making your very first 3D print – Quick Print Guide We know you cannot wait to start 3D printing! In this guide we will take you on the easiest journey from box to print. This section contains the following information: Unpacking your Creatr HS and finding the right place for it Getting to know your printer Plugging in your Creatr HS...
  • Page 7 STEP 2: Pull off the tape from the plastic bag wrap on the top of the printer and push the plastic down and away from the printer. NOTE: Do not grab the Creatr HS by the top cover as this can damage it. Lift the machine from the bottom.
  • Page 8 The Creatr HS is compatible with a wide range of 1.75 mm filaments. All filaments provided by Leapfrog 3D Printers are of high quality and are thoroughly tested by us. For every filament, we also provide standard settings for Simplify3d (to be found in The Ecosystem).
  • Page 9 STEP 13: To go back to the main menu turn the button counter-clockwise. 1.6. Checking and adjusting the bed Each Creatr HS is carefully calibrated before it leaves Leapfrog 3D Printers’ headquarters. How- ever, during transport, calibration might get shifted. Calibration means that your extruder is at the correct distance from the bed to print smoothly, and that your bed is exactly levelled.

  • Page 10: Printing

    In the next paragraph you are going to start printing. During this print you can manually adjust the bed while printing. Check if the bed is levelled during the first 2 or 3 layers of the print and verify if the filament is adhering well to the bed.

  • Page 11: Preparing For Your Next Print

    2. Preparing for your next print In this chapter we will take you through the processes of preparing your printer for your next print. We will take you through the processes of replacing your print sticker, exchanging your filament and we will offer you to methods of calibrating your machine: manually and through using Simpli- fy3d.
  • Page 12 STEP 4: Apply the new sticker 2.2 Changing filament If you are ready to use a different role of filament for your next print, follow these steps to remove your current role of filament. STEP 1: Preheat your printer by selecting the preheat icon in your screen and pushing the button.

  • Page 13: Creating Your Own Printable File: From Stl To Gcode

    STL to print. 3.2 Installing Materialise Creatr The preferred software for your Leapfrog 3D printer is Materialise Creatr. This software package prepares your 3D part into machine instructions for your 3D printer. Materialise Creatr is not sold separately but bundled together with your 3D-Printer.
  • Page 14 Installation of the software • Download the latest installer of the Creatr software on the Leapfrog website: http://support.lpfrg.com/support/home • Run the installer • Now the software is successfully installed so you can press the Finish button • Select the printer you want to use with the software and press the Add button •...
  • Page 15 Registration of the software • Open the Registration Wizard in the Creatr software by pushing the tool icon. When installing the software for the first time this will happen automatically when you start the Creatr software. •Select the License Option and click next TIP: For more detailed info, please revert to the Materialise Creatr Manual via http://support.lpfrg.com/support/home Creating your own printable file: from STL to gcode...
  • Page 16 Make sure you have your voucher code ready. • In the licensed software solutions section fill in your voucher code you received from Leapfrog and press the submit button. Creating your own printable file: from STL to gcode...
  • Page 17 • Fill in your system ID from your computer that is provided by the registration wizard into system ID field on the password website and your email address and press the next button. Creating your own printable file: from STL to gcode...
  • Page 18 • Check the registration details and press the request password button • Save the license key on your computer by clicking the download button Creating your own printable file: from STL to gcode...
  • Page 19 • Browse for the license key you stored on your computer in the previous step and press the next button • Your license key is registered successfully and your software is ready to use. Press finish button the exit the registration wizard. Enjoy the software Creating your own printable file: from STL to gcode...
  • Page 20 3.3 Creatr software overview When you launch Creatr, you will arrive on the Information Page. To start working: Click the Platform flow button and select New to choose your 3D-Printer Click the Part flow button and choose Import to load your STL-file Click the Position flow button if you want to translate, rotate, rescale or duplicate your part(s) Click the Analyze button to check if your loaded parts are buildable or not...
  • Page 21 • New empty platform • Import existing file • Unload platform contents • Save platform Import platform Leapfrog Builder File (.LBF) Import part Creatr is based on the STL-file format which is the 3D-Printing Industry’s stan- dard data format. An STL file is a triangu- lar representation of a 3D object.
  • Page 22 Position Press Position to change the orientation, scale, and position of a part. Positioning options: • Translate • Rotate • Bottom/top • Rescale • Duplicate • Automatic placement Translate The translate operation allows you to interactively move a part (or a group of selected parts) to another position.
  • Page 23 Rotate As with Translate, grab one of the circles to interactively rotate about the chosen axis. Grab the blue circle to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the active viewpoint. You can also change your part selection during operation. Use the Enable Snapping checkbox to move parts in defined increments.
  • Page 24 Rescale The Rescale function gives you the ability to change the dimensions of a part as a whole or in only certain specified dimensions. The Rescale Factor is a multiplying value for the dimensions in that direction. When the factor is 1, no rescaling is performed, when the factor is 2, size is doubled.
  • Page 25 Analyze The Analyze Scene function allows you to easily diagnose all parts on the active scene for errors. This function will show a green thumb-up when all parts are ready to build and a red thumb down when some of your parts contain errors and need fixing . It will also give the user information about the thickness of the walls in the parts on the build platform.
  • Page 26 Submit a job Select the Job Type • 3D print (direct) • Print to File (USB) Provide a Job Name Select Preferences to set the printer prop- erties Print settings of the platform • How should the parts be printed? •...
  • Page 27 3.5 Profile Editor The profile editor allows the user to setup and manage the print and printer parameters. These parameters are grouped into logical sections called profiles. Each profile has a parameter list attached to it that allow to make settings to the way the build processor behaves.
  • Page 28 • Material density: here the user can set the density of the filament in order to calculate the consumed material during a print In the section below we will discuss the materials that Leapfrog 3D Printers offer and give you a general idea on how to use them.
  • Page 29 Hybrid ‘Hybrid’ is high in strength and toughness, extremely suitable for printing moving parts since it has an improved temperature resistance. This also means Hybrid has to be printed on a higher temperature to reach the right viscosity. It is a high strength engineering plastic which is also food safe (FDA approved).
  • Page 30 Support Strategy Support material is added during the printing process in order to support the overhanging parts of your design. Both the objects in the image are not printable without support (as some of the angles are more than 45 degrees). If you would print these designs without sup- port material, the print material would just fall on the bed.
  • Page 31 Support options • Enabled: here the user can activate the support generation function • Add border: here the user can activate the generation of a border around the support structure. • Z-offset: here the user can set an additional offset on the layer height used to print the support structure.
  • Page 32 3.6 Configure Printer • Status: here the user can see what the status is off the communication with the machine • Part: here the user can set which communication port on the PC will be used for com munication with the printer. •...
  • Page 33 On the preference tab in the configure printer window the user can setup less frequently changing settings of the printer configuration like: • Nozzle usage: here the user can select which nozzle will be used on the printer. • Material loaded on a nozzle: here the user can set the material linked to the nozzle. •...

  • Page 34: Frequently Asked Questions

    4. Frequently Asked Questions Although our instructions in this manual are of course highly brilliant ;-) we can imagine that you run into some questions while you are printing. This section of the manual is devoted to that. Note that you can find much more help and support in The Ecosystem, which you can access through creatrhs.lpfrg.com/.

  • Page 35: What Should I Do When I Cannot Get My Filament To Go Through The Filament

    4.5 Where do I go with my other questions? As a Leapfrog 3D printer owner, you are now officially part of The Ecosystem: the place where all Leapfrog 3D printer users gather to help each other and to interact with the Leapfrog 3D Printers support team.

  • Page 36: Glossary Of 3D Printing Vocabulary

    5. Glossary of 3D printing vocabulary 5.1 3D printing vocabulary Slicing what?! We know that the vocabulary of 3D printing may be quite new to you. That’s why we are proving you with a short glossary below. Extruder The extruders of your Creatr HS can be found in your printhead. They handle the feeding and ex- truding of the filaments.
  • Page 37 Hot end The heated portion of the extruder mechanism, which gets hot enough to melt plastic (or potential- ly other materials). The hot end used in the Creatr HS can withstand temperatures of up to about 270 °C. (Heated) Print bed A build surface that is warmed in order to keep the base of an extruded part from cooling (and shrinking) too quickly.

  • Page 38: Getting To Know Your Printer

    5.2 Getting to know your printer The Creatr HS positioned at the back of the printer Glossary of 3D printing vocabulary...
  • Page 39 1. Printing head and extruders 2. Filament guiding tubes 3. Filament drive unit 5. Print bed 6. Print bed levelling knobs 4. Axes 7. Display 8. Quick release knob 9. USB port for USB stick (front) 10. USB port for computer (back) 11.
  • Page 40 Leapfrog 3D Printers H. Kamerlingh Onnesweg 10 PO Box 252 2408 AW Alphen aan den Rijn The Netherlands T +31 (0)172 503 625 W www.lpfrg.com E info@lpfrg.com Making your very first 3D print – Quick Print Guide © Leapfrog 3D Printers...

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