a5:mesh-bed-levelling-routine
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| a5:mesh-bed-levelling-routine [2018/04/23 22:29] – [After Performing Mesh Bed Levelling] samuelpinches | a5:mesh-bed-levelling-routine [2018/11/04 03:55] – [Mesh Bed Levelling via LCD] samuelpinches | ||
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| ===== Mesh Bed Levelling ===== | ===== Mesh Bed Levelling ===== | ||
| Mesh bed levelling allows you to level the bed at as many points as you would like to, in a grid. This allows you to get perfect first layer height anywhere on the large bed - and it does not matter if it is warped or not! | Mesh bed levelling allows you to level the bed at as many points as you would like to, in a grid. This allows you to get perfect first layer height anywhere on the large bed - and it does not matter if it is warped or not! | ||
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| DaHai has an [[https:// | DaHai has an [[https:// | ||
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| Next, perform the following steps: | Next, perform the following steps: | ||
| - | - Download and install [[https:// | + | - Download and install [[https:// |
| - Open pronterface, | - Open pronterface, | ||
| - Connect to the printer using baud-rate 250000, and using the correct Serial/COM port for your printer. | - Connect to the printer using baud-rate 250000, and using the correct Serial/COM port for your printer. | ||
| - Pre-heat the bed to the printing temperature you normally use. | - Pre-heat the bed to the printing temperature you normally use. | ||
| - The bed will warp depending on temperature, | - The bed will warp depending on temperature, | ||
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| + | === FAQ: What is GCode? === | ||
| + | Gcode is just the language for the instructions that the printer follows to perform a print. Cura or your slicer, simply translates the STL file into the GCode that the printer run on. Pronterface allows us a way to send individual GCode commands one by one, and this is the way we can communicate to the printer, and perform procedures like this one. | ||
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| ==== How To Perform Mesh Bed Levelling ===== | ==== How To Perform Mesh Bed Levelling ===== | ||
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| If you want to check the mesh that you have produced, you can use the command "G29 S0" to print a mesh report to the command line history window. | If you want to check the mesh that you have produced, you can use the command "G29 S0" to print a mesh report to the command line history window. | ||
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| + | ====Mesh Bed Levelling via LCD==== | ||
| + | If you have installed both the [[a5: | ||
| + | - Go the more menu. | ||
| + | - Press "mesh bed levelling" | ||
| + | - Use the "mesh up and down" buttons until the desired gap is correct. | ||
| + | - Press the "next point" button to go the next point. | ||
| + | - Repeat this until all the points have been levelled. | ||
| + | - After the last point is completed, when you press the "next point" button, the head will return to the home position. | ||
| + | - Press the "Save EEPROM" | ||
| + | - Don't forget to add M420 S1 to your [[: | ||
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| ==== More Info ==== | ==== More Info ==== | ||
| For more information on the mesh bed levelling process and options, please see the [[http:// | For more information on the mesh bed levelling process and options, please see the [[http:// | ||
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