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a5:printing-profiles [2018/03/22 19:52] โ€“ [Slicer Setup] samuelpinchesa5:printing-profiles [2019/04/30 08:00] โ€“ S3D Profiles cs2000
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 ==== Slicer Setup ==== ==== Slicer Setup ====
-A slicer is what takes your 3D file (STL, OBJ), and turns it into a series of movement commands (G-Code) that the printer's motherboard knows how to execute. The JGAurora A5/A3S come with a piece of software called JGCreat. This appears to be a rebadged version of Cura from around a year ago. +A slicer is what takes your 3D file (STL, OBJ), and turns it into a series of movement commands (G-Code) that the printer's motherboard knows how to execute. The JGAurora A5/A3S come with a piece of software called [[:jgcreat|JGCreat]]. This is a rebadged version of Cura from around a year ago. 
  
-**We recommend you download the [[https://ultimaker.com/en/products/cura-software/list|latest version of Cura]] instead of using JGCreat.**+**We recommend you download the [[https://ultimaker.com/en/products/cura-software/list|latest version of Cura]] instead of using [[:jgcreat|JGCreat]].**
  
 You can setup a current version of Cura by selecting the "custom machine" option, and entering the following machine settings, as seen here: You can setup a current version of Cura by selecting the "custom machine" option, and entering the following machine settings, as seen here:
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 Source: [[https://github.com/ceakins/3d-Printer-Profiles/blob/master/cura/JGAuora-A5-Printer_Settings.png|here]].  Source: [[https://github.com/ceakins/3d-Printer-Profiles/blob/master/cura/JGAuora-A5-Printer_Settings.png|here]]. 
  
 +==== Copying settings from JGCreat to Cura ====
 +If you want to use Cura, but keep the JGCreat printing profiles, then follow the following steps to copy across the profiles:
 +  - Make sure both [[:jgcreat|JGCreat]] and [[https://ultimaker.com/en/products/cura-software/list|latest version of Cura]] are installed, but that both are closed and not running.
 +  - In File Explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files\JGcreat 2.5.0\resources\definitions 
 +  - Copy all the files in there. These files all end in ".json".
 +  - In File Explorer navigate to C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 3.1\resources\definitions
 +  - Paste the copied files.
 +  - Start Cura up and click settings --> printer --> add printer
 +  - Choose your JGAurora printer from the menu (should look like image below - click to enlarge).
 +  - Easy :-)  
 +Thanks to Steve Wagg for this tip!
 +
 +{{ :a5:jgcreat_to_cura.jpg |}}
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 +====Starting & Ending GCode ====
 +You will notice two text boxes in the machine settings. These contain GCode commands that are run at the very start and end of the print. See this article on [[:start-and-end-gcode|starting and ending GCode]] for more information.
  
 ==== Printing Profiles ==== ==== Printing Profiles ====
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 You can setup IdeaMaker with the A5 printer, by using these machine settings [[https://github.com/ceakins/3d-Printer-Profiles/blob/master/ideaMaker/JGAuora-A5-Printer-Settings.png|here]]. More printing settings can be downloaded [[https://github.com/ceakins/3d-Printer-Profiles/tree/master/ideaMaker/Material-Templates/JGAuora/A-5|here]]. You can setup IdeaMaker with the A5 printer, by using these machine settings [[https://github.com/ceakins/3d-Printer-Profiles/blob/master/ideaMaker/JGAuora-A5-Printer-Settings.png|here]]. More printing settings can be downloaded [[https://github.com/ceakins/3d-Printer-Profiles/tree/master/ideaMaker/Material-Templates/JGAuora/A-5|here]].
 Source: Charles Eakins @ https://github.com/ceakins/3d-Printer-Profiles/tree/master/ideaMaker Source: Charles Eakins @ https://github.com/ceakins/3d-Printer-Profiles/tree/master/ideaMaker
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 +==== Simplify3D====
 +Simplify3D is perhaps one of the best paid slicers out there, i would recommend setting your machine up yourself to learn the software, but if you want to just get printing, grab my FFF profiles from the link below. [[https://github.com/cs2000/JGAurora-A5-S3D-Profiles|FFF Profiles Link]].
 +Source: Cs2000
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