The user may not do:
If you hold the cursor over a setting you get a description of the setting and its effect.
Intent Profiles:
The extruder setup in Blade should be the same as on the machine. If there is more than one physical machine, then there shall be for each physical machine a virtual representative in Blade. For example it is possible to add two ONEs with different extruder setups. These will be saved locally on the user's computer and can not be easily transferred to another computer. Extruders can be enabled and disabled by right clicking on the extruder in the extruder menu.
As a difference compared to Blade 2.2.1 and below, extruders don't need to be disabled to function properly with single extrusion, beside the fact, that you need to change support and adhesion extruder to the extruder you want to use.
When Blade is opened for the first time, you are asked to add a printer. Additional printers can be added later
custom profile saves changes to the current default settings. A star next to the name of the profile indicates changed settings. You can save these changes into your own profile. Also the current layer height, from the current profile will be saved in this new profile, but can also be changed afterwards.
After the profile is saved, it is placed below the default profiles section. You can also update your custom profile with additional changes.
If you go to "Manage Profiles", you can also see the changes you made. There are global and specific extruder settings.
These profiles are only available in your added machine and thus for all extruders and materials.
Profiles can also be exported and imported.
If you want to add your own none BigRep material, you can do so by going to the manage material page (Material → Manage Materials...)
This window shows the generic materials on which the BigRep materials are based on. You can duplicate one of these files or create a new one. It is recommended to duplicate the material if you have one which is basically the same as one of our materials (a different kind of PLA for example). Please be aware that when you copy a material you also copy all settings. Some materials are not compatible to all extruders, this can not be changed!
When you have created your own material, you can change some settings, like the displayed name or brand, but also color, density (which is used for calculating the used material) and filament diameter (which is mostly 2.85 mm and used for calculating the right amount of extruded material).
The current displayed print settings are the ones for the currently selected extruder and can be changed for each extruder separately (you have to close the window, change the extruder and than going back again, same for printers). Only a few material related settings can be changed here. If you want to change more settings you have to create a custom profile (see above).
Support Blockers prevent support within their volume.
Why it should be usedUsually, support is placed on all surfaces with an angle higher than the support angle (overhang).
Sometimes this is not necessary and should be blocked, for example:
Firstly, it is necessary to load/import a model. The following icon (contained in the toolbar on the left) can be selected if the model is active:
Both extruders must be enabled.
Good to know:
There are some additional constraints which come along when you print something, and which will reduce the maximal possible printable size of parts.
There are some additional constraints which come along when you print something, and which will reduce the maximal possible printable size of parts.
You must disable "Extruder 1" to activate "Tandem Mode".
Then you can select "Enable Tandem Mode" under the "Special Modes" settings menu.
Important: The build plate will only be refreshed when a model is imported.
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