Fred's RCL i4
- 1.Open Cura LE
- 2.Go to Settings > Printers > Add printer
- 3.Click Other (see figure 1)
- 4.Click "Custom" then "Custom FDM Printer" then click Add Printer (see figure 2)
- 5.Click Add Printer
- 6.Enter Machine Setting config noted below
- 1.Follow the Green Boxes
- 2.Printer Tab
- 1.Configure Printer (see figure 3.1)
- 2.Enter custom start Gcode (see figure 3.2)
- 3.Enter custom end Gcode (See figure 3.3)
- 3.Hot End Tab
- 1.Configure Hotend (see figure 4)
- 7.Click Finish
figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3.1
Custom Start Gcode - Figure 3.2
;This profile is designed specifically for RCLi4 3D Printer
;Basic slice data:
;Sliced at: {day} {date} {time}
;Layer height: {layer_height}
;Walls: {wall_thickness}
;Fill: {fill_density}
;Estimated Print time: {print_time}
;Filament used: {filament_amount}m {filament_weight}g
;Filament cost: {filament_cost}
G21
G90
M82
G92 E0 ; set extruder position to 0
M140 S60 ; get bed heated up
G0 Z15 ; make sure nozzle is raised before homing
G28 X0Y0 ; home X and Y
G1 X160 Y225 F1000 ; move to safe homing position above button
M109 R170 ; soften filament for z homing
G28 Z0 ; home Z
M104 S160 ; wipe temp
G1 E-30 F100 ; suck up 30mm of filament
G1 Z15 ; move above button
G1 X125 Y223 F3000 ; move above wiper pad
G1 Z4.7 ; push nozzle into wiper
G1 X120 Y224 F1000 ; slow wipe
G1 X115 Y224 F1000 ; slow wipe
G1 X110 Y224 F1000 ; slow wipe
G1 X115 Y221 F1000 ; slow wipe
G1 X105 Y224 F1000 ; slow wipe
G1 X120 Y221 F1000 ; slow wipe
G1 X100 Y224 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X90 Y221 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X95 Y224 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X85 Y221 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X80 Y224 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X75 Y221 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X65 Y224 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X70 Y221 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X60 Y224 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X65 Y221 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X95 Y224 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X55 Y221 Z5.7 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X60 Y224 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X50 Y222 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X55 Y221 F2000 ; fast wipe
G1 X50 Y222 Z5.2 F1000 ; slow wipe
G1 X48 Y224 F1000 ; slow wipe
G1 Z15 ; raise extruder
M109 R160 ; heat to probe temp
G1 X0 Y0 ; move above probe
M204 S100 ; set accel for probing
G29 ; probe sequence (for auto-leveling)
M204 S500 ; set accel back to normal
G0 Z15
G0 X260
G4 S1 ; pause
M117 Heating... ; LCD status message
M140 S{print_bed_temperature}; get bed heating up
M109 R{print_temperature} ; set extruder temp and wait
M190 R{print_bed_temperature}; get bed temping up during first layer
G1 Z2 E0 F75 ; extrude filament back into nozzle
M117 RCLi4 Printing... ; LCD status message
Custom End Gcode - Figure 3.3
;End GCode
M104 S0 ;extruder heater off
M140 S0 ;heated bed heater off (if you have it)
G91 ;relative positioning
G1 E-1 F300 ;retract the filament a bit before lifting the nozzle, to release some of the pressure
G1 Z+0.5 E-5 X-20 Y-20 F{travel_speed} ;move Z up a bit and retract filament even more
G28 X0 Y0 ;move X/Y to min endstops, so the head is out of the way
M84 ;steppers off
G90 ;absolute positioning
;{profile_string}
Figure 4
Last modified 2yr ago