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printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 3:22 pm
by johnf9838
On a new Rostock Max machine, it is all working fine and was able to slice and print a few models. The issue is that if the object is not symmetrical it will print with the mirror image on the X-Axis. Have looked high and low for how to invert the axis, but cannot tell if it should be on the Slicer3D side or the physical machine. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 4:20 pm
by Eaglezsoar
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:49 am
by johnf9838
Thanks for the info, but, where can I find this config file. I have searched the entire hard drive and cannot find it. I think I'm typing the incorrect name, between configuration.h or config.h. I would thought that this would be a menu item to do these changes.
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:41 am
by geneb
If you send "g28" and it homes correctly (all three axes move up to hit the limit switches), you don't have an axis reversed.
How could you have gotten any printing done without calibrating the machine?
g.
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:05 pm
by johnf9838
g
That is my quandary. The whole thing prints , homes and moves correctly, beautifully. So the question is still how to get the image to print as brought into Slicer3D?, not reversing the x co-ordinates. As it stands, a plus X, moves the extruder away from the X-Post. A plus Y, moves the extruder towards the Y post, and the Z is going up.
What Am I missing? But I don't thing the machine is at fault.
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:29 pm
by geneb
Check your Slic3r configuration and make sure it matches the manual. Note that if you don't know where "configuration.h" is found, you still haven't finished calibrating your printer.
g.
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:12 pm
by foshon
Switch a pair of wires on the mirrored axis and then reverse the direction in the firmware .
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:49 pm
by geneb
NO!
If the machine is homing in the correct direction on all axes, then there's not a thing wrong with the wiring or the direction configuration in the firmware!
g.
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:27 pm
by lordbinky
Since I'm still waiting on my board *twiddles thumbs*, I held my tongue since my real experience is still at the 0 mark while my imaginary experience is quite awesome.
From what my eyes say to my brain, it sounds like something isn't set to a delta or rostock. The slicer program seems a very likely culprit as geneb suggested since manual commands work fine. Which makes me curious, what do using other slicers result in?
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:49 pm
by foshon
geneb wrote:NO!
If the machine is homing in the correct direction on all axes, then there's not a thing wrong with the wiring or the direction configuration in the firmware!
g.
Genes right, silly idea.
Edit: Eating crow
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:17 am
by geneb
/me hands Foshon the mustard.
g.
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:06 pm
by Eaglezsoar
Foshon could use the mustard to flavor the crow!
Re: printing with x axis fliped
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:25 am
by foshon
If you haven't done it yet download Arduino:
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Then download SMCNC's repetier firmware:
https://github.com/seemecnc/RepetierMAX ... master.zip
Use Arduino to open up the repetier.ino file in the repetier folder. Upload the firmware. Out of the box this should fix your issue if it is software related.