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post your gcode: attach the file then click the "place inline" button.

Not sure how to set up Craftware. It installed to the PC, looked for a printer that wasn't there, and promptly did nothing else. Seems Craftware merged with CraftPrint. Or I downloaded Wrong Things. Which seems more likely.

If you want help, post the gcode/slicer settings or something useful.

No. I'm frustrated and this thread is just serving to piss me off more.

cool, good luck.

Did you ever try KISSslicer? If not, why not? It doesn't have all of this "looked for a printer that wasn't there" crap. All it does is slice. Then you can either put on an SD card to print or use your favorite host application (MatterControl, Repetier, OctoPrint, blah blah) to print. You seem to be running around in circles and not actually doing what we suggest - or if you are, you are not telling us the results. You claim to be consistent but from where I sit, I do not see any evidence of that.

Slaintemaith wrote:Not sure how to set up Craftware. It installed to the PC, looked for a printer that wasn't there, and promptly did nothing else. Seems Craftware merged with CraftPrint. Or I downloaded Wrong Things. Which seems more likely.

Let me try to reiterate something in a slightly different manner.

3D printing is only as complicated as the toolchain you use to 3D print.

Programs that can be implemented into a 3D printing toolchain come in several different flavors and serve several different purposes.

The toolchain programs come in 3 different forms from development of a model to a 3D printed object.

First and foremost, you have a 3D modeling program, such as Blender, AutoCAD, TinkerCAD, or any of a great many others. This step is what defines your STL/OBJ file and is the actual virtual object which you wish to slice and print.

This brings us to our next step in the toolchain, the SLICER. This is a completely separate program from a Printer Host program, which will be spoke of next in the toolchain. Slicers are what take the coordinate points generated within an STL/OBJ and generate a usable Gcode file which contains ALL the necessary data to print using your 3D printer. At this point in the toolchain, you are READY TO PRINT.

Now, this is the set of programs which trips most people up, so please do not feel frustrated. Printer Host programs are merely a middleman, through which you can send Gcode to your printer using your Computer's USB port. These programs most often come packaged with engines ripped from full-fledged slicing programs, with lesser control over slicing parameters than their full-fledged slicing program. Popular Printer Host programs include Mattercontrol, Repetier-Host, CraftPrint, PronterFace, and quite a few others.

In the case of the Rostock Max V2 (and the rest of the RoMax series for that matter), they come pre-equipped with their LCD display, which is also a method of administering Gcode DIRECTLY to the printer's RAMBo through an SD card interface.

What many of us are suggesting that you do, is to remove the middle-man of a Printing Host program, by installing a separate slicing program, and disconnecting your 3D printer's USB cable. You would then import your model into a slicer (such as Craftware, KISSlicer, or many of the others), set the parameters of your printer within the program, usually by finding a "Preferences" menu of some sort, or in the case of Cura, the options are in a left-hand tool-panel and slicing occurs in real-time as you make adjustments to your model (unless you specify otherwise in preferences).

Myself and mhackney (Or Michael as many of us affectionately refer to him here), and many other members not chiming in here, have done our own personal, extensive research into slicers, understanding that each individual slicer has its own strengths and weaknesses.

I will equate the situation of finding a slicer much to that of finding a beer that you really enjoy. You may get lucky and enjoy a great many beers for different flavors and reasons, but then again, you may find a group of beers that you absolutely refuse to drink. To that analogy, you will have to do some of your own experimenting with different slicers and their settings to find out which slicer you prefer, and what slicer will print the way you wish it to.

I have posted a configuration for my Rostock with mostly stock settings in Craftware.

Also below is a screenshot showing you which file to download to install Craftware. It comes with CraftPrint as a separte Printer Host program.

Here is a link to a Craftware User Manual on their website which will help get you started with their slicer. One of the first things you will need to do is change the bed to circular by changing the "options" on the bottom-right hand side.