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HI - I am a retired CNC machine shop owner and my daughter thought that I needed something to do, so, I received a 3D printer for my birthday last week. I hadn't thought that it was something that I really needed, but the more that I've gotten into it - the more I think that maybe I do!
At this point, I have spent most of my time renewing my CAD modeling skills (it's been a while) and I've printed a few sample open source things that I picked up from OnShape's web site. Here is my problem - on my CNC mills I had a "floating zero", that is, I could set my zero point anywhere on the bed of the machine and program in any of the four quadrants around that zero point. I assume that machine zero on my printer (a new X-one from QIDI) is the front left hand corner of the support plate (designated as the "Home" position) and all commands to it are X+ and Y+. All of that is fine, my question is - how do I offset the start point of the print? Several of the files that I have downloaded are attempting to print beyond the edge of the support plate. All I want to do is move the start point over an inch or so, but I can't find a way to do it in the Cura software. There is, under preferences - Build Plate Adhesion, a check box that reads "Extruder Prime X Position" and a similar one for "Y". I checked those, but I still don't see any place where I can change the start point of the print.
Thank you, in advance, for your help. I'm looking forward to this new adventure!
Setting Zero
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HI - I am a retired CNC machine shop owner and my daughter thought that I needed something to do, so, I received a 3D printer for my birthday last week. I hadn't thought that it was something that I really needed, but the more that I've gotten into it - the more I think that maybe I do!
At this point, I have spent most of my time renewing my CAD modeling skills (it's been a while) and I've printed a few sample open source things that I picked up from OnShape's web site. Here is my problem - on my CNC mills I had a "floating zero", that is, I could set my zero point anywhere on the bed of the machine and program in any of the four quadrants around that zero point. I assume that machine zero on my printer (a new X-one from QIDI) is the front left hand corner of the support plate (designated as the "Home" position) and all commands to it are X+ and Y+. All of that is fine, my question is - how do I offset the start point of the print? Several of the files that I have downloaded are attempting to print beyond the edge of the support plate. All I want to do is move the start point over an inch or so, but I can't find a way to do it in the Cura software. There is, under preferences - Build Plate Adhesion, a check box that reads "Extruder Prime X Position" and a similar one for "Y". I checked those, but I still don't see any place where I can change the start point of the print.
Thank you, in advance, for your help. I'm looking forward to this new adventure!
N Dion