Cupcake Skeinforge Usage
Using Skeinforge With A Makerbot Cupcake
This page is for capturing the subtle nuances of slicing and rafting fabjects for printing on a Makerbot Cupcake.
Wherever possible, all settings should be explained, related, compared and contrasted using a printable fabject like the Printing Testpart for RepRap Machines.
For information on how to tune Skeinforge for your particular Makerbot, check out this page: Configuring Skeinforge.
Default Skeinforge Settings From Scratch
- Put a usable set of default skeinforge settings here as set from the UI to future-proof against changes in .skeinforge directory structure, file format, etc.
- Current values pulled from Skeinforge UI shipped with ReplicatorG 0005 with skeinforge_makerbot.zip unpacked in ~/.skeinforge.
MakerBot Skeinforge Settings ZIP file
- You can download the skeinforge_makerbot_visible.zip file instead of manually entering the settings from this page. The zip file will expand to a directory that is visible in the Finder, hence the filename skeinforge_makerbot_visible.zip. It is identical in all other respects to the original skeinforge_makerbot.zip. These settings are for skeinforge-0005.
Analyze
Description
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Settings
- Behold
- Activate Behold: no
- Skeinview
- Activate Skeinview: yes
- Draw Arrows: yes
- Go Around Extruder Off Travel: no
- Pixels over Extrusion Width (ratio): 10.0
- Screen Horizontal Inset (pixels): 100
- Screen Vertical Inset (pixels): 100
- Vectorwrite
- Activate Vectorwrite: no
- Comment
- Activate Comment: no
- Statistic
- Activate Statistic: yes
- Print Statistics: yes
- Save Statistics: no
Carve
Description
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Settings
- Extrusion Width over Thickness (ratio): 1.9
- Import Coarseness (ratio): 1.0
- Mesh Type: Correct Mesh
- Infill Bridge Thickness over Layer Thickness (ratio): 1.0
- Infill Bridge Width over Extrusion Width (ratio): 1.0
- Infill in Direction of Bridges: yes
- Layer Thickness (mm): 0.372
- Layer Thickness over Precision (ratio): 10.0
Clip
Description
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Settings
- Activate Clip: yes
- Clip Over Extrusion Width (ratio): 0.18
Comb
Description
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Settings
- Activate Comb: yes
- Arrival Inset Follow Distance over Extrusion Width (ratio): 3.0
- Jitter Over Extrusion Width (ratio): 10.0
- Minimum Perimeter Departure Distance over Extrusion Width (ratio): 5.0
Cool
Description
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Settings
- Activate Cool: no
Export
Description
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Settings
- Activate Export: yes
- Also Send Output To: blank
- Delete Comments: no
- Delete M110 Gcode Line: yes
- Export Operations: Do Not Change Output
- File Extension: gcode
Fill
Description
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Settings
- Diaphragm Period (layers): 999999*
- Diaghragm Thickness (layers): 0
- Extra Shells on Alternating Solid Layers (layers): 1
- Extra Shells on Base (layers): 1
- Extra Shells on Sparse Layers (layers): 1
- Grid Extra Overlap (ratio): 0.001
- Grid Junction Separation Band Height (layers): 10
- Grid Junction Separation over Octogon Radius At End (ratio): 0.0
- Grid Junction Separation over Octogon Radius At Middle (ratio): 0.0
- Infill Begin Rotation (degrees): 45.0
- Infill Begin Rotation Repeat (layers): 1
- Infill Solidity (ratio): 0.1
- Infill Odd Layer Extra Rotation (degrees): 90.0
- Infill Pattern: Grid Rectangular
- Interior Infill Density over Exterior Density (ratio): 0.9
- Outside Extruded First: yes
- Solid Surface Thickness (layers): 2
Fillet
Description
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Settings
- Activate Fillet: yes
- Fillet Procedure Choice: Bevel
- Corner Feedrate over Operating Feedrate (ratio): 1.0
- Fillet Radius over Extrusion Width (ratio): 0.35
- Reversal Slowdown Distance over Extrusion Width (ratio): 0.5
- Use Intermediate Feedrate in Corners: no
Hop
Description
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Settings
- Activate Hop: no
Inset
Description
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Settings
- Extrusion Perimeter Width over Thickness (ratio): 1.8
- Infill Perimeter Overlap (ratio): 0.1
- Infill Perimeter Overlap Method of Calculation: Calculate Overlap from Perimeter and Infill
- Start at Home: yes
Material
Description
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Settings
- Listbox: ABS
Multiply
Description
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Settings
- Activate Multiply: no
Oozebane
Description
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Settings
- Activate Oozebane: yes
- After Startup Distance (mm): 0.275
- Early Shutdown Distance (mm): 0.2
- Early Startup Distance Constant (mm): 20.0
- Early Startup Maximum Distance (mm): 5.25
- First Early Startup Distance (mm): 20.0
- Minimum Distance for Early Startup (mm): 0.01
- Minimum Distance for Early Shutdown (mm): 1.0
- Slowdown Startup Steps (positive integer): 1
Polyfile
Description
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Settings
- Directory or File Choice: Execute File
Raft
Description
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Settings
- Activate Raft: yes
- Add Raft, Elevate Nozzle, Orbit and Set Altitude: yes
- Base Infill Density (ratio): 0.5
- Base Layer Thickness over Layer Thickness: 1.0
- Base Layers (integer): 1
- Base Nozzle Lift over Half Base Layer Thickness (ratio): 0.4
- Bottom Altitude: 0.1
- Infill Overhang (ration: 0.1
- Interface Infill Density (ratio): 0.5
- Interface Layer Thickness over Layer Thickness (ratio): 1.1
- Material: ABS
- Operating Nozzle Lift over Half Layer Thickness (ratio): 1.0
- Raft Outset Radius over Extrusion Width (ratio): 7.5
- Support Inset over Perimeter Extrusion Width (ratio): 0.0
- Support Material Choice: No Support Material
- Support Minimum Angle (degrees): 60.0
- Temperature Change Time Before Raft (seconds): 0.0
- Temperature Change Time Before First Layer Outline (seconds): 0.0
- Temperature Change Time Before Next Threads (seconds): 0.0
- Temperature Change Time Before Support Layers (seconds): 0.0
- Temperature Change Time Before Supported Layers (seconds): 0.0
- Temperature of Raft (Celsius): 230.0
- Temperature of Shape First Layer Outline (Celsius): 215.0
- Temperature of Shape First Layer Within (Celsius): 215.0
- Temperature of Shape Next Layers (Celsius): 220.0
- Temperature of Support Layers (Celsius): 220.0
- Temperature of Supported Layers (Celsius): 220.0
Speed
Description
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Settings
- Activate Speed: yes
- Bridge Feedrate Multiplier (ratio): 1.0
- Extrusion Diameter over Thickness (ratio): 1.3
- Feedrate (mm/s): 26.5
- Flowrate Choice: PWM Setting
- Orbital Feedrate over Operating Feedrate (ratio): 1.0
- Perimeter Feedrate over Operating Feedrate (ratio): 1.0
- Perimeter Flowrate over Operating Flowrate (ratio): 1.0
- Support Flowrate over Operating Flowrate (ratio): 1.0
- Travel Feedrate (mm/s): 55.0
Stretch
Description
- Compensate for holes that are smaller than they should be.
Settings
- Activate Stretch: no
Tower
Description
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Settings
- Activate Tower: no
Unpause
Description
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Settings
- Activate Unpause: no
Wipe
Description
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Settings
- Activate Wipe: no
Optimizing For Speed
- Get a fabject printed fast - not worried about water-tightness or finish.
Optimizing for Accuracy
- Print Fabject with fine detail, water-tight and 'more accurate' tolerances.
Power User Tips and Tricks
- Overhangs greater than 45 degrees
- Creating flat bridges and arches
- Production Optimization
- Merging skeinforged files - printing multiple fabjects with significantly different settings in one go.
Troubleshooting
- Put troubleshooting tips here, e.g. rafts not sticking, changed behavior between versions of skeinforge, etc.
References
- Skeinforge - Wiki
- Reprap Forums - Software
- Reprap Skeinforge Page
- Latest Version - reprap_python_beanshell.zip
- Thingiverse Tutorials
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page revision: 11, last edited: 10 Feb 2010 00:09