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3D Printer - CReality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer

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CReality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer

3D Printer Equipment

  • CReality Ender 3 Pro
  • USB TF Card
  • Micro USB Cable

CReality Ender 3 Pro

  • TF Card Slot
  • Control box
  • Print Surface
  • Control Knob
  • Display Screen
  • Nozzle Assembly
  • Spook Holder
  • Extruder Stepper
  • Power
  • Y Limit Switch
  • Y Stepper
  • Coupling
  • Z Stepper
  • Z Limit Switch
  • X Limit Switch
  • X Stepper

Amazon Accessories

Note: Tempered bed will set the bed level using the default knobs

Amazon Upgrade

Hatchbox 3D Printer Filament - 1.75 mm

PLA, polylactic acid, is a common used thermoplastic material that does not require a heated bed.

  • Beige
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Bronze
  • Brown
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Orange
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Silver
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Gray
  • Light blue
  • Mint green
  • Neon green
  • Pastel green

Assembly

  • Follow the 12 step assembly instructions in the box
  • Set the power voltage to 115V
  • Attach the PLA spool feeder to the top and PLA filament
  • Connect the extruded plastic cable to the feeder
  • Connect the filament to the feeder

USB - TF Card

  • Computer - USB
  • Save manual, software and drivers to the documents directory
  • Install creality drivers and software
  • Drivers:
  • ch340 usb
  • ft232r usb

Insert TF card into the CReality Ender 3 Pro

CReality Ender 3 Pro - Manuals

  • Instructions for assembly
  • Common Hardware Failures - Troubleshooting
  • Guide Books
  • Creality Slicer User Manual

Ender menu settings

  • Prepare
  • Disable steppers
  • Auto home
  • Preheat PLA - extruder temp: 240
  • Preheat ABS - bed temp: 70

Ender menu settings

  • Control > Temperature - Nozzle temp: 200
  • Control > Filament
  • E in mm3:On
  • Filament Diameter: 1.75 mm

Ender menu settings: while printing

  • Tune
  • Pause Print
  • Stop Print

3D Software

  • java-3d
  • Game Framework
  • GraphicsGL
  • JOGL - jogamp all platforms (gl emitter auto generated 2015)
  • September, 2019 - Thinkserver: i586 dll
  • April 7, 2020 - PowerEdge - open gl - JOGL - AMD64 dlls
  • April 8 - PowerEdge - JOGL fix errors and warnings - AMD 64 dlls
  • April 9 - PowerEdfe - JOGL resolve errors and warnings
  • April 10 - PowerEdge- JOGL - gluegen-rt src resolved
  • April 11 - PowerEdge- JOGL - commons src package add

CReality Printer

  • August 16, 2019 - CReality Printer order
  • September, 2019 - Hatchbox 3D PLA filament order
  • September, 2019 - CReality delivery, assembly
  • February 2020 - COVID 19 News
  • March 2020 - Primary Voting
  • March, 2020 - Software CH340 driver download
  • March, 2020 - Windows 10 Remote Desktop connections
  • April 1 - Computer Repair micro tools -> Dremel tool -> 3D Printer toolbox
  • April 2 - Canon MX860 network access printer
  • April 3 - CReality binder - Print pdf documents
  • April 5 - CReality, Blender
  • April 14 - Menu Settings - change filament | extrude more, filament: on 1.75 mm
  • April 15 - Test Print pommel.gcode
  • April 16, 2020 - PLA filament feeder connected
  • April 17, 2020 - Micro USB 2.0 cable, Control Panel USB CH340 Device (Com4), Device Manager (Com Ports) - USB CH 340.
  • April 17, 2020 - CReality slicer Software, File > Preferences > Machine Settings > Set Auto -> Com 4, Set baudrate -> 115200. Bed leveling wizard: connect to printer, Print: connect to printer. File > Preferences > Prontinterface

Test Print

3D Print Models

CReality Slicer Software: Prontinterface - Run GCODE

CReality Slicer Software

USB - TF Card

  • Computer - USB
  • Save manual, software and drivers to the documents directory
  • Install creality drivers and software
  • Drivers:
  • ch340 usb
  • ft232r usb

Insert TF card into the CReality Ender 3 Pro

  • Creality file formats: stl, obj, gcode
  • Printer examples
  • dog.gcode
  • cat.gcode
  • pig.gcode

Micro USB 2.0 cable

Control Panel USB CH340 Device (Com4)

Device Manager (Com Ports) - USB CH 340.

CReality slicer Software

File > Preferences > Machine Settings > Set Auto -> Com 4, Set baudrate -> 115200.

File > Preferences > Prontinterface

File > Print

Enter GCode into bottom right text input one line and press print

(semicolons for comments)

;start gcode

;LCD Print Message

M117 GCode Printing

;move X/Y

G1 X129.376 Y109.838 E0.0504

;move Z

G28 ZO

;end gcode

;steppers off

M84

Manually Moving X, Y, Z Coordinates

X > Press upper left X button then use slider up 10 mm or down 10 mm

Y > Press upper right Y button then use slider up 10 mm or down 10 mm

Z > Press bottom right Z button then use slider up 10 mm or down 10 mm

Bed leveling wizard: connect to printer

Print: connect to printer.

Convert stl files in CReality Slicer Software to gcode files

File | Save GCode

  • Creality file formats: stl, obj, gcode