Titan1PrintingStepsforNewUsers

1) Youneedtodecideabuildsizeforyourmodeltobeprinted. Thebuildsizealso
determinesyourresolutionwhichistheprojectedsizeofonepixel.
Therefore,ifyouwanttoprintamodelwithabetterresolution,youneedtoset
asmallerbuildsizebymovingtheprojector. Letsuse50umresolutionasan
example. Thecorrespondingbuildsizeis96mmx54mm.
2) TurnontheprojectorandpresstheCalibratebuttonintheKudo3Dsoftware.
Nowyoushouldseeacalibrationredgridlikethesnapshotonpage29ofthe
Buildmanual. Usearulertomeasureboththewidthandthelengthofthe
peripheral. Makesurethewidthiscloseto54mmandthelengthiscloseto
96mm.Ifsizeisfaraway,movetheprojectorupordownsotheareaiscloseto
whatyouwant. Next,usethezoomringtotunethesizeascloseas96x54.
Also,usethefocusringtomaketheimageassharpaspossible.Theactualsize
mightbealittleoff. Recordtheactualbuildsizeonapieceofpaper.Nowyou
canturnofftheprojector.
3) EntertheactualbuildsizerecordedundertheMachineConfigurationinCreation
Workshop.
4) Setyourslicethickness(Zresolution)intheConfigureSlicingProfilewindow.
ThethicknessshouldbethesameastheXYresolutionformostoftheprints.
Makesureyourresinisformulatedforthisresolution(thickness).
5) Importyourstlmodeltothe3DviewwindowinCreationWorkshop
6) Moveyourmodelalittletotherightofthecenter. (Theleftmostpartofthe
areahasweakerintensity. Ifnotnecessary,wedonotrecommendusethat
area)
7) SaveyourmodelasABCmodel_5050.cws. Thefirst50indicatestheXY
resolution. Thesecond50indicatestheZresolution. Thiswillremindyouof
theresolutionnexttimewhenyouwanttousethesamefile.
8) PresstheSlicebuttonandaslicefolderwillbecreatedinthesamedirectory
wherethe.cwsfileresides.Youcanfindallthe2Dslicesinthatfolder.
9) Entertheslicefolderanddeletelayer0
10) OpenKudo3Dsoftware
11) GotoPrintwindow
12) Setyourlayerthicknesstobe0.05mm. Thisnumbershouldbethesameasthe
SlicethicknessintheCreationWorkshop.
13) UnderFilepressload. Entertheslicefolderandselectthefirstlayer.

14) Ifthisisyourfirsttimetoprintthemodel,youcanentertheparametersforthe
8layerzonesunderBasicmode.Youcanfindtheparameterguideforcertified
resinsat http://www.kudo3d.com/recommendedprintingparameters
exposuretimeliftingheightliftingspeed/
Thisisthemostimportantsteptohaveasuccessfulprint. Pleasereviewthe
samplefilesunderhttp://www.kudo3d.com/downloads/
Ifyouarenotsureaboutyourparameters,pleasesendusbothyour.cws
and.csvfilessowecangiveyousomesuggestions.
15) Afterenteringtheprintingparameters,pleaseremembertoexportthemto
a.csvfileforlateruse.
16) Ifthisisnotyourfirsttimetoprintthemodel,youcanimportthe.csv
configurationfiledirectly.
17) GotoControlwindow
18) PresstheConnecttoconnecttotheprinter
19) IftheZzeroiswellcalibrated,youcannowturnontheprojectorbypressingthe
Poweron. Pleasemakesurethatthefanmustbeturnedonatthesametime
20) PresstheCalibratetocheckthefocusagain. Makesurethelensislocked
withthewhiterubberwedgeprovided
21) Checkiftherearedustsonthelensoratthebottom(outside)ofthecontainer.
Ifany,cleanthemaway.
22) Movetheplatformtoalevel1cmabovetheTeflonfilmandpourinenoughresin
23) Lowertheplatform. Stopmovingwhentheplatformisbarelytouchingthe
surfaceoftheliquidresin. Waitfortheresintocoverthewholeplatform;
OtherwisebubbleswillbesandwichedbetweentheplatformandTeflonfilm.
NowyoucancontinueloweringtheplatformallthewaydowntoZzero.
24) Turnofftheredgrid
25) GotoPrintwindowagain
26) PressRuntostartprinting.