On Friday 29 May 2020 20:56:36 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 01:47, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > But I find that octoprint is part of octopi, which I have just now > > > downloaded so now I'll need to obtain a 2nd 2G r-pi4 and basicly > > duplicate the hardware driving the Sheldon right now. I wasn't > > counting on that expense but. Apparently it talks to the printer > > with some software protocol I've not yet discovered. > > You don't need Octoprint. It's a nice way to run the printer through a > web interface, but it is entirely optional. > > Create a model > save as STL > Convert to G-code with a Slicer (such as Cura) on the same PC as you > created the model on. > Cura isn't available for debian, so name another slicer.
> 3D printers wouldn't have caught on at all if they all _needed_ 3 more > computers to make them work. > > Take the G-code to the printer on an SD card. > > This fellow doing Octoprint, guysoft, came to the pi scene 2 years ago > > > with the realtime-pi project, > > Octoprint is actually the full-time work of Gina Häußge. Guysoft just > packages it on the Pi. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
