¶ Four steps to start your first print
¶ First-time launch
After Launching the INTAMSUITE NEO application, Click New Project to create a new project
¶ 1. Prepare
The first step is to import the models you want to print. You can activate the "Open 3D Model" dialog box by clicking the "Add Model" button.
In addition to importing STL models, it also supports Step, Iges, and other intermediate CAD file formats.
Right-click "Center Selected Model" or "Arrange All Models" to arrange all model commands and move the model to the center of the printing platform.
Use the Ribbon Menu Model action command (under the "Model" Ribbon tab menu) to view and manipulate the model, or move/place the model through the model action handle in the graphic view.
If you already have the sliced G-code file：
In particular, if you have a G-code file or sample G-code file ready to print, go directly to the main application menu, click the Preview G-code command, select the G-Code file, and go directly to step 3 or 4 to print.
Under the "Model" Model editing menu, we can move, scale, and rotate the selected model/model. Refer to Translate/Move/Rotate/Scale for detail.
Model selection:
- Select a single model with the left mouse button.
- Ctrl+ left mouse button to select multiple models
¶ 2. Print settings
Now, we will set up the process of how to print the model.
Print job tasks can be quickly set through a set of workflows in the Ribbon -Home Settings panel at the top of the software interface.
1) Click the "Printers" command to select your printer type.
2) Click the "Print Mode" command to select the print mode. The 310 Model provides mirror and duplication printing.
- If you need to assign different print heads to multiple models, you can choose Print By Model.
- If you need to set different print heads for internal features of a single model, you can choose Print By Feature. Refer to Print Mode for detail.
3) Select the desired material and nozzle diameter for the print head. If it is a dual head print, switching to Extruder2, suitable support materials are recommended after selecting the material for Extruder1.
4) Select the profile template: the software is pre-configured with a variety of printing profile templates, you can select the template on demand, and adjust the required process parameters in the detailed setting dialog before slicing
Infill Percentage: Adjust the internal stability of 3D printing. 0% is completely hollow and 100% is completely solid. Always use values in the 20-50% range. Generate support: Open the support generation tool. Use the support structure when the model has overhangs or no support areas. Typically, overhangs greater than 45° below generate an effective support structure.
Print platform attachment: Generate a base structure underneath your part. The base is used to improve adhesion with the print platform and helps reduce warping on large models. The base can also compensate for minor leveling issues.
After completing the printing setting, we can click the "Slice" button to start the Slicing process, and check the "Preview After Slicing" option to automatically enter the preview mode after slicing.
¶ 3. Preview
On this interface, we can view information such as the printing path and direction for each layer. Even simulate the entire printing process to examine in detail material color, line type, feed speed, temperature, fan speed, layer thickness, etc. In this way, we can check that all the features on the model have been sliced and supported correctly.
- After slicing, click the "Results" command to enter the preview environment, we can select different slicing results in the color scheme to view. In the color scheme, we can switch different result types and show/hide features
- Estimates: We can check the print time and material estimates and also check the time or weight of all features in panel 1
- In the animation tool, we can play the slice results step by step or layer by layer.
- On the bottom and right sliders, we can drag or type numbers to see the slice results layer by layer or step by step.
¶ 4. Print
When you are happy with the preview, there are 2 ways to start printing:
Print over a network printer: Set up a network connection on your printer and computer to print over a network (only FUNMAT PRO 310 is available at the moment), Please refer to Remote Print for detail.
Save to File: This saves the print file to a user-defined location, and the software will save a g-code or ifp print file that can be printed on a USB flash drive. (*.ifp file is only available on FUNMAT PRO 310)
