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Answered bed size/ calibration issue?

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by Avetter90, Mar 6, 2015.

  1. Avetter90

    Avetter90 New Member

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    Hello All,

    I received my Robo3D about a week and half ago and everything was working perfectly until I noticed tonight that the auto calibration was moving outside of the white outlined box. The first 6 auto levels are within the white box, but the final 3 are outside it by almost an inch. I haven't changed ANY settings in matter control, I use CURA to model alot of objects and add more to a print or rearrange, etc. I had put in the appropriate settings from matter control into there. I am kind of confused as a larger print i was doing was going outside of the white outline, which too me seems like a big no no. What could my issue be? I haven't played with any settings, I am just happy to have such a cool machine work as great as it did. Its not that it doesn't print, but to seems like its off in terms of knowing where/how big the bed is. I can provide pictures if need me.


    cool forum, I didn't realize how big and tight knit of a community there is for this machine. Its neat, I really like it


    Thanks in advance for all your of your help, this has me stumped
     
    #1 Avetter90, Mar 6, 2015
  2. mark tomlinson

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    The white outline really is not meaningful. It is more of a decoration than anything useful.
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Mar 6, 2015
  3. Ben R

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    True dat. Get a lot of people remarking on the white box. The only important part is... well.. printing on the glass, and hopefully, the heat bed underneath is centered. The bed does not move symmetrically within the... (what type of polyhedron is the robo? wedge?) rectangle. It moves about 30mm further -y than +y (relative to the center of the machine.)
     
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    Good point. If you really want to know drive the bed to extremes (+y/-y, +x, -x) and draw your own outline on the bed with a sharpie.
    Still (as noted by @defendermd) mark where the heated bed is at as well... it will likely not cover the entire printable area equally.
    The good news if that the bed will distribute the heat fairly evenly and not everything needs a heated bed.
     
    #4 mark tomlinson, Mar 7, 2015
  5. Avetter90

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    awesome, thanks for all your responses. It puts me at rest. Sorry for the last response. I wish I had more time to really play around with it!

    Cheers! :)
     
    #5 Avetter90, Mar 13, 2015
  6. Ben R

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    you're welcome.. please mark the thread "solved" if it is.
     
    #6 Ben R, Mar 13, 2015

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