[ Manual E2 - How to Achieve Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode Printing – V1.0 ]
Tools:
①2mm hex wrench
②0.3mm feeler gauge
Part I: Confirm and Adjust the Printer for Duplication and Mirror Mode
1. Make sure your printer's RaiseTouch version is higher than 1.4.0. You can select the gear icon in the upper right corner of the Home page,
and then check your RaiseTouch version number on the right side of the settings interface.
2. Confirm whether the flatness of the heatbed is suitable for printing.
How to confirm the flatness of the heatbed:
In the Home page, select "Utilities > Leveling", select the “Browsing Data" icon to check the flatness of the heatbed (Heatbed flatness less than or equal to 0.25mm is recommended).
Note: To ensure that the flatness of the printing bed is suitable for printing, you can start with a 9-point or 63-point leveling (Refer to tutorial: Manual E2 – How to Leveling the Bed – V1.0).
3. Verify that the height of the left and right nozzle is suitable for printing.
How to confirm the height of the left and right nozzle:
1）Select the "Setting" icon to enter the Setting interface.
2）Select the “Maintenance” on the Machine tab.
3）Select the “Offset Calibration”.
4）Confirm that all the requirements of the prompt are met and select “Start”.
5）Run the first to fourth steps of the wizards in turn, the wizard has complete operating instructions, please follow the instructions.
6）After completing the first to forth steps, select the “Offset Settings”.
7）If the left and right nozzle offset value difference is less than or equal to 0.15mm, it indicates that your printer can directly use the Duplication Mode or Mirror Mode to print,
please go directly to the following “Part II: Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode Slicing Tutorial”.
If the left and right nozzle offset value difference is greater than 0.15mm, you need to continue to adjust the height of the left and right nozzles.
4. First, unload the filaments in the left and right extruders, please select “Utilities > Filament Loader > Unload” to unload the filament in the left and right extruders.
Select "Home" and wait for the nozzle’s temperature to cool down before proceeding to the next step.
Note: If there is residual filament on the nozzle, please clean it briefly first, otherwise it may cause slight errors in the data (Please wear insulated gloves to prevent burns when cleaning).
5. Select the “Move Axes” in the Utilities tab and select the “Home All” to return the Y and Z-axis and both extruders to their original positions.
6. Select on the Z-axis in the top right corner of the screen, select on the “1.0mm”, then select the up arrow twice to raise the Z-axis by 2mm.
7. Select on the “Motor Unlock” icon on the right, the touch screen will display “The motors have been disabled”, select “OK”.
(After the touch screen displays “The motors have been disabled”, you can move the extruder and the heatbed by your hand.
After you use the touch screen to control the motor, the motor will be locked).
8.Manually align the center position of the heatbed under the X-axis beam, then move the left and right extruder to the center position of the X-axis beam,
and then place the feeler gauge under the left and right extruder, select the down arrow to lower the Z-axis until any nozzle contact the feeler gauge,
and then align the small frosted dots with the left and right nozzle to feel the friction between the small frosted dots and the nozzle.
Note: The three options in the Move Steps allows you to select the distance of how much the Z-axis falls.
To prevent the damage to the heatbed from falling too fast, it is recommended that you can select 0.1mm and lower the nozzle slowly,
and then move the feeler gauge around to feel the friction between the nozzle and the dot.
9.If the friction of the left nozzle is larger than that of the right nozzle, it means that the height of the left nozzle is lower than that of the right nozzle,
and if the friction of the right nozzle is larger than that of the left nozzle, it means that the height of the right nozzle is lower than the left nozzle.
The following figure is a demonstration showing that the left nozzle haves a greater friction than the right nozzle, then adjust the right nozzle height according to the left nozzle height.
Note: If the right nozzle has been adjusted to the limit position and cannot be adjusted, then adjust the left nozzle in a similar way.
1) Move the left extruder to one side, use a 2mm hex wrench to loosen the right nozzle clamping screw,
gently loosen the entire hotend with your hand so that the nozzle can naturally drop onto the feeler gauge, and tighten the right nozzle clamping screw.
Note: The nozzle is still warm, so make sure the nozzle cools down before operating it.
2) The left nozzle can be adjusted in the same way as in the above steps, move the right extruder to one side,
use a 2mm hex wrench to loosen the left nozzle clamping screw, gently loosen the entire hotend with your hand so that the nozzle can naturally drop onto the feeler gauge,
and tighten the left nozzle clamping screw.
3)Move the left extruder back above the feeler gauge and feel the friction between the two nozzles with the feeler gauge again.
If the sense of friction is different, continue to fine-tune the nozzle height until the sense of friction of the left and of the right is basically the same.
Note: The nozzle should be aligned with the frosted dots on the feeler gauge.
4)After adjusting and reinstalling the screws, select the "Setting" icon and select “Offset calibration” in the “Maintenance”. and run the offset calibration of the left and right nozzle again.
5)When the left nozzle and right nozzle calibration wizard is finished, compare the left and right nozzle offset value,
if the difference is less than or equal to 0.15mm, it means that the left and right nozzle height have been adjusted properly,
please continue to follow the “Part II: Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode Slicing Tutorial”. If the difference is larger than 0.15mm,
it indicates that the left and right nozzle height offset is too much, please return to step 4 to readjust the left and right nozzle height until the difference is less than or equal to 0.15mm.
Note: The same material needs to be used in the left and right nozzle offset calibration, otherwise there may be data errors.
Part II: Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode Slicing Tutorial
1.Make sure your ideaMaker version is 3.5.2 and above.
2.Import the model that needs to be printed.
3.Select the “Start” icon in the left bar, select “Duplication” or “Mirror” in the “Print Mode” submenu, ideaMaker will automatically generate the model.
You can adjust the original model position and the other model will change position accordingly.
Note: Please check that if your printer model is "RAISE3D E2" or not in the printer submenu. Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode now only support Printer type: Raise3d E2.
4.Please note that the size of the print border will be slightly smaller in the Mirror mode than in the Duplication mode,
if the model is too large and exceeds the print border, the slicing will fail (If the model exceeds the print border, please resize the model so that it can be sliced correctly).
Duplication Mode
Mirror Mode
5.When you print in the Duplication Mode or Mirror Mode, for a better result, you’ll need to set the platform addition to “Raft” before you slicing the model.
Select “Start Slicing”, then select “Edit” on the right side of “Select Template” interface.
6.Select “Platform Additions” in the top bar.
7.Choose “Raft Only” in “Platform Addition” submenu.
8.Select “Save” and you can start slicing.
9.After successful slicing, it is ready for Duplication mode printing or Mirror mode printing.
- END -
[ Manual E2 - How to Achieve Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode Printing – V1.0 ]
