Blocks One
3D Printer User Manual
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FIRST&PRINT&
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1. Install! slicer! software.! We! reccomend! cura! software! but! any! slicer! will! do!(go! to!
www.ultimaker.com/en/products/cura]software!and!download!the!latest!version!of!
cura).!
2. Import! our! print! profiles! into! cura! software!(! go! to!
www.blockstechnology.com/downloads/print_profiles.zip!and! download! our!
optimized!settings).!
3. Import!a!3D!model!(go!to!www.thingiverse.com!and!download!anything!you!wish).!
4. Choose!the!profile!suitable!for!the!desired!quality.!
5. Save!to!SD!card.!Once!saved!remove!it!safely!and!then!insert!it!into!the!Blocks!one!
card!slot.!
6. Press!the!Knob!a!go!to!Print!from!SD!and!select!your!file.!
7. The! Blocks! one!will! home! its! axis! and! then! heat! up.!When! the! nozzle! is! at! the!
desired!temperature,!the!print!will!start.!
8. After!the!print!finishes!remove!the!bulldog!clips!and!the!glass!with!the!printed!part.!
9. Let!the!glass!cooldown!naturally!and!then!detach!the!part!(If!the!part!gets!stuck!to!
the!glass,!use!a!spatula!to!detach!it).!
RECOMMENDED&SOFTWARE&
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CAD&SOFTWARE&
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•Onshape!]!opensource!complete!modelling!software!(https://www.onshape.com/)!
•Solidworks!]!paid!complete!modelling!software!(http://www.solidworks.com/)!
•Others!–!capable!of!exporting!as!.stl/.obj!files.!
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3D&MODEL&DATABASE&
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•Thingiverse!(http://www.thingiverse.com/)!
•Grabcad!(https://grabcad.com/)!
•3D!warehouse!(https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/)!
•Yeggi!(http://www.yeggi.com/)!
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SLICER&SOFTWARE&
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•Cura!–!opensource!(https://ultimaker.com/en/products/cura]software)!
•Slic3r!–!opensource!(http://slic3r.org/)!
•Repetier!–!opensource!(http://www.repetier.com/)!
•Simplify3D!–!paid!software!(https://www.simplify3d.com/)!
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