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Added some checking code to make sure you don't break your printer.

A project log for Robot 3D printer auto eject sys & web print queue

A 3d printer system that can be operated by multiple people that just spits out parts placed in the web based print queue

mmiscoolmmiscool 07/29/2017 at 12:270 Comments

So one of the fun things about this project is the software. 

I have a web server that manages the print queue and dose all of the slicing/gcode generation.

There is a problem though. It is possible to slice a file larger than your build area in the 3d printer.

It is also possible you have more than one 3d printer and each one has a different build volume.

The fix to this I updated both the web server and the gcode sender client.

I added max x y z values to the server. This data is extracted from Slic3r and stored in the database.

I added settings fields in the gocde sender software (The software running on the computer connected to the printer) that allow the user to specify the max size of a 3d print for that machine.

I added the logic to the PHP scrit that communicates with the printer to check if the model is to large for the printer.

Wha la. Problem solved. 

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