IdeaWerk Plus 3D Printer User Manual
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual Statement This manual contains important information about installation, use, maintenance and storage of the product. Please read it carefully before use of the product and backup it. Weistek is entitled to modify the IdeaWerk Plus and relevant content in the manual without notice. Weistek is not responsible for any loss (including sequent loss) caused by reference to the manual, including the loss due to printing or other publishing errors.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual Contents Important notes................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 I. Overview......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction................................................................
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual Important notes During printing, do not touch the power cord or the USB cable or unplug the USB flash drive. Otherwise, it may interrupt the printing. Before the molten filament comes out from the nozzle, do not heat the extruder for a long time to avoid clogging. 1. Nozzle 2. Z-axis 3. Build plate 4. Clamp 5. Y-axis 6. Teflon tube 7. Extruder 8. Filament assistant 9. X-axis 10. Spoon holder 11. Filament disk 12. Touch panel 13. USB cable interface 14.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual II. Preparations 2.1 Out-of-box audit Please check the product after the box is open, and in case of any surface scratch or damage, please contact local dealer or our after-sales service. Check the accessories in accordance with the product packing list, and in case of any missing, please contact local dealer or our after-sales service. 2.2.5 Preparation of filament rod: The filament free end must be cut to be flat. Please keep it straight as well. 2.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual III. Offline operation /3DMODEL/CUBE.WTK 3.1 Touch screen function 3.1.1 Power on, the touch screen brightens and the buzzer beeps. The 220 25 40 25 touch screen is shown as below. 3.1.5 Click “START” to begin printing. If the extruder or the build plate’s temperature does not reach the set value, the IdeaWerk Plus will first heat it (note: the platform will be first heated till its temperature rises to the set value, and then the extruder will be heated.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 220 ° 32 30 ° 30 3.1.9 Click the “Move” menu to enter the movement and temperature 3.1.12 After the extruder temperature rises to the set value, click interface. the “Forward”, and insert the prepared filament into the extruder’s feed port electromechanical control of the extruder, and the right for three-axis till the extruder catch the filament. After a few seconds, you can see fine movement control.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 3.1.16 Click “START”, the platform will move along the direction shown below. At this moment, you can observe the distance between the nozzle and the platform. If it is equal all the time, the platform has been leveled. Click “STOP” to stop the movement. If not, the platform needs to be debugged in accordance with the following steps. 3.1.21 In the left and right movement, observe the distance between the nozzle and the platform. If it is equal all the time, enter the next step.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual Notice: you need to input a four-digit figure (including the digit next to the decimal point, but no need to input the decimal point), and the system will automatically add a decimal point. If the height you want is 140mm, you need to input “1400” and click “SAVE”. 1408 3.1.24 The following prompt will pop up when you click “SAVE”, and click “OK” to complete the setting. 3.1.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 3.2.5 The printing is in progress, 82% completed, as shown in the 3.2 Print from USB flash disk interface below. Notice: since the progress is displayed by 1%, if the Take the model “CUBE” for example to illustrate the process of printing model is large, the change of the progress bar may be seen after the from USB flash disk. printing proceeds for a long time, and if the model is small, it is possible 3.2.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 3.3 Print from USB flash disk notes 3.3.1 The maximum memory of the USB flash drive model recognized by this IdeaWerk Plus is 32GB. 3.3.2 This IdeaWerk Plus can recognize up to 58 model files in the USB flash drive, and it is recommended to store no more than 20 model files. 3.3.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual IV. Print from PC 4.2.4 Choose to create a desktop icon or not. 4.1 Installation notices Before software installation, please read the following tips: 4.1.1 The software installer is in the USB flash drive, please copy it to the computer and backup it. 4.1.2 If the computer is installed with anti-virus software or firewall, please close it before software installation. 4.2.5 Click “Install”. 4.1.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 4.2.9 In the pop-up interface, click “Finish” to complete the driver 4.3.3 Import model installation. 4.3.3.1 Click the icon “Load”, and the dialog pops out to look up the model path. After selecting the model, click “Open”. The model with imported software is as shown in Figure 4.3.2. Notice: if you want to open a previously generated GCODE file, you need to store the STL file and the GCODE file in the same folder.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual Notice: if the model does not generate GCODE, click “Export”, it cannot generate a file, and the following message box will pop out. 4.3.5 Connect the printer with PC 4.3.5.1 Click the icon “Setting” to open the IdeaWerk Plus connection dialog. 4.3.5.2 Click “Rescan” and “▼”, as shown below.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 4.3.5.3 Select the corresponding port of the IdeaWerk Plus. For example, this IdeaWerk Plus is “COM3”. Click “Connect”. 4.3.5.8 After the GCODE file is generated or opened, click the icon “Start Print”, and the IdeaWerk Plus start print. 4.3.5.9 To stop printing, click the icon “End Print”. 4.3.5.4 To disconnect the IdeaWerk Plus and software, click “Disconnect”. 4.3.6 Control models with mouse 4.3.6.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 4.3.7.3 Click the menu icon “Side”, the model will be displayed at the right 4.3.6.4 Hold the middle mouse button, and you can move the overall viewing angle, as follows. model display frame. 4.3.7.4 Click the menu icon “Front”, and the model will be displayed as 4.3.6.5 Click the model with the right mouse button, and the following follows. menu pops out. Select “Land” and the model will descend to the center of the platform.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 4.3.8.3 Model density refers to the filling density of the model, set by 4.3.8.6 Case layers refer to the thickness of the model surface. Click “▼”to percentage. Click “▼” to select different densities. (The default is medium select different wall thickness, “Thin, Normal or Thick”. 30%) 4.3.8.7 If the model is a cube, with the same filling (10%), the thickness of 4.3.8.4 Different filling densities will affect the printing time.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual External support Internal support 4.3.8.12 Structure of internal and external support of the model 4.3.8.9 In order to make the model better fixed on the build plate, it is recommended to first print the bottom and then print the model on the bottom. Notice: without the bottom printed, only smaller models can be printed, the platform shall be well adjusted and a layer of textured paper 4.3.8.13 In print parameter settings, check Exterior support and Full needs to be pasted.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual click “Setting”. This value is height of the generated printing file which can also be set before IdeaWerk Plus connection. 4.3.8.19 During GCODE generation, in case of improper parameter 4.3.8.16 Set the nozzle temperature: directly input the temperature in the settings found, click “Cancel GCode”, as shown below. dialog box and click “Setting”. For PLA material, the recommended temperature is 220-230 °C and for ABS material, the recommended temperature is 230-240 °C. 4.3.8.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual recommended temperature is 220-230 °C and for ABS material, the recommended temperature is 230-240 °C. 4.3.9.3 Click X/Y/Z, and the three axes of IdeaWerk Plus will move along the corresponding direction. Click the pull-down window “continue▼” to 4.3.9.6 Set the platform temperature: directly input the target select the step length of single movement. temperature and click “Setting”, and the platform begins heating. 4.3.9.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual feed or return the material. If you click “Forward/Reverse “, the following prompt box will pop out. 4.3.9.12 Click “Meter Z”, and the IdeaWerk Plus automatically starts 4.3.9.9 Notice: difference between the temperature setting here measuring. You can see the increase of the figure in the dialog after “Z:”. and “Print parameter settings” in 4.3.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual cannot be selected or automatically arrange after import. 4.3.10.2 The imported model will be automatically placed in the center of the platform. You can move the slider in “X/Y/Z” with the mouse to 4.3.11 Model rotation change its position, and the model will move on the platform according 4.3.11.1 Select the model and click the left menu icon of model rotation. to the distance the slider moves.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 4.3.12.1 Select the model to be zoomed, click the Scale menu, and the following interface pops out. 4.3.12.2 Move the slider with the mouse or input directly the zoom scale in the dialog. Notice: The maximum size of zooming cannot be larger than the printing size.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual 4.4 Print from PC 4.4.1 Software features are described above, this section takes the cube model for example to introduce the whole process of online printing. After connecting software to the IdeaWerk Plus, import the cube model, as shown below. 4.4.5 Click the button “Start Print”, and the IdeaWerk Plus begins to work, as shown below. 4.4.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual V. After-sale service contact Each device is labeled with a serial number at the back. In case of any unusual circumstance in the use, please take pictures or video and send them together with the bar code to the local dealer or service personnel. Thank you for choosing IdeaWerk Plus 3D printer and your support to Weistek! Tel: 86-755-8669 9130 (EXT 623) Email: service@weistek.
IdeaWerk Plus User Manual Annex 1 Maintenance stuff and make it impossible to use. 2. Turn off your Ideawerk Plus power before cleaning the touch screen. Use Proper usage and maintenance can reduce machine faults and prolong its microfiber cloth or eyeglass cleaning cloth to gently wipe the screen. In case service life. Followings are maintenance of the key part of the printer. of severe stains, use clean cloth with distilled water to clean. Do not use much I.
