nanoDLP

I found a small cosmetic bug on build #1039.
When you generate a calibration plate you have to manual refresh the plate page in order to replace the "Calibration plate being generated…" message with the "Print Calibration Plate" button.

How exactly does this work? I asked about resin calibration awhike back, and you told me that you had no advice. I need to find the correct cure time for a pillar 0.5mm x 0.5mm. Is that what this tool is for? If so, how do I set that up?

Hi Shahin,

This is something very similar to what I would like to ask for a feature request.

In my work I am using the nanoDLP and mUVe to develop some very small features - the pixel sizes are about 10 um, artifacts at 20-30um.  I would like to know if there is a way I can have the nanoDLP display layers without a move or peel between each.  I want to do the three final layers of my current project without moving the stage/elevator at all.  There are three separate artifacts which are close to one another and may be interfering b/c of light bleed through (clear resin). 

It should look something like this:
layer (n-x/n) all do the peel move and lift sequence)
layer (n-3/n) display the layer, no peel or lift
layer (n-2)/n) same as above
layer (n-1/n) same as above
...

In this way something large like a 1mm wall could be printed - and something small like a 20um pillar could be printed on the same layer.  I'm currently having issues with this.

I'm hoping that there is an easy way for me to generate plates based on the above generator...Thanks for all this incredible work!!
Elliot

Hi Shahin-

Is there a way to control or set the distances between pillars?  I tried this feature yesterday.  I wanted to set pillars to 20um, pixel resolution is 10 um.  When I added the integers in for the pillars they seemed to be cut off at a 10.8x19.2 mm build plate.  Maybe I'm missing something.

Thanks!

No it is not possible to control distance between pillars.

A1. ZIP file will be easier to troubleshoot.
A2. You should prepare layers manually. Plate generator does not cover what you want to achieve.

A1: Unfortunately additional option for distance will complicate already complicated feature more.
A2: The file need to be in zip format. Images must be png format with filenames like 1.png 2.png ..., program itself try to reorder image files so even if you have filename such as layer0001.png it is fine.

As a sample download already uploaded plate. You should get zip file contains png file as described above.

Any modification on gcode boxes will take effect immediately. I also think macro language will be useful but as you these kind of features require additional processing during layer printing which could cause delays.

Please, start new thread on macro language on features which you believe we need to have. So we discuss there.

Jim, you are talking about resin calibration? It is available on the current version.

You define some cure times, generate calibration plate. And print it as a normal plate.