https://github.com/minad/3delta

Host software especially suited for delta 3d printers
https://github.com/minad/3delta

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Host software especially suited for delta 3d printers

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/minad/3delta
• Owner: minad
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2015-03-02T16:38:14.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-25T19:51:15.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-02T00:30:12.783Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Tcl
• Homepage:
• Size: 223 KB
• Stars: 37
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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• awesome-3d-printing - 3delta - 3Δ is a host software for 3d printers of the delta style. In many aspects it is similar to Pronterface. However it brings additional motion control better suited to non-cartesian delta printers. (Software / Libraries and Tools)

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# 3Δ Printer Control



3Δ is a host software for 3d printers of the delta style. In many aspects it is similar to [Pronterface](https://github.com/kliment/Printrun). However

it brings additional motion control better suited to non-cartesian delta printers.

List of features:

* GCode console

* Connection via serial port or telnet

* Plots for temperature, temperature deviation and heater PWM

* Relative and absolute motion control especially suited for delta printers

* Calibration assistance for delta printers

* GCode lookup taken from http://smoothieware.org/supported-g-codes

* SD card upload and play

* Send: direct playing of GCode files

This is how it looks:

![3Δ Gui](gui.png)

## Installation

Just download the file [`3delta`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minad/3delta/master/3delta) and make it executable. Besides that you need the following packages which are available under the usual Linux distributions

~~~

apt-get install tcl8.5 tk8.5 tcllib tklib

~~~

Then start it with

~~~

$ ./3delta 192.168.1.x

$ ./3delta /dev/ttyACM0

~~~

to access your printer either via telnet or via a serial port.

## Disclaimer

This is very new software! I am using it  for my [MOST-Delta](http://www.appropedia.org/Delta_Build_Overview:MOST) (see also [github](https://github.com/mtu-most/most-delta)), but I cannot guarantee that it works for you. But I am happy to help if it doesn't :)

I am currently using [Smoothieware](https://github.com/Smoothieware/Smoothieware) as firmware. Some features might not work with other firmwares since the output format sometimes differs.

I would appreciate patches which make this work with other firmwares.

In principle 3delta should work also under Mac and Windows when the current Tcl/Tk packages are installed. However I didn't test it.