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Type A Series 1 Pro 3D printer

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=== Materials ===
PLA only.
 
=== Explanation & How To ===
 
'''''Overview:'''''
 
The first step in using this 3D printer is having a design made in a computer aided design (CAD) software. For this machine, the preferred CAD would be Fusion 360, which is free to download. Once a design has been made, it must be exported as an STL file.
 
This 3D printer is considered computer aided manufacturing (CAM), which takes the CAD file you generated and converts it to a set of instructions that the machine can understand (G-Code). This Type A Series 1 Pro 3D printer uses Cura Type A Software to do so, showing a 3D rendering of the printer's bed itself on the computer screen, from which you can orient your design in the most efficient position for printing. Then, the software takes the STL file and slices it into different layers that will be printed on the bed to make the design you created.
 
 
'''''2 Modes:'''''
 
'''Simple Mode''' shows the draft quality of your print design. This includes layer height changes, which consists of thin layer height (more precise), thick layer height (producing stairs and requiring more maintenance post print), and approximating curves when you print the layers. Additionally, this accounts for infill, or the filling on the inside of the print that helps with structure purposes of whatever you're printing!
 
'''View Mode''' allows you to see what is being printed and the breakdown of the individual layers.
 
'''''Controls'''''
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