[ht133magnolia]

Hello,

I understand that Slic3r performs the slicing for a given object in RoboDK. It also allows to specify the particular firmware on which my 3D printer is based on. However, for robotic toolheads, there is no use of XYZ motors as robot handles the motion. 

Q1) How does RoboDK take care of the extrusion control and heating?

Q2) If my extruder is Arduino-based and I am using digital outputs for triggering the extrusion and heating, how will RoboDK know which particular output pin to trigger?


Robot: JAKA Zu20
License: Educational

[Albert]

With RoboDK you can customize the 3D printing commands by using custom G-code and M codes.

By default RoboDK will use the E value in your G-code to trigger the Extruder call by default (passing the length of material to be extruded at that point).

You can customize your post processor to output any required code to integrate with your custom 3D printing extruder.

You can find more information here:
https://robodk.com/doc/en/Robot-Machining.html#Print3D