Difference between revisions of "SETTINGS/Printer/Print Area/Size and Coordinates/Print Center"

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|The position (X and Y coordinates) of the center of the print bed, in millimeters.
 
|The position (X and Y coordinates) of the center of the print bed, in millimeters.
  
For printers with a rectangular bed, these two values are usually positive as the origin is at the bottom left corner of the bed. For printers with a circular bed, the origin is in the middle of the circle.|*millimeters (mm)|
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Cartesian printers: For printers with a rectangular bed, the origin is at the bottom left corner of the bed. The print center should be 1/2 the [[Settings/Printer/Print_Area/Size_and_Coordinates/Bed_Size|Bed Size]].
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Delta printers: For printers with a circular bed, the origin is in the middle of the circle. The print center should be 0, 0. |*millimeters (mm)|
  
 
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In this example, the center of the print bed is 100 millimeters from the left side of the bed along the X axis and 75 millimeters from the bottom of the bed along the Y axis.}}
 
In this example, the center of the print bed is 100 millimeters from the left side of the bed along the X axis and 75 millimeters from the bottom of the bed along the Y axis.}}

Revision as of 11:47, 1 August 2016

A screenshot of the Print Center setting as seen in MatterControl's SETTINGS pane.

Function

The position (X and Y coordinates) of the center of the print bed, in millimeters.

Cartesian printers: For printers with a rectangular bed, the origin is at the bottom left corner of the bed. The print center should be 1/2 the Bed Size.

Delta printers: For printers with a circular bed, the origin is in the middle of the circle. The print center should be 0, 0.

Parameters

  • millimeters (mm)

Example(s)

mm

In this example, the center of the print bed is 100 millimeters from the left side of the bed along the X axis and 75 millimeters from the bottom of the bed along the Y axis.

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