CuraEngine slicer
Repetier-Host configuration, 8
Using with Repetier-Host, 9
Direct printing (not through Polar Cloud)
G-code files supported, 10
Local web interface
Project Details screen, 11
Object file upload via Repetier-Host, 12
Object file upload via WiFi, 13, 14
Object position via Repetier-Host, 15
Project Details screen of local web interface, 16
.stl files pre-supplied in printer local interface, 17, 18
Via cable connection, 19, 20
Upload object file via Repetier-Host, 21
Via WiFi, 22
Upload file via local web interface, 23
Facebook
Credentials used to log in to Polar Cloud, 24
Filament
Changing
On Polar3D printer, 25
Loading on Polar3D printer, 26
Filament load/unload diagram, 27
Manually extrude on Polar3D printer, 28
Printer local web interface, 29
PLA
Temperature, 30
Required for print job
Polar3D printer local web interface Camera screen, 31
Polar3D printer local web interface Project Details screen, 32
Snip off ugly end, 33, 34
Unloading
CHANGE FILAMENT button on (idle) printer dashboard, 35
CHANGE FILAMENT button on (printing) printer dashboard, 36, 37
Change Filament button on Polar3D printer local web interface, 38
From Polar3D 1.0 printer, 39
From Polar3D 2.0 or 2.5 printer, 40, 41
From Polar3D printer, 42
G-code
Direct print using
Project Details screen of Polar3D printer local web interface, 43
Repetier-Host Run on Kill script, 44
Send GCode field
Manual Printer Controls screen of Polar3D printer local web interface, 45
Google account
Credentials used to log in to Polar Cloud, 46
Google Classroom
Permissions when creating Polar Cloud account, 47
Local web interface of Polar3D printer, 48
Access from Polar Cloud, 49
Access requiring a password, 50
Add WiFi pane of Network screen, 51, 52
Add Network button, 53
Add WiFi Network drop-down menu, 54
Password field, 55
Static Address button, 56
Calibration screen (v1.0 printer), 57, 58, 59, 60
X Offset Backward button, 61, 62
X Offset Forward button, 63, 64
Z Offset Down button, 65, 66
Z Offset Up button, 67, 68
Calibration screen (v2.0 printer), 69, 70, 71, 72
Done Calibrating button, 73, 74, 75
Move Sensitivity selection, 76
Move X Backward button, 77
Move X Forward button, 78
Move Z Down button, 79
Move Z Up button, 80
Start X Calibration button, 81, 82
Start Z Calibration button, 83, 84
Calibration tab, 85, 86, 87, 88
Camera screen, 89, 90
Printer status, 91
Toggle Camera On/Off button, 92, 93
Video feed (live), 94
Camera tab, 95, 96
Change filament, 97
Connect (or reconnect) to Polar Cloud, 98, 99
Controls tab, 100, 101, 102
Perform printer calibration, 103, 104
Ethernet pane of Network screen, 105
Save Settings button, 106
Static Address button, 107
Existing WiFi pane of Network screen, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
Configured Network list, 113
Remove Polar3D from Configured Network list, 114
IP address, 115
Load filament, 116
Manual Printer Controls screen, 117, 118, 119, 120
Change Filament button, 121, 122, 123
Extrude 1mm button, 124, 125, 126
Home and Center button, 127, 128, 129
Lights Off button, 130
Raise Print Head button, 131, 132, 133
Send GCode field, 134
Set Temperature, 135, 136
Unlock Motors button, 137, 138, 139
Manually extrude filament, 140, 141
Navigation through, 142
Network screen, 143
Add WiFi pane, see Local web interface of Polar3D printer, Add WiFi pane of Network screen
Current MAC field, 145
Ethernet pane, see Local web interface of Polar3D printer, Ethernet pane of Network screen
Existing WiFi pane, see Local web interface of Polar3D printer, Existing WiFi pane of Network screen, 148
HotSpot mode, 149
Reset Networks button, 150
Reset Printer on the Polar Cloud button, 151, 152, 153
Security pane, see Local web interface of Polar3D printer, Security pane of Network screen
Network tab, 155, 156, 157, 158
Obsoleting printer ownership in Polar Cloud, 159
Password, 160
Entering in Chrome, 161
Polar Cloud access to, 162
Print File tab, 163, 164, 165
Project Details screen, 166, 167, 168, 169
Convert OBJ file to .stl file via Download STL File Polar Cloud print job option, 170
G-code files supported, 171
OBJ files not supported, 172
Print File button, 173, 174, 175
Select file drop-down, 176, 177, 178
.stl files pre-supplied, 179
Upload File button, 180
Reconnect to Polar Cloud, 181
Restart tab, 182, 183
After adding password, 184
After setting static IP address, 185
Connect (or reconnect) to Polar Cloud, 186, 187
Security pane of Network screen, 188
New Password, 189
Update Password button, 190, 191
Unload filament, 192
Update tab, 193, 194, 195, 196
Update confirmation screen, 197, 198, 199
Username and password prompt
Chrome, 200, 201
Firefox, 202
Opera, 203
Safari, 204
Microsoft Live
Credentials used to log in to Polar Cloud, 205
Microsoft Office 365 account
Credentials used to log in to Polar Cloud, 206
Network
Configure printer for local connection, 207
Ethernet, 208
Local IP address of printer, 209
Local WiFi, 210
Printer configuration for local WiFi, 211
Printer WiFi hotspot, 212, 213
Password, 214, 215
Remove network profile from printer, 216
Troubleshooting, 217
Captive portal access not supported, 218
DHCP, 219
Internet connection, 220
MAC address of printer, 221
Network tab of local web interface, 222
Outgoing HTTP port access, 223, 224
Static IP address, 225
Objects in the Polar Cloud
Detail screen
3D PRINT button, 226
Example: Calibration key, 227
OBJ files
Convert to .stl file via Download STL File print job option, 228
Must be converted to print via Polar3D printer local web interface, 229
PUBLIC OBJECTS screen, 230
Search, 231
Remove printed object from Polar3D printer build plate, 232
SEARCH button, 233
PUBLIC OBJECTS, 234
.stl files
Convert from OBJ files via the Download STL File print job option, 235
Office 365 account
Credentials used to log in to Polar Cloud, 236
Operational tips, 237
Object removal from Polar3D printer build plate, 238
Removing objects from the Polar3D printer build plate, 239
Polar Cloud
Account creation, 240
Home page, 241
Log in, 242
Navigation
Top menu, 243
Objects, see Objects in the Polar Cloud
Printers, see Printers in the Polar Cloud
Polar3D printer
Access
Security, 246
Add printer to Polar Cloud account, 247
Ethernet connection, 248
WiFi connection, 249
Baud rate
USB cable direct connection, 250
Build plate
Cleaning, 251
Homing via local web interface, 252
Installing, 253, 254, 255
Remove before x calibration (v1.0 printer), 256
Remove before x calibration (v2.0 printer), 257
Remove for cleaning, 258
Spray with hair spray, 259, 260
Build plate shuttle
Calibration via local web interface, 261, 262, 263
Lubricating the rods, 264
Unlock stepper motors to move manually, 265
Calibration (v1.0 printer), 266
Build plate shuttle, 267
Local web interface, 268, 269
x-axis, 270, 271
z-axis, 272, 273
Calibration (v2.0 printer), 274, 275
Build plate shuttle, 276
Local web interface, 277, 278
x-axis, 279, 280
z-axis, 281, 282
Camera
Color balance, 283
Lights, 284
Local web interface, 285
Turn on or off via Camera screen of local web interface, 286, 287
View displayed on Polar Cloud CAMERA screen on small/mobile displays, 288
View displayed on Polar Cloud printer dashboard, 289
Change network, 290, 291
Connect (or reconnect) to Polar Cloud, 292, 293, 294
Diagram, 295
Direct connection, 296
Direct connection via USB cable or Ethernet cable, 297
Baud rate, 298
Printing, 299
Repetier-Host software, 300
Type A male to type B male USB cable, 301
Direct connection via WiFi, 302, 303
Printer hotspot network name, 304
Printer hotspot password, 305
Printer serial number, 306
Printing, 307
Direct printing (not through Polar Cloud), see Direct printing (not through Polar Cloud)
Ethernet connection to Internet, 309
Ethernet vs. WiFi
Network screen of local web interface, 310
Extruder head
Raise via local web interface, 311, 312
Unlock stepper motors to move manually, 313
Filament extrusion
Clogged, see Troubleshooting, Filament, Clogged in nozzle
Leaking, see Troubleshooting, Filament, Leaking from nozzle
Local web interface, 316, 317
Manual control of, 318
Filament feed hole, 319
Filament load/unload diagram, 320
Printer diagram, 321
Filament guide hole, 322, 323
Filament load/unload diagram, 324, 325
Printer diagram, 326
Filament loading, 327
Checking, 328
Diagram, 329
Filament load/unload diagram, 330
Filament unloading
v1.0 printer, 331
v2.0 or v2.5 printer, 332, 333
Gcode
Send manually through local web interface, 334
Homing
At start of print job, 335, 336
Triggered via printer local web interface, 337
IP address
DHCP in Ethernet pane of Network screen of local web interface, 338
Finding, 339, 340
Network tab of local web interface, 341
Static, 342
Static in Ethernet pane of Network screen of local web interface, 343
LED lights
Meaning of, 344
Meaning of during update, 345
Network connectivity problems, 346, 347
Security check, 348
Turn on or off via local web interface, 349
Local IP address
HotSpot mode, 350
Local web interface, see Local web interface of Polar3D printer
MAC address, 352
CONNECTIVITY GUIDE sheet, 353
Network screen of local web interface, 354
Solving network connectivity problems, 355
Maintenance, 356
Build plate cleaning, 357
Calibration, 358
Filament drive gear cleaning, 359
Lubricate, 360
SD card replacement, 361
Manual controls
Local web interface, 362
Name of printer in Polar Cloud
Defaults to printer serial number, 363
Network connectivity problems, 364
Outgoing HTTP port access, 365
Nozzle problems
Clogged or leaky, 366, 367
Power adapter, 368, 369
Power on, 370, 371, 372
Camera lights, 373
LED lights blue over blue, 374, 375
Print head
Raising, 376, 377
Unlock stepper motors to move manually, 378
Remove printed object from build plate, 379
Restart
Local web interface, 380
Secure access to local web interface, 381
Security light check
WiFi connection to Internet, 382
Serial number, 383, 384
Registering printer in Polar Cloud, 385
WiFi hotspot network name, 386, 387
WiFi hotspot password, 388, 389
Setup, 390
Specifications, 391
Spool holder, 392, 393
Filament load/unload diagram, 394, 395
Photograph, 396
Printer diagram, 397
Squeaking
Lubricate, 398
Status
Local web interface Camera screen, 399
Local web interface Project Details screen, 400
Polar Cloud printer dashboard screen, 401
Status (network)
Local web interface Network tab, 402
Stepper motors
Unlock manually via local web interface, 403
Temperature
Camera screen of local web interface, 404
Load filament, 405, 406
Manual Printer Controls screen of local web interface, 407
Polar PLA Settings.rcf file, 408
Project Details screen of local web interface, 409
Repetier-Host, 410, 411
Set manually via local web interface, 412
Unload filament, 413
Updating, 414
Confirmation screen, 415
LED light color change, 416, 417
Local web interface approach, 418, 419
Manually force, 420
Polar Cloud approach, 421
Release notes, 422, 423
Video feed (live)
Camera screen of local web interface, 424
WiFi
Changing WiFi network via Network screen of local web interface, 425
WiFi connection to Internet, 426
Connect to printer’s local web interface, 427
Connect to printer’s WiFi local hotspot, 428
Internet connection, 429
LED lights blue over white, 430
Local network connection, 431
Local network name, 432
Local network password, 433
Serial number, 434
WiFi vs. Ethernet
Network screen of local web interface, 435
Z rod
Calibration via local web interface, 436
Diagram, 437
Lubricating, 438
Ports
Outgoing HTTP must be open to printer, 439
Used by Repetier-Host, 440
Print jobs and queues in the Polar Cloud
Download STL File tab
Convert OBJ file to .stl file, 441
Monitor job
Printer dashboard screen, 442
Printer dashboard screen
Monitor print job, 443
START button, 444
Snapshot photos of job in-progress
Printer dashboard, 445
Submit job, 446
Temperature (extruder), 447
Video (live) of job in-progress
Printer dashboard screen, 448
Printers in the Polar Cloud
ADD A PRINTER pop-up screen, 449
ADD button, 450
Congratulations, 451
Error: Printer with this serial number was not found, 452, 453
Error: The printer can no longer be added..., 454
Make, 455
Printer with this serial number was not found error, 456
Security color check, 457
Serial number, 458
Serial number not found error, 459
The printer can no longer be added error, 460, 461
Adding to account
Polar3D printer, 462, 463
CAMERA screen on small/mobile displays, 464
Changing ownership, 465, 466
Connecting to network, 467
Dashboard screen, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472
Camera color balance, 473
Camera view, 474
CHANGE FILAMENT button, 475, 476
LOCAL UI button, 477, 478, 479
Monitor print job, 480
START button, 481
Status: line, 482
Temperature dial (extruder), 483
UPDATE button, 484
Local web interface, 485
MANAGE screen
UPDATE button, 486
Name field
Defaults to printer serial number, 487
Obsoleting printer ownership, 488, 489
P3Dserial-digits
Add Polar3D printer to account, 490
Default Name of Polar3D printer, 491
P3Dserial-digits-DELETED-date
Reset Printer on the Polar Cloud effect, 492
PRINTERS tab of top menu, 493
Serial number
Add printer to account, 494
After obsoleting ownership, 495
Default Name of printer, 496
SETTINGS screen
Add Allowed switch, 497
STATS screen on small/mobile displays, 498
Status
COMPLETING PRINTING, 499
FINISHING PRINTING, 500
OFFLINE, 501
PREPARING PRINT, 502
PRINTING, 503
READY TO PRINT, 504
UPDATING PRINTER, 505
WAITING FOR RESPONSE, 506, 507
TILE list-by-image screen, 508
ADD button, 509, 510
Top menu PRINTERS tab, 511
UPDATE PRINTER confirmation screen, 512, 513
Updating, 514
Printing, see alsoPrinting via Polar Cloud, see alsoDirect printing (not through Polar Cloud)
Printing via Polar Cloud
3D PRINT button on object detail screen, 517
Build plate (3D PRINT) screen, 518
MOVE object, 519
Object placement, 520
Object size, 521
PLACEMENT tab, 522, 523
PRINT button, 524, 525
PRINT SETTINGS, see Printing via Polar Cloud, PRINT SETTINGS
Rotate view by dragging build plate, 527
Rotate view dial, 528
Scale all axes uniformly checkbox, 529
SCALE object, 530
Temperature, see Printing via Polar Cloud, Temperature (extruder)
Zoom in button, 532
Zoom out button, 533
Zoom view with mouse or trackpad scroll feature, 534
First print, 535
Monitor print job, 536
Object, 537
Start print job, 538
Object placement on build plate, 539
Object size, 540
PRINT SETTINGS
Temperature (extruder), Check setting before printing, 541, 542
Printer dashboard, see Printers in the Polar Cloud, Dashboard screen
Rotate build plate by dragging it, 544
Rotate view dial, 545
Submit job, 546
Temperature (extruder)
Dial on printer dashboard screen, 547
PRINT SETTINGS, 548
Zoom build plate view via mouse or trackpad scroll feature, 549
Repetier-Host software
Connect button, 550
CuraEngine
Configuration button, 551
Configuring, 552
Polar Cura Settings.rcp file, 553
Using, 554
Filament settings configuration, 555
Installation, 556
Load button, 557
Object file upload, 558
Polar Cura Settings.rcp file, 559
Polar PLA Settings.rcf file, 560
Printer Settings, 561
Baud Rate, 562
OK button, 563, 564, 565
Port, 566, 567
Printer Shape, 568
Run on Kill script, 569
Scripts, 570
Slice with CuraEngine window
Configuration button, 571
Slicer, 572, see alsoRepetier-Host software, CuraEngine
Start Print button, 574
Startup screen, 575
Use with direct USB cable connection to printer, 576
Skirt
Default for Polar3D printer slicing profiles, 577
Example of, 578
Slicing profile
Example: Polar3D 2.0 - PLA - 0.32mm - Draft Quality, 579
Repetier-Host software
Configuring, 580
Using, 581
Tri-Flow lubricant, 582
Troubleshooting, 583
Filament
Clogged in nozzle of Polar3D printer, 584, 585
Leaking from nozzle of Polar3D printer, 586, 587
Network connectivity problems
Polar3D printer, 588, 589
Object
Adhesion of first layer, 590
First layer problems, 591
Polar3D printer
Adding to Polar Cloud account, 592
Calibration, 593
Camera color balance, 594
LED lights, 595, 596
Network connectivity problems, 597, 598
Nozzle clogged, 599, 600
Nozzle leaking, 601, 602
Outgoing HTTP ports, 603
Power failure aftermath, 604
SD card, 605
Squeaking, 606
Stepper motors locked in place, 607
Updating printer
Polar Cloud approach, 608
Confirmation screen, 609
Polar3D printer, 610
Confirmation screen, Release notes through printer local web interface, 611, 612
Local web interface approach, 613, 614
Manually forcing, 615
Polar Cloud approach, 616
Release notes, 617