Cura 3 - How to do Your First Print

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In this video, we to do the first print using the Monoprice Mini Select V2, here are the steps explored:

- Choose something to print from Thingiverse.
- Add a printer model to Cura 3.0.
- Add a profile for the print.
- Import the model in Cura 3.0.
- Export the gcode for the printer.
- Do a bed leveling.
- Print the file.
- Look at the results.

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[galacticdawnbringer]

Awesome tutorial, after spending many hours trying to figure out the right settings you saved me! I loved the video :) Thanks a lot!!!!

[volyknx]

Nice vid Frank! After i saw the fully printed ghost, i knew i had to get a 3d printer.

[Biasedturkey]

Nice tutorial Frank, thank you. May I suggest that you could add some part to the video about what's the best thing to do right after the object is printed 1) just turn the printer off with the switch ? 2) Use the "Move-extruder " menu to retract the filament out of the hotend ? 3) Do a cold pull every time the object is printed ?What's the exact procedure to follow ?

[GIFgaming]

Hey Frank, Files Link are Dead, can you reupload?

[DFDuck]

Very informative and easy to understand. Thanks Frank. I think I am about ready to order a MP Select Mini. I have been comparing it's features with a Delta type printer. Mostly deciding which is more important, heated bed (MP) vs auto leveling (Delta). And I wasn't sure if "level" meant to itself or to Earth, I now know it's to itself. After weighing the benefits of both features I have decided that a heated bed is more useful than auto leveling, since if I understand what I've read, to print ABS you need the heated bed. Though.. I have also read the Monoprice printer does not work well with ABS. Still, I think I have talked myself into buying the Monoprice printer.

[gst]

Can I ask why the end gcode you put on your cura is different than the file you included. Yours ends with a different code to turn off fan than the file you shared. Thanks.

[LIONELMESSI-fgvn]

Very interesting, I enjoyed this video! 🛀