BfB Axon
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This entry needs to be updated for version 2 - Daniel K. Schneider 14:56, 16 November 2011 (CET).
1 Introduction
Axon BfB is a free frontend for Skeinforge made by Bits from Bytes.
Main operations are fairly simple:
In the main tab
- Open the STL file
- Select your printer in the Type pulldown menu, e.g. RapMan single
- Select the plastic in the Profile pulldown menu, e.g. ABS, ABS/PLA or PLA
- Click on Build (wait ... this can last several minutes)
- Go back to the main tab and click on Download to SD card (save with a *.bfb extension and a file name no longer than 8 chars!)
Here are two screen shots:
To modify the settings, click on Advance and read the Skeinforge for RapMan article ...
2 Discussion
Much easier to learn than skeinforge and no rather difficult calibration process like with Netfabb.
Thing that didn't go well with the default parameters:
- Raft size for small PLA objects (margins too small, raft not fat enough)
- Bottom value for z (a bit too big, i.e. the print bed is too far down)
3 Links
3.1 Download
- old download page at bitsfrombytes.
Take the BfB Axon Manual and the Bfb Axon software package.
- Version 1.11 (downloaded Jan 3 2011) included a zip file with a single installer file for Axon, Skeinforge (and older version) and Python 2.65.
- As of 2011, there is also (a probably better) Beta version (not yet tested)