Slicer

Orca Slicer Setup

  1. Download Orca Slicer if you don’t already have it, and install it.
  2. Run Orca Slicer and optionally login to your Orca Cloud account.
  3. Download the Orca Slicer profile for the Vertigo Mk1 from GitHub.
  4. In Orca Slicer, go to File > Import > Import Configs… and select the Vertigo Mk1 X.X Nozzle.orca_printer file that was just downloaded.
  5. Select the User Preset ‘Vertigo Mk1 X.X Nozzle’ from the dropdown in the top left of the Prepare Tab.
  6. Download the Slicer Bed Model from GitHub.
  7. Hover over the User Preset and click the Edit Preset icon to open the ‘Printer settings’ menu.

  8. Next to ‘Printable area’, click Set… to open the ‘Bed Shape’ menu.
  9. In the ‘Model Panel’, click Load… and select the SlicerBedModel.stl file that was just downloaded.
  10. Click OK, to exit the ‘Bed Shape’ menu, and click the save icon next to the User Preset in the ‘Printer settings’ menu.

Macros, Settings, and Options - WIP

Here is some general information about how to interface with the Vertigo Mk1 through Orca Slicer.

Print Start Macro - WIP

The prime line is moveable.

Filament Start Menu - WIP

The bed temp and mesh settings are overrideable, per filament.

Bed Mesh - WIP

You will get a menu to optionanally perform and save a bed mesh profile the first time you use a new Bed Type and Bed Temperature. The bed mesh profile will be associated with temperatures within +/- 5 degrees. This feature is still somewhat experimental.

In config_variables.cfg you can set a parameter to always perform an adaptive mesh rather than using saved profiles.

Config Reference 

config_variables.cfg

[gcode_macro _MACRO_VARIABLES]
:
variable_adaptive_mesh: False
variable_adaptive_margin: 5

Print End Macro - WIP

PRINT_END CLEAR_BED=[True/False (1/0)] BED_COOL_THRESHOLD=[Temperature below the heated bed temp to start scraping]

CLEAR_BED will do the Vertigo part ejection bed scraping motion when set to True or 1, and will otherwise function like any other printer at the end of a print.

Orca Slicer has an excellent guide on print calibration.