3D Printing Software Architecture

 
The BIQ Huxley Seedling 3D Printer operates and has been tested with ReplicatorG Software (Windows version) using machine type BIQ Huxley Seedling which supports the Arduino Mega 1280 (ATMega1280 RAMPS).

The BIQ printer comes with a software bundle for installation on Windows which contains all the necessary software and documentation for installing, setting up and running a 3D Printer.

The BIQ software bundle comprises of:

1. Arduino (arduino-0022) which is used to upload the firmware to the 3D printer.

2. ReplicatorG (replicatorg) is the application used to load a 3D drawing (i.e. STL) file and converts it to GCodes that are sent to the printer firmware to print the 3D object. It also provides facilities to test and control the printer.

3. BIQSprinter (BIQSprinter) is the name given to the firmware that interprets the GCodes it receives in order to print the 3D object.

This software also has dependencies on Skeinforge40 (40_reprap_python_beanshell.zip), Java (j3d-1_5_2-windows-1586) and Python (python-2.7.2).

Software bundles for other platforms will be made available later or upon request. Please contact BIQ for more information or requests for other platforms.

To get a more in-depth insight about the software used for 3D Printing also see How Can I Find out More.