A daemon that detects RepRap-like 3D printer (ex. Ultimakers or anything with Marlin firmware) and serves access to them on the local network via the construct protocol.
- WiFi 3D Printer Control - No need to tether your laptop to the 3D printer for hours anymore. Print from anywhere in the house.
- Network Discoverablity - All 3D printers with construct-daemon on the network will show up automatically.
- Queue your Print Jobs - Add as many print jobs as you want. It's easy to manage your prints whether printing is fully or semi-autonomously. Try it out with the Makerbot ABP for extra-awesome automation!
- Automatic Slicing - Slicing is done by CuraEngine automatically. Just configure your printers' profiles in the
~/.construct/cura_enginedirectory and it will automatically slice any 3D models added to the queue.
Note: These features are based on construct-daemon used in combination with the tegh 3D printer client.
Because I was tired of not being able to use my laptop while my 3D printer was printing. And having two printers was an even bigger problem.
- Install construct-daemon on your printer's computer/raspberry pi/old laptop (see Install)
- Install tegh on your laptop (this will allow you to remotely control your printer)
- Open the command line and type
tegh [ENTER]. - Select your printer and start 3D printing without the tether for fun and profit.
Note: construct-daemon is currently unstable. There has not been a stable release yet so there are not packages for distros that don't support git-based unstable releases.
yaourt -S construct-daemon-git
- Install an up to date copy of nodejs and npm
- Linux Only: Install avahi and it's bonjour compatibility layer
git clone https://github.com/D1plo1d/construct-daemon.git&& cd construct-daemon; npm install- Linux Only: If you have systemd then you can set construct-daemon to load on startup by running
sudo cp construct-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/construct-daemon.service && sudo systemctl enable construct-daemon.service
Note: Upstart and initd are not yet supported so if you do not have systemd (for example on Ubuntu or OSX) then you won't be able to daemonize construct-daemon. Instead your going to need to run construct-dameon in a terminal session or screen or something. Just run ./bin/construct-daemon --exec from the git repository to start the service (it will not fork).