Easy Delta Pie

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Update 10/8/2018: Added a manual leveling tab to help with final leveling and better organized tabs, keeping pictures up-to-date. Changed auto leveling pattern. Never checked if it ran on Linux; now done coding. For Windows users, download the zip file for convenience at https://github.com/LucidWolf/easy-delta-pie/blob/master/EasyDeltaPie/EasyDeltaPie_Win.zip. Update 10/8/2017: Started working on tolerance stuff, finished. Beta now since it works on my Windows laptops and doesn't crash. Will call it production once I get it working on my Linux box with both install libraries ready. Requires Java8 and rtrx serial libraries (http://rxtx.qbang.org/wiki/index.php/Download). This is a delta calibration package to help Repetier firmware delta printers set up and produce right away. The software can be found at https://github.com/LucidWolf/easy-delta-pie. The Steps: 1. The software verifies the printer is active. (Connect Tab) 2. Has a limit switch test. (Gantry Tab) 3. Motor controller (Gantry Tab) 4. Auto level based on the 4 factor calibration from Escher3D with additional statistical analysis to remove wild points. (Auto Level Tab). (http://escher3d.com/pages/wizards/wizarddelta.php) 5. Print a Cali Cat 6. Update z-step calibration (Calibration Tab) 7. Level again --> Fine tune height 8. Print an Advanced Delta Calibration to get tower angle 9. Update Tower angle 10. Level again --> Fine tune height 11. Print delta dimensional calibration tool 12. Update Diagonal Rods 13. Level again 14. Test rods and angles with Advanced Delta Calibration Disk - should be good 15. Rinse Repeat as necessary. Currently, I am using this process and can reach 0.2mm tolerances on all 3 directions of the delta calibration or an error of 60.2/60-1 = 0.33% Which is about a 3 sheets of paper or a business card. (To be honest don't even know how good my Harbor Freight digital calipers are...) Huge shout out to: Escher 3D (David) for the reprap delta calibration software Dezign for the calibration kitty thing Dolphin for the Delta calibration thing PurpleSensation for the Delta calibration rod equations Also, spam them with your makes and let them know you appreciate the models. Need to design a delta cal launching device since I have so many of those disks... Maybe use the cali cats as targets...