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4.
Configuring the Software
Successfully building a 3D printer is an amazing accomplishment. If you've fin-
ished building your own Printrbot Simple (or have just received a preassembled
unit), you're ready to move forward with the next step of the 3D printing process.
It's all about the software now, and as you'll discover in this chapter, you need
to know a few things about the specialized software used by hobbyists to print in
plastic.
If you're ready to get started with the software part of the process, you should
download and read over the “Simple Getting Started Guide” that the Printrbot
team has created just for the Simple. It's a PDF file that explains which software
to download and install and how to test your Simple to make sure everything is
working properly. I cannot stress enough that it's important to read through the
“Simple Getting Started Guide” completely before you download and install the
software. To grab the guide, open a web browser and point it to the following web
address, as shown in
Figure 4.1
:
Figure 4.1
The Download page for the “Getting Started Guide.”
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