Tools to monitor your 3D prints
Conclusion
Both Atelier/AtCore and OctoPrint are fine pieces of software that you can use to monitor your printer. If you have a Rasp Pi handy, OctoPi is probably the most convenient for remote monitoring of single printers. It also makes it really easy to integrate the controlling hardware (i.e., a Rasp Pi) into the printer.
Atelier, on the other hand, is great for controlling several or a whole farm of printers. Its smaller cousin, the AtCore Test Client, is ideal if you want to mount a control panel using an SBC (like a Rasp Pi) and touchscreen to your printer.
Infos
- "3D Designer" by Paul Brown, Linux Magazine, issue 222, May 2019, pp. 90-94, http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2019/222/Designing-your-own-stuff-with-OpenSCAD
- "Using OpenSCAD to build custom 3D pieces" by Paul Brown, Linux Magazine, issue 223, June 2019, pp. 90-94, http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2019/223/Tutorials-OpenSCAD
- "Technical 3D design using FreeCAD" by Paul Brown, Linux Magazine, issue 224, July 2019, pp. 90-95, http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2019/224/Mother-of-Invention
- "Preparing an object for 3D printing" by Paul Brown, Linux Magazine, issue 225, August 2019, pp. 90-95, http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2019/225/Print-Ready
- Cura slicer: https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura
- Atelier/AtCore: https://atelier.kde.org/
- OctoPrint: https://octoprint.org
- OctoPi download: https://octoprint.org/download/
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