Keeping an eye on my 3D Prints?

Hannah Walton · 24 May 2020 at 11:41

Hi guys,

I have a Flashforge Creator Pro. I am wondering if there is any solution that allows me to have a camera inside to keep an eye on my prints when I'm out of the room.

Could I use a Raspberry Pi?

Thanks in advance

bulb66 · 24 May 2020 at 12:02

OctoPrint for the win

https://octoprint.org/

Hannah Walton · 24 May 2020 at 14:53

bulb66 said:
OctoPrint for the win https://octoprint.org/

Thank you. I shall try that

bulb66 · 24 May 2020 at 15:37

Hannah Walton said:
Thank you. I shall try that

No problems, if you have any questions please feel free to ask I've been using OctoPrint for years and find it great.

J.

varkanoid · 24 May 2020 at 16:22

I saw a 3d Printed holder for a Raspberry Pi Camera connected to the side of the hotbead using a Raspberry Pi which looked quite neat to actually view your 3D print remotely.

katie279 · 20 Jun 2020 at 06:55

Yes, very useful also for things like octolapse (plugin that moves the nozzle out the way each layer, takes a photo and forms a timelapse film at the end of it!)

There's also a couple of Ai powered plugins I use, that recognise a failed print from the camera and can prompt you, pause or stop the print to avoid worse problems.

Octoprint is an essential feature I'd say!