At the beginning of a layer, depending on the settings, wipe will move the nozzle with the extruder off to the arrival point, then to the wipe point, then to the departure point, then back to the layer.
The wipe path is machine specific, so you'll probably have to change all the default locations.
The wipe manual page is at:
http://fabmetheus.crsndoo.com/wiki/index.php/Skeinforge_Wipe
Operation
Settings
Arrival Location
Arrival X
Arrival Y
Arrival Z
Departure Location
Departure X
Departure Y
Departure Z
Wipe Location
Wipe X
Wipe Y
Wipe Z
Wipe Period
Examples
Operation
The default 'Activate Wipe' checkbox is off. When it is on, the functions described below will work, when it is off, nothing will be done.
Settings
Arrival Location
Arrival X
Default is minus seventy millimeters.
Defines the x coordinate of the arrival location.
Arrival Y
Default is minus fifty millimeters.
Defines the y coordinate of the arrival location.
Arrival Z
Default is fifty millimeters.
Defines the z coordinate of the arrival location.
Departure Location
Departure X
Default is minus seventy millimeters.
Defines the x coordinate of the departure location.
Departure Y
Default is minus forty millimeters.
Defines the y coordinate of the departure location.
Departure Z
Default is fifty millimeters.
Defines the z coordinate of the departure location.
Wipe Location
Wipe X
Default is minus seventy millimeters.
Defines the x coordinate of the wipe location.
Wipe Y
Default is minus seventy millimeters.
Defines the y coordinate of the wipe location.
Wipe Z
Default is fifty millimeters.
Defines the z coordinate of the wipe location.
Wipe Period
Default is three.
Defines the number of layers between wipes. Wipe will always wipe just before layer zero, afterwards it will wipe every "Wipe Period" layers. With the default of three, wipe will wipe just before layer zero, layer three, layer six and so on.
Examples
The following examples wipe the file Screw Holder Bottom.stl. The examples are run in a terminal in the folder which contains Screw Holder Bottom.stl and wipe.py.
> python wipe.py
This brings up the wipe dialog.
> python wipe.py Screw Holder Bottom.stl
The wipe tool is parsing the file:
Screw Holder Bottom.stl
..
The wipe tool has created the file:
.. Screw Holder Bottom_wipe.gcode
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