Download
First, download the latest copy of ReplicatorG.
Copy to Applications
Mount the .dmg file and copy the replicatorg folder to Applications.
Optional: Install Drivers
There is a /drivers folder in the replicatorg folder you installed. It contains a driver for the FTDI USB->Serial converter used with Arduino and Sanguino boards. If you have already installed Arduino, you can skip this step. Otherwise, please install it.
Optional: Setup Skeinforge
Starting in 0003, we've bundled an application called 'Skeinforge' with ReplicatorG. This application takes various 3D models and converts them into GCode for use with ReplicatorG. It's a python script, so you'll need to have python installed.
- If you're using 10.4 (Tiger), you'll want to download and install Python 2.6.
- If you're using 10.5 (Leopard), the python that is pre-installed may be sufficient, but has not worked on some machines. You can upgrade to Python 2.6 if you have trouble running skeinforge.py.
Once you have that installed, you'll want to launch the Skeinforge application. Right click the skeinforge/skeinforge.py file and select 'Open with… -> Python Launcher'.
UPDATE: You'll need to create an empty textfile in the skeinforge folder titled init.py to get it to work.
Run it
You can run the ReplicatorG application by double clicking the ReplicatorG icon. Easy, right?
Done!
Next, move on to the usage page for instructions on configuring and using ReplicatorG.
