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Automatic Ship Printing Pad

A ship printer that's very compact and easy to integrate into any hangar floor or landing pad. Very easy to use since the operation of piston, welders, and projector are automated using sensors and timers.




How fast the printer works depends on the welding speed settings of your world, so before starting you need to adjust the piston speed. (you can always go lower for extra safety, but if the speed is too high the ship won't fully print)

RECOMMENDED SPEED SETTINGS:

1x: 0.03 m/s
2x: 0.045 m/s
5x: 0.09 m/s
Creative Mode: 0.5 m/s

For very large or complicated-to-weld ships you might need slightly lower speeds.
For small ships you can go a bit higher if you want to.

Grey Button On Top: Move piston to ready position
Orange Buttons: Move projection horizontaly
Cyan Buttons: Move projection vertically
White Buttons: Turn projection
Yellow Button: Enable/Disable dampeners (Press if you see the ship fire its engines while printing)
Red Button: Start printing process
Blue Button: Retract Piston

NOTE: A proximity safety sensor will shut down the welders if you get too close to prevent injury.
If that happens, simply return to a safe distance and press the red button again to continue.

1. If currently retracted, activate the system (grey button on top)
   
2. Select the blueprint you want to print
   
3. Move the blueprint to printing position on the pad (See Controls)
   For optimal results, move the topmost interconnected layer of your ship to be the lowest layer of blocks fully above the floor. That way this layer has time fully build before the piston starts moving upwards.
   
4. Build a block line to connect projection to button panel so the projection can actually build.
   
5. Check if you have all the resources you need to finish the build.
   I have a set of screens with Juggenaut93's Projector2LCD script set up to help you with that. Direct any compliments or questions concerning the script to that page, it has nothing to do with my build.
   
6. Press Red Button to start the welding (The piston will automatically start moving after 8s)
   
7. Wait for the build to finish, then retract back on the landing pad.
   If the piston doesn't retract 3 several seconds after stopping, retract the piston manually by pressing the dark blue button.
   If some of the lower bits aren't finished yet, just press red again to re-enable the welders.
   
8. If you don't have a battery, put uranium into your reactors now, while the ship is still getting energy from the pad.
   
9. Grind away the connection to free the ship. The piston will retract automatically.
   Note: If you didn't remove all of the block connection to the ship, the piston will not retract fully and instead return to ready position. You can then print another ship, or remove the blocks and press dark blue to fully retract it.