SUPERSEDED: Hero Me Gen7 Pre-Release V1.5 (Patreon)

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UPDATED 10-17 10:27PM PDT 81 more new or updated STLs!

Here is what is new or changed in Hero Me Gen7 Pre-Release V1.5

Hero Me Gen7 Base

HMG7 Magnet Upright Base.stl
HMG7 Universal Upright Base.stl

Gantry Adapters

Magnet Edition

HMG7 ME 3DFused V1 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME 3DFused V2 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME 3DFused V3 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Ender 3 Max Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Ender 3-Pro Mosquito for Creality Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Anet A8 Gantry Adapter V6.stl
HMG7 ME BLV Ender Gantry Adapter A.stl
HMG7 ME BLV Ender Gantry Adapter B.stl
HMG7 ME Chiron Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 ME Longer LK5 Pro Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME PrinterMods V1.3 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Sovol SV01 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Voxelab Aquila-Pro Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Dragonfly BMS Bowden Hotend Standoff.stl
HMG7 OEM-MK8-MS Bowden Hotend Standoff.stl
HMG7 Spider HI-Temp-HIC Bowden Hotend Standoff.stl
HMG7 PrinterMods V1.3 Ender 3 Gantry Clip.stl
HMG7 PrinterMods V1.3 Ender 5 Gantry Clip.stl

Standard

HMG7 3DFused V1 Gantry Adapter.stl  
HMG7 3DFused V1 Gantry Clip.stl
HMG7 3DFused V2 Gantry Adapter.stl  
HMG7 3DFused V3 Gantry Adapter.stl  
HMG7 3DFused V2 Gantry Clip.stl
HMG7 CR-10 V2-V3 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 CR-10S Pro Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 CR-10S Pro V2-V3 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Ender 3 V2 Gantry Adapter V3.stl
HMG7 Ender 3 V2 Neo Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 Ender 3 V2 Neo Gantry Clip.stl
HMG7 Ender 3 Max Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 Ender 3-Pro Mosquito for Creality Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Anet A8 Gantry Adapter V6.stl
HMG7 Anycubic Vyper Heat Sink Brace.stl
HMG7 BLV Ender Gantry Adapter A.stl
HMG7 BLV Ender Gantry Adapter B.stl
HMG7 Chiron Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 Longer LK5 Pro Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 PrinterMods V1.3 Ender 3 Gantry Clip.stl
HMG7 PrinterMods V1.3 Ender 5 Gantry Clip.stl
HMG7 PrinterMods V1.3 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Sovol SV01 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Voxelab Aquila-Pro Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Ender 3 V Wheel X Carriage.stl
HMG7 Ender 5 V Wheel X Carriage.stl
HMG7 Box Linear Rail X Carriage Back.stl
HMG7 Box Linear Rail X Carriage Bottom.stl
HMG7 Box Linear Rail X Carriage Front.stl
HMG7 Box Linear Rail X Carriage Top.stl
HMG7 Ender 3 Linear Rail Front Belt Bracket.stl
HMG7 Ender 5 MGN9-H Linear Rail X Carriage.stl
HMG7 Linear Rail Bottom Belt Bracket.stl
HMG7 Linear Rail Top Belt Bracket.stl
HMG7 MGN9-H Linear Rail Front X Carriage.stl
HMG7 MGN9-H Linear Rail Top X Carriage.stl
HMG7 MGN12-C Linear Rail Front X Carriage.stl
HMG7 MGN12-H Linear Rail Front X Carriage.stl
HMG7 MGN12-H Linear Rail Top X Carriage.stl
HMG7 Wham Bam Universal Linear Rail Gantry Adapter.stl

Hotend Mounts

HMG7 Revo Micro Mount.stl
HMG7 Revo Micro Skirt.stl
HMG7 Revo Voron Screw Mount V2.stl
HMG7 Revo Voron Bowden Collete Cap.stl
HMG7 Revo Voron Bowden PC4 Cap.stl HMG7 Revo Voron Skirt V3.stl

Extruders

HMG7 BMG BMG-M Front Mirror Mount.stl
HMG7 BMG BMG-M Rear Mirror Mount V2.stl
HMG7 BMG BMG-M Rear Mount V3.stl
HMG7 Creality Dual Gear Rear Mount V2.stl
HMG7 E3D-Online Titan Rear Mount.stl
HMG7 EZR Struder Tall Front Mount.stl
HMG7 EZR Struder Tall Rear Mount.stl
HMG7 LGX Front Mount V2.stl
HMG7 Orbiter V2.0 Front Mount V2.stl

ABL Mounts

HMG7 CRTouch Compact Left mount V2.stl
HMG7 CRTouch Compact Right mount V2.stl

Options

HMG7 ADXL345 14.4mm Short Horizontal Mount.stl
HMG7 ADXL345 19mm Mount.stl
HMG7 ADXL345 20mm Short Horizontal Mount.stl
HMG7 ADXL345 20mm Vertical Mount.stl

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UPDATED 10-9 4:45PM PDT 63 new or updated STLs!

Here is what is new or changed in Hero Me Gen7 Pre-Release V1.4

If you have not logged into the private Hero Me Discord server, please do so! That is where Gen7 support is, as well as a detailed FAQ channel.
Here is a Discord invite if you need one:

https://discord.gg/Ntjw5kQT

Hero Me Gen7 Base

HMG7 Universal Base Upright w-holes.stl
HMG7 Magnet Base Upright w-holes.stl

Gantry Adapters

HMG7 Anet A8 Gantry Adapter V3.stl
HMG7 Ender 3 V2 Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 Ender 3 V2 Gantry Adapter V2alt.stl
HMG7 Ender 5 Pro-Plus Gantry Adapter V2.stl.stl
HMG7 Ender 5 Pro-Plus Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 Exoslide Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Sovol SV02 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Sovol SV02 Gantry Clip.stl
HMG7 XChange High Mount Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Xchange Standard Mount Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Ender 3 V2 Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 ME MSDD CR-Ender 3 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Ender 3-Pro Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Ender 3V2 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Ender 5-Pro-Plus Gantry Adapter V2.stl
HMG7 ME Exoslide Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME Xchange Standard Mount Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME XChange High Mount Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 ME MSDD CR-Ender 5 Gantry Adapter.srl
HMG7 ME CR-10-S Gantry Adapter.stl

Hotend Mounts

HMG7 E3DV6-Revo Six-BMO Collar Mount V2.stl
HMG7 Spider 350 Mount.stl
HMG7 Vyper E3DV6 Collar for Stock Mount V2.stl
HMG7 Collar Skirt for Vyper Stock V2.stl
HMG7 TaiChi Sovol SV02 Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Dragonfly BMO Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Dragonfly BMS Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Neptune 3 Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Mosquito Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Copperhead Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Dragon Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 E3DV6-Revo Six-BMO Collar Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Revo Voron Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Spider 350 Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 OEM-MK8-MS Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Spider 500 Skirt V2.stl

Extruders

HMG7 Creality Single Gear Rear Mount.stl
HMG7 Orbiter V2.0 Front Mount for Vyper Stock.stl
HMG7 Orbiter V1.5 Rear Mount V2.stl
HMG7 Orbiter V1.5 Rear Mount Mirror V2.stl
HMG7 Orbiter V1.5 Front Mount Mirror.stl
HMG7 11mm DD Riser Base for Vyper Stock.stl

ABL Mounts

HMG7 CRTouch Standard Mount.stl
HMG7 CRTouch Flat Mount.stl
HMG7 CRTouch Compact Right mount.stl
HMG7 CRTouch Compact Left mount.stl
HMG7 BLTouch Compact Mount Left.stl
HMG7 BLTouch Compact Mount Right.stl
HMG7 BLTouch Compact Wing Right.stl
HMG7 BLTouch Compact Wing Left.stl
HMG7 BL-CR Touch Wing Wide Bracket Left V2.stl
HMG7 BL-CR Touch Wing Medium-Wide Bracket Left V2.stl
HMG7 BL-CR Touch Wing Medium Bracket Left V3.stl
HMG7 BL-CR Touch Wing Narrow Bracket Left.stl
HMG7 BL-CR Touch Wing Wide Bracket Right.stl
HMG7 BL-CR Touch Wing Medium Bracket Right V2.stl
HMG7 BL-CR Touch Wing Medium-Wide Bracket Right V2.dtl
HMG7 BL-CR Touch Wing Narrow Bracket Right V2.stl

Options

HMG7 ADXL345 15.4mm short horizontal Mount.stl
HMG7 ADXL345 15.4mm horizontal Mount.stl
HMG7 ADXL345 15.4mm Vertical Mount.stl

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Updated 10-5 6:40PM PDT Added an addition ZIP called 'HMG7 Addon.zip that contains 6 STLs for left and right BL Touch / CR Touch (narrow, medium, and wide) wing brackets). This gets us back to just two STLs to mount a BL or CR Touch directly on the side of the HMG7 Base (Not used on a Gen6 Gantry Adapter).

Updated 10-5 3:30PM PDT I have posted the Hero Me Gen7 Pre-Release V1.3 here.

The V1.3 pre-release has the following new or updated STLs:

Hero Me Gen7 Base

HMG7 Universal Base Face.stl
HMG7 Universal Base Upright.stl
HMG7 Magnet Base Face.stl
HMG7 Magnet Base Upright.stl

The Bases now have flat bottoms, making them easier to print.

The 'Face' versions do not need supports, but do need a well dialed in printer. I recommend printing these at a 0.14mm layer height.

The 'Upright' versions only need very little support on the back side of the heat sink duct. I recommend that you place the supports manually. This STL can be printed at 0.2mm layer height.

Gantry Adapters

HMG7 Geeetech A10-A20-A30 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Ender 5 Pro-Plus Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Xchange Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 Neptune 3 Gantry Adapter.stl
HMG7 AnyCubic Vyper Gantry Adapter V2.stl

Hotend Mounts

HMG7 Vyper E3DV6 Collar for Stock Mount.stl (enables putting a V6 on the Stock mount)
HMG7 Dragonfly BMS Mount.stl
HMG7 Dragonfly BMS Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Neptune 3 Base Cover.stl (keeps airflow on the heat sink)
HMG7 E3DV6-Revo Six-BMO Collar Mount V2.stl (now also supports the Spider 500)
HMG7 E3DV6-Revo Six-BMO Collar Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Spider 500 Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Spider 350 Mount.stl
HMG7 Spider 350 Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Revo Voron Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 OEM-MK8-MS Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Dragon Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Copperhead Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Mosquito Skirt V2.stl
HMG7 Neptune 3 Skirt V2..stl

All of the skirts have been updated to fix the screw hole offset AND made wider to take advantage of the flat bottom of the Base.

Extruders

HMG7 LGX Lite Front Mount V2.stl
HMG7 BMG BMG-M Rear Mount V2.stl
HMG7 Vyper Stock LGX Front Mount.stl
HMG7 11mm DD Riser for Vyper Stock.stl
HMG7 Creality Single Gear Mount Front.stl
HMG7 Creality Dual Gear Mount Front.stl
HMG7 Creality Dual Gear Rear Mount.stl
HMG7 4mm DD Riser.stl
HMG7 6mm DD Riser Base Open.stl
HMG7 6mm DD Riser Base Closed.stl
HMG7 6mm DD Riser.stl
HMG7 10mm DD Riser.stl

ABL Mounts

HMG7 ABL Wing Left.stl
HMG7 ABL Wing Right.stl
HMG7 BLTouch Mount Left.stl
HMG7 BLTouch Close Mount Left.stl
HMG7 BLTouch Mount Right.stl
HMG7 BLTouch Close Mount Right.stl

Options

HMG7 ADXL345 35mm Mount.stl
HMG7 Vyper E3DV6 Collar for Stock Mount.stl (enables putting a V6 on the Stock mount)
HMG7 Velocity Stack Fan Guard.stl

Updated 9-30 1:25PM PDT: HMG7 Pre-Release 1.2
Fixed the mount holes on the riser STLs.
Added the following STLs:
HMG7 Creality Dual Gear Mount Front.stl
HMG7 Creality Dual Gear Rear Mount.stl
HMG7 Creality Single Gear Mount Front.stl
HMG7 6mm DD Riser Base Open.stl
HMG7 6mm DD Riser Base Closed.stl

Updated 9-29 12:35PM PDT: No content changes. Re-uploaded a fresh ZIP of the STLs as I had a report that the zip could not be opened.

Updated 9-29 12PM PDT: Added a very preliminary PDF of the Gen7 parts selection and assembly instructions that was in the body of this post. The PDF is a download at the bottom of this post.

Updated 9-29 11:20AM PDT: ZIP updated to include the missing Velocity Stack Fan Guard STL. Edited supported components with more detail.

Generation 7 is the result of all the great feedback, requests, and reported issues from the community. This would not be possible without your support. Thank You!

Any Hotend, Any Extruder, Any Printer* - Hero Me Gen7

The Hero Me Gen7 Pre-Release is Here (along with Hero Me Magnet Edition Beta 3). The ZIP file to download is a the bottom of this post. Please read the whole post as there is no documentation yet (in process).

The Hero Me Gen6 has become world's most compatible (and maybe most popular) print head assembly, for hotend, extruder, ABL, and part cooling for 3D printers. The Hero Me Gen7 takes this all to the next level.

Hero Me Gen7 will support:

• ANY 3D PRINTER*
• ANY DISCRETE HOTEND*
• ANY DISCRETE DIRECT DRIVE EXTRUDER
• ANY ABL SENSOR
• ANY PART COOLING FAN
• ANY OTHER 3D PRINTER X AXIS ADDON

*Any 3D printer that can mount discrete X carriage mountable components. Integrated hotend-extruders not included. Any hotend that can fit within: 27mm wide (X axis), 26mm length (Y axis), any hotend height

Here is a list of the some of the changes and improvements that are in Hero Me Gen7:

• Anything you could mount on a Hero Me Gen6 base can be mounted on the Gen7 base.
• Greatly improved wire management without a chimney.
• More upright front face for the heat sink fan on the base.
• Completely redesigned heat sink duct.
• Thoroughly CFD tested to greatly improve heat sink cooling performance and eliminate airflow to the heat block.
• ABLs can now be be on the left, front, or right side of the base.
• New heat sink skirts Provides added front mount point (e.g. ADXL345 accelerometer) and prevents heat sink air from flowing down over the heat block.
• Support for very tall X carriages and tool changers.
• Only one Gantry Adapter per printer model or 3rd party X carriage (this eliminates 3 quarters of all the Gantry Adapter parts).
• New standardized Base top mount points.
• New bottom mount points for larger add-ons.
• New additional side mounts on the Hero Me base for wire management and other options.
• Interlocking components for rigid mounting.
• Only one mount per hotend model.
• Only one direct drive mount type per extruder model. (this eliminates 80% of all the DD bases with no loss of compatibility).
• STL and STEP files for all major components (STEP files will be a Patreon exclusive).
• ONLY One Hero Me Universal Base. Yep, only one.
• One Hero Me Base to rule them ALL!

The following components in BOLD are included in this initial Patreon Pre-Release.

Hotends:

MK8
Creality Stock
Creality Pro (currently Bowden only with Gantry Adapter standoff spacer)
Creality Spider (currently Bowden only with Gantry Adapter standoff spacer)
Creality Spider High Temp (currently Bowden only with Gantry Adapter standoff spacer)
E3D V6
E3D V6 Volcano
Micro Swiss All Metal
Phaetus Dragon
Phaetus Dragonfly BMS (currently Bowden only with Gantry Adapter standoff spacer)
Phaetus Dragonfly BMO
Phaetus Dragonfly HIC (currently Bowden only with Gantry Adapter standoff spacer)
Phaetus Rapido HF
Phaetus Rapido UHF
Phaetus TaiChi
Revo Six
Revo Voron
Revo Micro
Slice Mosquito
Slice Mosquito for Creality
Slice Copperhead
Most MK8 clones (2 screw mount)
Most V6 clones (collar/groove mount)

Extruders:

Creality Single Gear
Creality Dual Gear
Bondtech BMG
Bondtech BMG-M
Bondtech LGX
Bondtech LGX Lite
E3D Titan
Kingroon Titan Stock
Neptune 3 Stock
Micro Swiss DD Kits
Orbiter V1.5
Orbiter V2.0
Sailfin
Sherpa Mini
Sherpa Micro
Any true clones of the above

The Creality Single/Dual Gear, E3D Titan and others will be part of the second wave Pre-release next week.

3D Printers

All currently HMG6 supported 3D printers (see Important Note below).

The following popular 3D printer models listed in BOLD hav Gen7 specific Gantry Adapters available in this first Pre-Release of Gen7.

Ender 3/Pro/V2/Max
Ender 5/Pro/Plus
Ender 6
CR-10/CR-10S/CR-10S4/CR-10S5
CR-10V2/V3
CR-10S Pro/Pro V2
Anycubic Vyper
BTT Hermit Crab
Micro Swiss DD Kits (Ender 3/Ender 5)

More Gen7 specific Gantry Adapters will be released over the next two weeks.

Important Note: If you have a Gen6 compatible 3D printer that is not listed above, you can make the existing Gen6 Gantry Adapter for your printer, compatible with Gen7.  

To do this you remove the raised 2mm 'frame' on the left side of the Gantry Adapter that surrounds the ABL mount points.  This can be done in the slicer with a blocker, edited in TinkerCAD or some other CAD tool, or trimmed away after printing with an Xacto knife. Gantry Adapters with a built-in hotend spacer standoff can only be used in Bowden setups for Gen7. Hero Me Gen7 Direct Drive setups only use the flat Gantry Adapters (no hotend standoff).

After the public release, additional existing and new 3D printers not currently supported will be added upon popular request (and when an X carriage STL, STEP, or detailed measurements are provided).

Part Cooling Fans:

All existing Gen6 Part Cooling Duct STLs are Gen7 compatible.

• 5015
• 5020
• 4020
• 4010

ABL Sensors:

All existing Gen6 ABL sensors STLs are Gen7 compatible. Note that some STLs are left hand oriented. If you want the ABL on the right side, you will need to mirror the wing and mount parts in your slicer before printing.

Community Remixes:

While there is no time for me to test over 650 remixes and add-ons, Most (if not all) should be able to work with the Hero Me Gen7 suite. Community remixes or add-ons made for Gen5-6 that are themselves a version of the Hero Me Base or a direct drive bracket will not be compatible with Gen7.

Hero Me Gen7 STL Parts Selection and Basic Assembly

Download the attached PDF (and the ZIP of the STLs).

Please let me know if you find issues with this assembly process, or have a better way to do it. These are the basic steps, and there will be some esoteric assemblies that may need a very different process due to the unique nature of the setup (e.g. Anycubic Vyper setup).

Please provide feedback on anything Hero Me Gen7 related via the #hero-me-gen7 or #hmg7-support channels in the Hero Me Discord server. Be sure to review the #gen7-faqs channel first before posting your question as it may already be answered.

Please do not put support questions in the comments of this post.

Happy Printing!