User manual

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MENU BUTTONS: The buttons at the top and
bottom right corner of the control panel’s LCD screen.
The menu buttons will oen allow you to proceed in
an action, cancel an action, access dierent menus,
or return to a previous menu.
FLEX BUILD PLATE: The flat plate on which the
MakerBot Replicator+ Desktop 3D Printer builds an
object. This plate is removable and bending the plate
allows you to remove objects.
BUILD PLATFORM: The support for the build plate.
The build platform includes screws for manual
leveling.
CONTROL PANEL: The LCD screen, dial, and
buttons at the upper right corner of the MakerBot
Replicator+. The control panel allows you to start
prints, change settings and view status information.
DIAL: The rotary/push dial on the control panel.
Rotate the dial to scroll through available options
and push the dial to select.
ETHERNET CABLE: The cable used to connect your
MakerBot Replicator+ to a local area network.
EXTRUDER ASSEMBLY: The Smart Extruder+
installed in the extruder carriage.
EXTRUDER CARRIAGE: The part of the extruder
assembly that sits on the gantry and moves back and
forth. When the Smart Extruder+ is installed in the
extruder carriage, the extruder assembly is complete.
EXTRUDER NOZZLE: The opening on the end of the
Smart Extruder+ from which heated MakerBot PLA
Filament emerges to be spread onto the build plate.
FILAMENT DRAWER: The part of your MakerBot
Replicator+ that slides up to allow you to load a
spool of MakerBot PLA Filament.
FILAMENT GUIDE TUBE: The plastic tube that
guides the MakerBot PLA Filament from the filament
spool to the Smart Extruder+.
FIRMWARE: The soware that runs on your
MakerBot Replicator+.
GANTRY: The apparatus that allows the carriage
and extruder assembly to move along the x and y
axis.
GRIP SURFACE: The surface on which the extruder
prints on. Prints adhere better to the Grip Surface
resulting in reduced warping and curling and no blue
tape required.
INTERNAL STORAGE: The part of the MakerBot
Replicator+ onboard storage that you can use to
store print files. The capacity of the internal storage
of the MakerBot Replicator+ is about 2GB.
LAYOUT: An arrangement of 3D models on the build
plate. Multiple layouts can be saved as part of any
Thing in your Library.
LEVELING SCREWS: The two screws underneath
the build platform that allow you to pivot the build
plate around its center point during the leveling
process.
.MAKERBOT: The format of print files for your
MakerBot Replicator+. Print files contain instructions
for your MakerBot Replicator+.
MAKERBOT ACCOUNT: The username and
password you will use to sign in to MakerBot Print,
and log on to Thingiverse and other MakerBot sites.
MAKERBOT PRINT SOFTWARE: Free soware for
use with your MakerBot Replicator+. MakerBot Print
will help you discover, manage, share and print 3D
models.
MAKERBOT PLA FILAMENT: Polylactic acid
filament. PLA is a corn-based thermoplastic.
MakerBot PLA Filament is the source material
from which you make objects on the MakerBot
Replicator+.
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