Specifications

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ABOUT MAKERBOT DESKTOP
4. Move
• • ClicktheMove button or press the M key to enter Move mode.
• • InMovemode,clickanddragwithyourmousetomoveyourmodelaround
on the build plate.
• • InMovemode,holdtheShikeyandclickanddragwithyourmousetomoveyour 
model up and down along the z-axis.
• • ClicktheMovebuttonagaintoopentheChangePositionsubmenuandmoveyour 
object by a specific distance along the x-, y-, or z-axis.
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5. Turn
• • ClicktheTurn button or press the T key to enter Turn mode.
• • InTurnmode,clickanddragwithyourmousetorotateyourmodelaroundthez-axis.
• • ClicktheTurnbuttonagaintoopentheChangeRotationsubmenuandrotateyour 
object by a specific number of degrees around the x-, y-, or z-axis.
6. Scale
• • ClicktheScale button or press the S key to enter Scale mode.
• • InScalemode,clickanddragwithyourmousetoshrinkorenlargeyourmodel.
• • ClicktheScalebuttonagaintoopentheChangeDimensionssubmenuandscale 
your object by a specific amount along the x-, y-, or z-axis.
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7. File Name
• • Thelenamebardisplaysthenameoftheleorlayoutcurrentlyopen.Thingles 
can include multiple layouts, or arrangements of models on the plate.
8. Settings
• • ClickSettings to open the settings dialog.
• • Usethedialogtochangeprintsettingsforthecurrentmodelorlayout.
9. Add File
• • ClickAdd File to open an Open File dialog.
• • NavigatetothelocationofanySTL,OBJ,orThingleandselecttheletoadd
• a model to the build plate.
• • Addasmanymodelstotheplateasyoulike.
• • DuplicatemodelsalreadyontheplateusingtheCopyandPasteoptionsintheEdit
menu or the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl/Command+C and Ctrl/Command+V.