User's Manual

DOC-07000 Rev. A 3–3
Objet500 - Connex 3 User Guide
Work Configurations
The3‐Dprintingsystemcanbesetupasasingle‐stationsystemorasa
multi‐stationsystem.Whenconnectedtoalocalcomputernetwork,the
systemcanservemultipleusers.Insuchconfigurations,eachuser
workstation(client)preparesfileswithObjetStudiosoftwarefor
production.Aserver(host),
typicallynexttothe3‐Dprinter,actsasajob
managerthatsendsproductionjobstotheprinterforproduction.
Figure 3‐2showstheprintersetupinamulti‐clientconfiguration.
Figure 3-2: Multi-client network configuration
WheninstallingtheObjetsoftware,youchoosewhethertoinstallitasa
clientstationorasamasterstation(serverorstandalonestation).
TheObjetsoftwarearrangesthejobsitreceivesaccordingtotheirpriorities,
model‐materialtype,andotherfactors.Inmulti‐workstation
configurations,theoperatoroftheserver—typically
theproduction
administrator—hastotalcontroloverthejobssenttothe3‐Dprinter,and
canprioritizeanddeletejobs,reviewjobhistoryandreprintajob,andso
on.
Objet server
Objet printer
KVM switch
Client
workstations
Printer
workstation