Owner`s manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 OVERVIEW..............................................................................................................................3
1.1 C
OMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS................................................................................. 3
1.1.1 Z
TM
400 System ...................................................................................................... 3
1.1.2 Z406 System ......................................................................................................... 4
1.1.3 Z810 System ......................................................................................................... 4
1.2 I
NSTALLING THE Z CORP. SYSTEM SOFTWARE................................................................... 5
1.3 SETTING USER DEFAULT PRINTER AND POWDER ............................................................... 6
1.4 S
ETTING USER PREFERENCES .......................................................................................... 7
1.5 Z CORP. SYSTEM SOFTWARE MAIN WINDOW .................................................................... 8
1.6 THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE TOOLBAR ................................................................................... 9
2 SETTING UP THE BUILD......................................................................................................10
2.1 O
PENING A FILE............................................................................................................. 10
2.2 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE BUILD AREA.......................................................................... 12
2.2.1 Viewing Cross Sections of the Build.................................................................... 12
2.3 T
RANSFORMING THE PART .............................................................................................. 13
2.3.1 Part Selection ...................................................................................................... 13
2.3.2 Copy and Paste ................................................................................................... 14
2.3.3 Bleed Compensation ........................................................................................... 14
2.3.4 Translate Parts .................................................................................................... 16
2.3.5 Rotate Parts......................................................................................................... 16
2.3.6 Mirror Parts.......................................................................................................... 17
2.3.7 Scale Parts .......................................................................................................... 17
2.3.8 Justify Parts ......................................................................................................... 17
2.3.9 Color Parts........................................................................................................... 19
2.3.10 Anisotropic Scaling .............................................................................................. 19
2.4 O
BTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUILD .................................................................... 20
2.4.1 Print Time Estimator ............................................................................................ 20
2.4.2 Part Statistics....................................................................................................... 20
2.4.3 Collision Detection............................................................................................... 20
2.5 3D P
RINT SETUP............................................................................................................ 21
2.5.1 Changing Powder Parameters ............................................................................ 22
2.6 S
AVING YOUR WORK ...................................................................................................... 24
2.7 EXPORTING PLY ............................................................................................................. 24
3 COMMUNICATING WITH THE 3D PRINTER ......................................................................25
3.1 S
ERVICE MENU .............................................................................................................. 25
3.2 Z406 S
YSTEM SERVICE MENU ........................................................................................ 26
3.3 Z810 SYSTEM SERVICE MENU ........................................................................................ 27
3.4 P
RINTER STATUS............................................................................................................ 28
3.5 P
RINT TIME DELAYER ..................................................................................................... 29
3.6 LOGGING FILES .............................................................................................................. 30
4 INDEX ....................................................................................................................................31
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