User`s manual

ZPrint™ Software Manual Setup The Build
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5Setup The Build
The first part of this section will introduce you to the file types ZPrint handles, and the basics of opening a
file.
• Section 5.1 “Overview Of Part And Build Files”
• Section 5.2 “Part Orientation”
• Section 5.3 “Opening and Selecting Files”
• Section 5.4 “The Right-Button Pop-Up, Edit, And Transform Menus”
The next section will show you how to perform the most frequently-used functions, such as scaling and
translating the part.
• Section 5.5 “Transform The Part”
• Section 5.6 “Align Parts in Build”
• Section 5.7 “Translate (Position) Parts”
• Section 5.8 “Rotate Parts”
• Section 5.9 “Scale Parts”
• Section 5.10 “Mirror Parts”
• Section 5.11 “Justify Parts”
ZPrint also equips you to perform advanced functions such as detecting collisions between layers and add-
ing color, labels and a witness part.
• Section 5.12 “Collision Detection”
• Section 5.13 “Apply Color To Monochrome Parts”
• Section 5.14 “Anisotropic Scaling”
• Section 5.15 “Make Label”
• Section 5.16 “Make Solid”
• Section 5.17 “Make Fixture”
• Section 5.18 “Witness Part”
Finally, it’s very important that you save your work!
• Section 5.19 “Save Your Work”
5.1 Overview Of Part And Build Files
A Part file is a file that is created in a 3D modeling software package. Some examples of Part files are files
that have an .stl, .zpr, .wrl, .ply, .3ds, or .zec extension. Build files (which are also called Part or Document
files) have a .zbd or .bld extension and are unique to ZPrint. Build Files include the set of Part files oriented
in the Build Bed.
You can open a single Build file, or multiple Part files, into the ZPrint main window. When you save
changes, or exit ZPrint, ZPrint prompts you to save the Part file(s) as a .zbd file (a Build file). Save a Part