User's Manual Part 1

Chapter 4
The Polar Clo ud
The Polar Cloud is the central hub, or “command and control
center”, for the Polar 3D ecosystem .
As a Polar Clo ud member, you may conveniently view a his-
tory of your printing activity and communicate with other Polar
Cloud member s; see S ect i on 4.1.
The Polar Cloud provides a convenient and powerful platform
for managing and storing 3D objects, and for collaborating with
other Polar Cloud members. You may store 3D object files (as
well as supplementary information such as photographs) in the
Polar Cloud (Section 4.2), share objects with other Polar Cloud
members (Section 4.2.2 and Section 4.2.3), and give and receive
printing and usage tips and feedback on objects (Section 4.2.4
and Section 4.2.6).
Polar Clou d groups provide a way to collaborate, sharing
printers and objects, amongst a student class, maker space club,
or library members, etc.; see Section 4.4.
The Polar Cloud provides mechan i sm s for managing and shar-
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