Set Preferences - MakerBot Digitizer User Manual

SET BASIC PREFERENCES
1 Set Up Your MakerBot Digitizer
NAME YOUR MAKERBOT DIGITIZER
By default the name of your MakerBot Digitizer is "My MakerBot Digitizer". To create a
unique name for your MakerBot Digitizer, click within the Name your MakerBot Digitizer
text field and type the new name.
HELP IMPROVE MAKERBOT DIGITIZER
Help us help you. By checking the "Share my usage statistics to help improve MakerBot
Digitizer" checkbox, you're allowing us to view information that will help us continue to make
the MakerBot Digitizer better.
2 Connect to Makerbot Thingiverse
Thingiverse.com is MakerBot's online community for sharing and downloading 3D models
and other designs. Use MakerBot Thingiverse to share and store the 3D models you create
with your MakerBot Digitizer.
TO AUTOMATICALLY SYNC YOUR SCANS WITH YOUR
MAKERBOT THINGIVERSE ACCOUNT
Check Private Sync before signing in. If you check this box, MakerWare for Digitizer will au-
tomatically add your scans to your Thingiverse account as unpublished Things. If you leave
this box unchecked, nothing will be sent to Thingiverse automatically.
TO CREATE A MAKERBOT THINGIVERSE ACCOUNT
Click the Sign up on Thingiverse link.
TO CONTINUE WITHOUT LOGGING IN
Click Skip this Step. You can log into Thingiverse at any time by choosing File > Settings
on a PC or MakerWare for Digitizer > Preferences on a Mac, or by choosing Share on
Thingiverse at the end of a scan.
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