Terms Used In This Guide - Stratasys Objet30 User Manual

Objet30 User Guide
Terms Used in This Guide
Build tray
Cleaning fluid
Client/user workstation
host/server workstation
Job Manager™
Model material
Objet Studio™
OBJTF
OBJZF
Objet™ printer
Printer computer
Printer interface
Printer software
Resin
SLC
STL
Support material
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In Objet Studio software: The surface displayed on the screen
that represents the actual build tray in the printer.
In the printer: The surface upon which models are produced.
Cleanser for flushing material feed tubes and the printing block,
used to completely remove Model and Support material from
the system before loading another type of material in the
printer and before long-term shutdown. The cleaning fluid is
supplied in standard material cartridges.
The workstation on which s oftware is installed for preparing
build trays for production on PolyJet printers. (There is no limit
to the number of client workstations in the local network.)
The workstation that interfaces directly with the Objet30
printer and is typically positioned next to it.
The part of Objet Studio software that manages production jobs
before they are sent to the PolyJet printer.
Material used for building models.
Software that prepares f iles for printing on Stratasys PolyJet
printers.
The extension of a file that contains all of the information
needed for a model-printing job on PolyJet 3D printers. An
objtf file is used by Objet Studio to send a print job to a PolyJet
3D printer.
The extension of a compressed "wrapper" file containing all of
the files used in an Objet Studio build tray. Using objzf files, a
printing job can be saved as a single file, for convenient storage
and transfer.
The Stratasys 3 D printer referred to in this guide.
The computer inside the Objet30 printer that operates it.
The GUI (graphical user interface) used for controlling the
Objet30 printer.
Software running on the computer inside the Objet30 printer,
that controls all printer operations.
The base substance from which photopolymer printing
materials are made for use in Stratasys PolyJet printers. In
Objet Studio and printer-application screens, "resin" refers to
cartridges of model and support materials.
A file type used with Objet Studio, containing bitmaps of
individual slices of the object.
A file type used with Objet Studio software.
Material used for supporting the structure of models during
production.
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