Removing Your Creation From The Print Pad; Finishing Your Creation - 3D Systems CubePro 3D Printer User Manual

FINISHING YOUR CREATION

Removing Your Creation From The Print Pad

CAUTION: Before attempting to remove your creation from the print pad, ensure that
the CubePro has finished printing. Once printing has completed, the print platform and
print pad will move to the bottom of the printer.
1. Grasp both sides of the print pad, lift upward and remove it from the print platform.
2. Submerge the print pad and the base of the part in warm water for twenty (20) minutes.
NOTE: If you can not submerge the print pad in warm water, run hot water over the
base of the part for twenty (20) minutes.
3. Using the print pad cleaner (scraper) included in the tool kit, gently release your creation from the print pad.
NOTE: The appearance of your scraper may differ from the illustration.
4. Rinse your creation under hot water to ensure all of the glue has been removed.
5. Rinse the print pad under water to clean off any remaining glue.
6. Dry the print pad completely before reinstalling it into the printer.
CAUTION: Failure to completely dry the print pad before reinstalling it into the printer
can damage sensitive electrical components and void the manufacturer's warranty.
Removing Rafts
A raft is the flat support structure that is attached to the base of your creation if you enabled that option
when building the .cubepro file. Though it is recommended that printing be done without a raft, some
larger, more complicated parts may require one.
ABS Raft / PLA Part ABS rafts can be peeled away from PLA parts.
PLA Raft / ABS Part PLA rafts can be pulled from ABS parts.
Use pliers to pull away as much of the raft as possible. Then use a rough-grade sandpaper to remove the remaining raft material,
ABS Raft / ABS Part
followed by a fine-grade wet and dry sandpaper to achieve a smoother finish.
Use pliers to pull away as much of the raft as possible. Then use a rough-grade sandpaper to remove the remaining raft material,
PLA Raft / PLA Part
followed by a fine-grade wet and dry sandpaper to achieve a smoother finish.
Removing Sidewalks
A sidewalk (A) is a mesh boundary that prints around the outside diameter of the part. Its main purpose is
to reduce the tendency of warping especially when printing flat parts with ABS material. They are not
recommended for parts that have fine details.
Sidewalks are designed to easily break away from a part once it has been removed from the print pad.