Stratasys F170 User Manual page 83

As materials are loaded and unloaded, the pathway between the Material Status Icon and the Head Status Icon
will become colored, and will fill in the direction that the material spool's filament is traveling (towards the head
or away from the head). Figure 4-31 depicts the functionality displayed when a spool's filament is being loaded
to the head, while Figure 4-32 depicts the functionality displayed when a spool's filament is being unloaded from
the head. Opening the Material Details page for the material being loaded/unloaded will provide additional
control over the load/unload. The Cancel button will be displayed within this page, giving you the option to
cancel the material load/unload if necessary.
Material load progress will display the same functionality regardless of whether a model or support spool is
being loaded. Once a spool's material is loaded to the head, the pathway between the Material Status Icon and
the corresponding Head Status Icon will be solid blue, the Head Status Icon will turn solid blue, and the Material
Status Icon will display a blue border. This indicates that the material spool is selected and in position to be used
to build parts on the printer. The Unload button will be displayed within the Material Details page, indicating that
the spool can be unloaded, if needed. For printers with two model bays and two support bays (F270 and F370
models) only one pathway for a material type can be highlighted at a time as only one material type can be
loaded to the head at a time (i.e. only the Model 1 or 2 pathway can be highlighted at a time, not both).
Figure 4-31: Material Load Progress - Loading
Material unload progress will display the same functionality regardless of whether a model or support spool is
being unloaded. As material is being unloaded from the head, the pathway between the Head Status Icon and
Material Status Icon will be highlighted in yellow and the Head Status Icon will turn solid gray indicating that
material is no longer loaded to the head. A yellow notification badge will be displayed within the center of the
Material Status Icon to indicate that user action is required to complete the unload process.
Opening the Material Details page for the material being unloaded will provide additional details regarding the
unload process. The Load button will be displayed within the Material Details page once the spool's filament has
been completely retracted indicating that the spool can be reloaded, if needed.
Once material is fully unloaded, filament pathway and Material Status Icon coloring will remain in their unloading
states until the corresponding material spool is removed from the material bay. Once the spool is removed, the
filament pathway and Material Status Icon will refresh and display in their empty states.
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