Stratasys Dimension BST 1200 User Manual page 38

38 Operation
3. From the File menu, click Open.
4. Select and Open an STL file produced with your CAD software.
5. Choose one of several options for printing your part. From the
General Tab:
For detailed information about the many file processing options
available in CatalystEX, refer to the CatalystEX Help files.
• Click 'Print' to have CatalystEX process your part and
immediately send it to your Dimension for printing.
...OR...
• Click 'Pack' to have CatalystEX process the part for
printing, but not send the part to your Dimension... send
the part to the printer later as part of a pack (from the Pack
Tab).
Regardless of how you choose to prepare your file for printing,
the end result will be the same. CatalystEX will process the
STL file into a CMB file. It is the CMB file that CatalystEX will
send to the Dimension printer to create your part.
For more information about STL files, CMB files, part orientation,
modeling envelope placement, print 'job' efficiency, and other
print controls refer to the CatalystEX Help file.
Dimension BST 1200 / SST 1200 User Guide
Figure 13: Catalyst main window
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