Selecting A Job To Build - Stratasys F120 User Manual

Basic Job Build Tasks

Selecting a Job to Build

1. Populate the Job Queue as described within
2. Select the Queue button within the Navigation Menu; the Queue page will open to display
the Job Queue.
3. Within the Job Queue list, locate the job you'd like to build and select it by touching its row
on the screen; doing so will open its Job Details page.
4. Within the Job Details page press the Print button; this will queue the job for printing.
Depending on your printer's part placement setting configuration a dialog may be displayed
(see
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5. The Build page will open and the oven will begin to heat to a set point temperature
determined by the material types specified for the job. Please be patient.
6. After the oven and liquefier tips reach temperature the printer performs a Z Zero
Calibration. "PREPARING" is displayed within the Build Status Display while this calibration
occurs.
7. Once Z Zero Calibration is complete the printer begins building the job. "BUILDING" is
displayed within the Build Status Display as the part is being built (see
Available During a Build" (page
8. When finished, text is displayed on the touchscreen indicating that the completed part can
be removed from the printer (see
Jobs are built in the order in which they appear within the Job Queue.
To build a specific job, that job must be listed as the first item in the Job Queue.
Use the Job Queue Control buttons to sort job files as needed (see
Job Queue" (page 50)
"Part Placement" (page
If the Enable Part Placement setting is set to Off (default setting), a dialog will not be
displayed and the job will automatically be built in the center of the substrate.
If you set the Enable Part Placement setting to On, a dialog will be displayed allowing
you to select the job's build location (see
graphic representing your printer's platen as well as a blue bounding box graphic (the
imaginary box surrounding the part). Select the job's build location by dragging and
dropping the bounding box on the touchscreen. When finished, press the Print button
within the dialog to confirm your selected placement and start the build.
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"After a Build is Complete" (page
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