Terms Used In This Guide - Stratasys Connex500 User Manual

Terms Used in This Guide

build tray
cleaning fluid
client/user workstation
Connex™
Digital Material™
Digital Material Mode
host/server workstation
Job Manager™
mixed part
mixed tray
Model material
Objet Studio™
OBJDF (Objet Digital Format) The extension of a file that contains information about the
OBJTF (Objet Tray Format)
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In Objet Studio: 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 Objet software is installed, used
for preparing build trays for production on Objet printers.
(There is no limit to the number of client workstations in the
local network.)
The technology of printing models by jetting multiple
materials simultaneously from the print heads. This
technology enables Connex500/350 printers to print in Digital
Material mode.
Combinations of model materials fabricated in the printer
from the two basic model materials installed.
The printer mode used to print a job using two different
model materials. (This mode can also be used to eliminate the
need for performing the Material Replacement procedure
when printing with a single model material.)
The workstation that interfaces directly with the Connex
printer and is typically positioned next to it.
The part of Objet Studio software that manages production
jobs before they are sent to the Connex printer.
Models whose parts are printed using more than one model
material.
A build tray containing objects, each of which is designed to
be printed using a different model material.
Material used for building models.
The software with which users prepare jobs for producing
models.
geometry of an object and the materials required to print it.
objdf files are created in Objet Studio.
The extension of a file that contains all of the information
needed for a model‐printing job on Objet 3D printers. An objtf
file is used to send a print job to an Objet 3D printer.
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