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1. 7 Edit Profiles OK Cancel Here the user can make a selection between several maintenance functions like e Change filament here the user can activate a function to load a filament on an extruder and a function to unload a filament on an extruder e Calibrate heads here the user can activate a function to calibrate the firmware for dual nozzle printing e Calibrate platform here the user can activate a function to aid in adjusting the leveling screws of the platform www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr D Manual control P Configure Printer kal ELE e Lea fro ZS ak el Configure Printer gt 4 Status Offline No connection on any port Port Auto detect Reconnect IT Emergency Stop Current Position mm 0 00 10 00 i 0 00 Calibration 0 00 Go to Temperatures C Filament mm Nozzle 1 Nozzle 1 Nozzle 2 Nozzle 2 Platform Bed Command Reply s Edit Profiles OK Cancel Here the user gets information about the most important values on the printer like nozzle temperature and nozzle position and can control all main functions of the printer manually Note The use of the manual functions is only possible when the software is connected with the printer through the communication control When no co
2. Print speed factor here the user can set the speed at which the raft structure first layer or following layers will be processed as a of the nominal speed defined in the material profile Extrusion factor here the user can set the amount of extrusion that will be used for the raft structure first layer or following layers as a of the master extrusion rate defined in material profile Skirt Enabled here the user can activate the generation of a skirt for priming the nozzles www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 47 Print speed factor here the user can set the speed at which the skirt structure will be processed as a of the nominal speed defined in the material profile Extrusion factor here the user can set the amount of extrusion that will be used for the skirt structure as a of the master extrusion rate defined in material profile www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Ff innovators you can count on 7 Va 48 Visualize View toolbar and Tool sheets amp Leapfrog Builder 1 0 emm wg wm geg e a be BR WA oo Ap MY eer Ne Jf i x Materialise gt Platform Part Position Analyze Print 3D Buy Plastic Ask Leapfrog 7 Information page B Proc Le
3. File name Demo_partstl v STL files stl z Cancel Translate Translate The translate operation allows ou to interactively move a part FC a a group of en ern to E another position i Ze SE Current coordinates Relative translation Grab an Axis or Cardinal Plane to ege bes move the selected part s in one ih ees i or two dimensions while TEN z 385 531 mm dz 0 000 mm visualizing in 3D view A RE Gg i Enable i You can change your selection nable snapping during operation just switch between parts click another or drag a window to select multiple parts at once Step size 1 000 mm Use the Enable Snapping checkbox to move parts in defined increments You can specify the step size yourself With the Interactive Translate along line you can use any line on any part as translation reference In addition you can specify a Relative Translation fill in your desired values and press Apply to translate your part Tip You can easily access the Translate amp Rotate via the Right Mouse button Shortcut menu www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr As with Translate grab one of the circles to interactively rotate about the chosen axis Grab the blue circle to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the active viewpoint You can also change your part selection during operat
4. Use the Copy to Clipboard function to make a screenshot of your Workspace The Print2D starts the print wizard that leads you to the Page Setup and the standard Windows Print Setup dialog box Properties Print Preview True scale printing Scale 1 1 v V White Background Print in High Resolution Print Setup Print Preview The right part of the print dialog box is the Print preview True Scale Printing This feature allows you to print a scaled copy This means that you can measure on the printed page Remark Be aware that perspective views never allow measuring This allows you to define the font of the labels Specify the part information that should be printed i e define labels Use this option to choose another printer paper size or paper orientation using the standard Print Setup interface Page Setup allows you to define a print style Its a standard Windows dialog box Edit Labels amp lh Edit Labels Part Info Labels Part Info Labels Name Demo1 stl Height 25 mm Width 25 mm Depth 50 mm Company M tenalze triangles 35 000 www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on 7 Va 52 Part Info The Part Info tab gives an overview of the labels part information that will be printed on paper together with the p
5. example Main production hall Ou Configure printer Mi Launch configuration after install Submit Job dialog www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise qy innovators you can count on 4 NS Creatr a Print amp Printer Settings SubmitaJob ee gt E leo EZ E ei Submit a Job 3D Printer Creatr HS 2 Preferences Status Offline Print Mode Dual Nozzle Part Part Nozzle 1 PLA_Orange Nozzle 2 PLA_Orange Job Type 3D print vl Job Name 7 w Platform Settings Layer Height Normal 0 2mm v Build Strategy High Speed Low Quality Support Strategy Support and Raft and Skirt v w Part Settings Support_test_fixed Nozzle 1 Nozzle 2 v Maintenance Submit Job Cancel The Print amp Printer settings section provided the user with information about e The printer type here the user can see which printer is supported by the build processor e The status of the printer here the user can see if the USB connection with the printer is active e The selected print mode here the user can see which print mode is selected in the configure printer dialog e The material loaded on the nozzles here the user can see which material is linked to a certain nozzle in the configure printer dialog And allows the user to set e Job type here the user can make a selection between Print to file
6. Creatr User Manual Materialise innovators you can count on Table of Contents WQS Of COMIN E 1 TTS TE TEEN 3 Installation Of the software cc ecccccccceccseeeseeeceeeceeeseeeesaeesaceseeeseueesaeeseeeseeeseas 3 Registration of the software cccccccecceseecececececeeeseeeceaeesaeeseesuessuesaneesseesages 6 Quick Start and INterhace 1cccssccseecneccnsecseessnnsnnseanscansnsusnsaeseanseasseauscsonssenssenseans 10 MN TiO e sacar escent ee ne oa eee 11 K SSEN 12 Beileed ec sccnctec a tate amecenta ease ncenthied ed suaasdcesedeaianecies eacseeeceteenescaaedaass 12 os oi ad KS S161 E 12 ele IECH Ei elel CA cencen erena sateen seseseneennigsneneeandanenatieanenenneute 12 LICNOST a E A 13 SPINS E 13 le 13 ad LE ed ere A ae eee ae ne ee A ee nee eee 14 PV REN 14 Ire ein dl EE 14 UNIO AG ME 14 EE Lee 14 FI ose sees E eee A E Saeco accep ee A A E nse E sees ooeie seer seceseess 15 Int gei A NEE 15 Ollie 0 ea te a i eo 15 SW E 15 Fars TOO SING CC serens2ecscencactecdeuandaeasvctencensdeectenensanchennbecaaesdtcadenatepenneesdestesdenancone 15 Fella MOH TOON SINC E 16 FOSO EE 17 RI E BE 17 ROG BEE 17 POLOM OD D 18 Ee iee le E E E 19 DUPUE BE 19 A Eeler nn AE 20 TE 20 ECAP IPO Bulld VOC CSS OP rasa css ceo see 21 Dialog Mi SET ae ne eee eae enn ne een er eee eee ee eee ere 21 SUTIN OO CIN OO EE 24 Configure Printer Dialog EE 27 Prone edor Dialog ME 33 Visualize View toolbar and Tool s
7. e Emergency Stop Preferences Maintenance Manual Control Hardware Material Temperature e Nozzle 1 PLAOrange et 200 e Nozzle 2 PLAOrange vi 200 Heated Platform Bed Print Mode Part Part i w Advanced Update Profiles Import Units Millimeter Celsius v Edit Profiles OK l Cancel Here the user can setup less frequently changing settings of the printer configuration like e Nozzle usage here the user can select which nozzle will be used on the printer e Material loaded on a nozzle here the user can set the material linked to the nozzle e Processing temperature override here the user can override the material temperature that will be used for processing of the material e Print mode here the user can set which print mode will be used The user can make a selection between Part Part Part support amp Support Part Infill contour amp Contour Infill Maintenance www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Li innovators you can count on 7 Va 30 Configure Printer i 26 _eapfrog 7 Configure Printer S Status Offline No connection on any port Port Auto detect od Reconnect Emergency Stop Preferences Maintenance Manual Control ai Change Filament Calibrate Heads ae Calibrate Platform
8. or save to folder e Job Name here the user can set the folder name where the output will be stored Print to file or the job name used in the queue dialog print e Output directory here the user can define the folder where the output will be stored www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on 7 Va Creatr 26 And allows the user to navigate to e Preferences here the user can set the material loaded on the nozzles and the print mode that will be used to process the part s Platform setting SubmitaJob o gt E am Submit a Job a 3D Printer Creatr HS 2 Preferences Status Offline Print Mode Dual Nozzle Part Part Nozzle 1 PLA_Orange Nozzle 2 PLA_Orange e Job Type 3D print v Job Name My_Creatr HS 2 Job_15_04 09 15 28 32 gt w Platform Settings e Layer Height Normal 0 2mm v Build Strategy l High Speed Low Quality v a Support Strategy Support and Raft and Skirt v w Part Settings Support_test_fixed Nozzle 1 Maintenance Submit Job Cancel Here the user can select which predefined profiles will be used to slice the part s These profiles are defined in the profile editor The selection is defined in 3 drop down boxes e Layer height here the user can select the predefined slicing profiles e Build strategy here the u
9. 30 Printers Configure Printer Configure Printer Dialog Status Offline No connection on any port Por Auto detect_ D Emergency Stop EES a een DEE el Ha e Material Temperature Nozzle 1 PLAOrange 200 Nozzle 2 PLAOrange 200 Heated Platform Bed Edit Profiles P Edit Profiles Leapfrog ee 30 lle Edi gt Support Strategy Profile Editor Dialog 22 Position Submit Job Dialog Submit a Job 3D Printer Creatr HS 2 Status Offline Print Mode Dual Nozzle Support Part Nozzle 1 PLA_Orange Nozzle 2 PLA_Orange Joo Type A Job Settings v Platform Settings Layer Height Normal 0 2mm v Build Strategy Medium Speed Medium Quality ze Support Strategy Support and Raft and Skirt v Creatr HS 2 Status Offline No connection on any port No description available Creatr HS on Local Job Queue Dialog big_frog Finished big_elephant Finished support_dual_material_medium_speed Finished big_olifant Finished x Build processor Manager Dialogs www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgi H Build Processor Manager View by Large icons v Administrative Tools W Backup and Restore ki Color Management Creatr 23 A License Administrator 6 7 _ log Outlook 2013 gt Johan Troukens QR Snipping Tool Docume
10. Fan control Diameter filament Print speed Material density Hopping Enabled Y Retraction distance 0 2000 Retraction speed 40 0000 Threshold 10 0000 Retraction Enabled Distance Speed Threshold Idle override Enabled m Retraction speed 100 0000 Retraction distance 2 0000 Idle temperature 150 0000 H Save Import gt Export OEM profile version 4 0 Ai Update c a O 0 x CET mm Y Q mm s A O g m o O Lel AJ Name here the user can set the name of the material profile the parameter list corresponds to www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va 39 Extrusion temperature here the user can set the temperature the nozzle needs to have to process the filament Bed temperature here the user can set the temperature of the bed necessary to process the filament Diameter filament here the user can set the diameter of the filament Print speed here the user can set the nominal speed at which the filament will be printed Material density here the user can set the density of the filament in order to calculate the consumed material during a print Hopping Enabled with this checkbox the user can enable hopping during printing Distance here the user can set the retraction distance when hopping Speed here the user can set the speed of retraction when hopping Threshold here t
11. Show X Y and Checked the measurement value Z distances is not aligned Grips When you select a measurement some grips dots will appear on the measurements lines They allow changing the position of the measurement entities the measurement value will be updated Size You can define the size of the grip aa You can define the color of the grip www materialise com n d Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Si i Be innovators you can count on f u Features Draw Features a 67 A detected point is indicated with a cross You can define the color of the features Visualization gt Renderer oouo E General Analyze amp Modules Visualisation Colors Measurements Vie ag Renderer File I O Resetall Reset current page Software Software Normal Direct Draw OpenGL OpenGL Hardware Accelerated EE Disable frame cache Direct3D Direct3D Hardware Accelerated Direct3D 9 Hardware Accelerated General Smooth Shading Use Material Editor Enable Render Copy v Show wireframe when framerate drops below a ok _ Cancel 1 Heip Modern video cards have specialized hardware to make rendering faster Creatr can use OpenGL and Direct3D These video cards will make rendering much faster The principle is that your computer sends the triangles to the memory of the video card and the card will do the rendering of the part followin
12. innovators you can count on 7 Va 44 Support Enabled here the user can activate the support generation function Add border here the user can activate the generation of a border around the support structure Z offset here the user can set an additional offset on the layer height used to print the support structure Line angle here the user can set the angle that will be used to draw the support structure lines Line distance here the user can set the distance between 2 lines of the support structure pattern Line distance New height for extrusion LL JI Z offset i Layer Height 4 i Z offset Layer Height 1 Angle j i Z offset Layer Height d e i t Z offset Layer Height H Border Support structure line pattern XY extension here the user can set the offset in X amp Y that will be used to generate the support structure The support structure will be extended in X amp Y Distance to part here the user can set the distance the support structure needs to keep from the part s during generation of the support structure Self supporting angle here the user can set the self supporting angle that will be used to determine which parts of a model need support and which not during the support generation All areas that have a support angle lower than the self supporting angle will be supported Self supporting angle Print speed factor here the user can set the speed at which the support
13. 0 re Leapfrog l l SA Dinis Edit Profiles Machine Settings Name High Speed Low Quality e EES v Contours e Q a Number of contours 2 A O v Build Strategy Contour overlap 0 5000 mm A oO seein a DEM Contour Before Infill v H OH Sete Offset 100 0000 of Wirewidth D I e Print speed factor 100 00 ler Medium Speed Medium Quality Extrusion factor 100 00 ele 0 gt Support Strategy i a Lol O Number of layers 3 A i Line distance 100 0000 of Wirewidth Angle 45 0000 degrees Angle increment 90 0000 degrees i Print speed factor 100 00 ele Extrusion factor 100 00 ele v Downskin N QO Number of layers 2 N Q Line distance 100 0000 of Default E Angle 90 0000 degrees Angle increment 90 0000 degrees Q Print speed factor 100 00 elo Extrusion factor 100 00 CEO v Infill H e Pattern Infill vi N OO Size 100 0000 of Default O Angle 45 0000 degrees 1 O Angle increment 90 0000 degrees O Print speed factor 100 00 A Extrusion factor 100 00 o E rt Name here the user can set the name for the build strategy profile Contours www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialises innovators you can count on 7 Va 41 Number of contours here the user can set the number of contours that will be used to build up the model Contours Overlap gt Infill Offset Contour overlap here the user can set the amount of overlap
14. Clip function allows viewing inside the part You can define the portion of the part that will be hidden With a first click the portion of the part towards the coordinate system will be hidden A second click will hide the portion away from the coordinate system A third click will show the section on your entire part Use the displayed drop down menu to choose how to display clipping planes 4 Youcan change the Color of each section by clicking on that section s Color button The position of the section can be determined in four ways 1 The Position box allows you to enter an absolute X Y or Z coordinate value to Position place the section in the desired location 2418 8252 2 The Step box allows you to enter an absolute step value When using the left and step right arrows on the keyboard the section will move according this value 5 0000 3 The Indicate button allows positioning of the section by clicking anywhere on the part with your left mouse button 4 The Slider alters the position of the section in a continuous manner The section will be calculated and displayed in real time The position of the section is displayed in the Position box that you cannot find a certain part The reason is often that one of your sections is still i Sections are only displayed when active check box is flagged Sometimes it can happen active and that the part is located in the hidden area of the section Text Adding extra in
15. This button allows selecting an existing text annotation If you afterwards press the delete button of your keyboard you can delete the selected annotation This button allows to clear all annotations text and drawings in a single click If you have selected an existing annotation you can use this button to modify the text Drawing You can highlight certain areas by adding drawings to your project The drawings are projected on the screen and saved in your Leapfrog project file Ibf www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise ei innovators you can count on 7 Va Creatr 57 View Pages View Multi Section Text Drawing Distance H Restore View Drawing Parameters Here is something wrong with the part please investigate Size of Brush 4 Color of Brush Cl 1 Lo Go to the Drawing tab of the View Pages Tool sheet and click the Rectangle option Use the displayed drop down menu to choose Ellipse or Freehand 2 Goto the area you want to highlight and make your drawing Under Drawing Parameters you can change the size and color of the brush Size Here you can change the thickness of the brush This button allows changing the color of the brush Furthermore you have buttons to change the settings and to select clear or restore the view of your drawings This button allows selecting an existing drawing If you afterwards press th
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17. You will have to select the units before you load STL files If the STL file was originally in millimeters you have to choose mm If the file is in inches you will have to choose Inch If several parts are loaded some in millimeters and some in inches the Unit Conversion has to be used otherwise parts are out of proportion Creatr always remembers the last used unit and takes this as default the next time you start Automatic Unit The automatic unit conversion is used to avoid mistakes due to the units you work www materialise com n Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise ail Be innovators you can count on Va 61 Conversion in It may be that you are working in millimetres and that you load a part whose dimensions are expressed in inches A part of 2inch 2inch 2inch will then become a part of 2mm 2mm 2mm The size of the part is not correct anymore Because 1inch is 25 4mm the dimensions of the part expressed in millimetres are bigger than those when the part is expressed in inches A part of 2inch 2inch 2inch is as big as a part of 50 8mm 50 8mm 50 8mm When you are working in millimeters and you load a part and the dimensions are very small you can define very small i e when maximum size is smaller than X mm in the options see figure above it may be that the part you loaded was originally expressed in inches Magics will then multiply the dimensions with 25 4 inch to
18. a contour can have when it closes Contour with this drop down box the user can select the order in which contours and infill will be processed Offset here the user can set the distance between the real toolpath and other contours in a of the default wire width 0 4 mm Print speed factor here the user can set the speed at which the contour needs to be processed as a of the nominal speed defined in the material profile Extrusion factor here the user can set the amount of extrusion as a of the master extrusion rate defined in material profile Up skin down skin Number of layers here the user can set the number of layers that will be printed when an area is classified as an up skin Line distance here the user can set the distance between the infill lines Angle here the user can set the angle at which the infill will be done Angle increment here the user can set the angle increment that will be used when printing consecutive layers Print speed factor here the user can set the speed at which the up skin down skin will be processed as a of the nominal speed defined in the material profile Extrusion factor here the user can set the amount of extrusion as a of the master extrusion rate defined in material profile Infill Pattern here the user can set the pattern that will be used for processing the infill area There are 4 different patterns that can be used for infill www materialise com Materiali
19. can also open the Registration Wizard by clicking on the Licenses button in the Main Toolbar 1 Choose License to activate your Creatr software Register your voucher code and get your license key file Go to on our Materialise web password site lt https oasswords materialise com gt and follow the procedure to get your key file download and save the key file on your computer Click Browse to select the key file you generated in step 2 Click Next to register the selected key file ENER Welcome to registration wizard This wizard will guide you through the Materialise Home registration process To get started please choose one of the registration options below and click NZ AN Step 1 Register your voucher and get license key file Go to Materialise website https passwords materialise com Follow procedure and you ll have your key file in a few mouseclicks Me AN License Choose this option to activate your Materialise Home copy C Show license and system information Step 2 Register your license key file Please select license key file O Key file a lt 2 gt 2 System ID A1942E75 B3XE 000D 010E25891667652A ch D T Be 2 S innovators you can count on innovators you can count on lt Back Cancel Help Next Cancel Help Use the option Show license and system information 5 on the first page of the Registration Wizar
20. count on f Va Creatr 14 Platform O amp BR o SS L J 4 O Platform Part Position Analyze Print 3D Buy Plastic Ask Leapfrog Information page B Proc Leapfrog Creatr HS 2 H View Pages To start working in Creatr you should create a Platform or load an existing one Once you have a Platform you can start importing parts second menu in the Flow Toolbar h New D New The New button in the Platform s menu will open a dialog where you can choose your 3D Printer from the dropdown list each 3D printer will have a prefix B Proc which is the abbreviation of Build Processor After pressing OK the platform and build envelope of your selected 3D Printer will be shown on the screen It is possible to create multiple Platforms and work on different Platforms in parallel Each Platform will appear as a new tab in the workspace named B Proc Your printer Note that the Information page will always remain as first tab You can toggle between different Platforms by clicking on the tab with the corresponding Platform or Scene name Remark If you create a New Platform without choosing a machine no machine the newly created tab will be named Scene and the Workspace will be empty no machine platform visible It is not possible to print parts from an empty Scene you should always select your 3D Printer from the dropdown list Import Import This operations allows you to import an exist
21. the material properties The colours can be described in 2 ways RGB red green And Blue and HLS Hue Lightness and Saturation By Enabling this flag you tell the application that it s ok to keep a copy of the triangles in graphics card memory This will speed up the rendering a lot on most systems If your system doesn t have a lot of graphics memory or you work with very large files it s best to disable this feature This flag allows the application to only render wireframes or points of parts when rotating the view thus interaction speeds up in the 3D views File I O gt Application Working Folders www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialises k i Be innovators you can count on N Creatr 69 General Application Working Folder amp Analyze Modules C Users jtroukens Documents Visualisation Pe File LO Advanced Options f Working Folders gt Application Wol File Associations Only use the first time a file dialog pops up from then on use previously selected folder C Use every time a file dialog pops up C Use last used folder from previous MiiCraft Builder session Application Working Folders You can browse by clicking on the folder icon and set a folder as default folder Advanced Options Option 1 Creatr always proposes this folder when a part needs to be loaded or saved Option 2 Creatr only proposes the chosen folder the fi
22. want to translate rotate rescale or duplicate your part s Click the Analyze button to check if your loaded parts are buildable or not Click the Build Processor button if you want to build your part s on your 3D Printer a a Use the functions on the View toolbar to visualize amp inspect your STL files You can find more advanced visualization amp communication options on the Tool sheets w gt So be ready to Go with the Flow Platform Part s Position Analyze Build Main Toolbar pep a O www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialis AL s q innovators you can count on 4 Va 12 New Project This function will remove all parts and scenes from the current project and generates a new empty project The user is asked to save the current project parts and scenes before closing If you want to work in two or more parallel Creatr sessions just open Creatr a second time We refer to the Platform menu section if you want to create a new platform and load STL files Load Project This function allows you to open an existing project in Creatr The Creatr Project File fof is a dedicated file format of Materialise and has the ability to save or load information other than STL data with a particular STL file or files project Due to the Creatr Project File you can save a whole project at once instead of saving all parts STL files separately If you load
23. you can count on N Creatr 13 UE Number of parts 2 Atomium EiffelT ower ae SS Ka If dir EENS K Zar Cu en ett e dE Ok WT ech Hk WKS 8 P edi vc EOE Kaf gees EN TS EE Kegel a measurement you can arrive in another mouse mode e g the measure mouse mode i The Select Part s mode is the default mouse mode in Creatr By performing a function e g Press ESC or the Select Part s button to return to the default mouse mode In addition to the Select Part s function you can also select parts by checking them directly in the Part List 2 We refer to the Parts menu section if you want to import parts STL files in Creatr Licenses Materialise Software is key protected You need key files to activate and register your Creatr software When you start Creatr for the first time the License Wizard will automatically start up to assist you in registering You can also open the Registration Wizard by clicking on the Licenses button in the Main Toolbar of Creatr A detailed description of Licensing is given at the end of the manual Settings amp This button will open the Settings dialog of Creatr A detailed overview of the Settings is also given at the end of the manual Help Click this button to open the PDF manual you are reading right now www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Tei qy innovators you can
24. DR Modules amp Visualisation amp File I O Consider hollow parts checkbox will set the analysis tool to take into account that parts can be hollow Modules gt MatConvert gt VELE DW Visualisation amp File I O The Mat convert version drop down box will allow to select which version of the conversion tool will be used This to allow the user to upgrade to newer versions without a new install www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise AL s q innovators you can count on 4 Va Creatr 64 Visualisation gt STL Colors Settings amp General Analyze Random Colors Cc Flipped Triangles Modules Preset Colors Sp Visualisation Bad Edges Colors e STL o Wireframe Other Measurements Vie Renderer File I O Resetal Random Colors When you select random colors random colors are used for the different parts you import Preset Colors When you select Preset colors the colors of this window are used Part 1 to Part 5 These five buttons represent the five colors as they will be assigned to the loaded parts The first part you load will get the first color The second part will get the second color and so on Flipped Triangles The color of the flipped inverted triangles Bad Edges The color of the bad edges Triangle Border The color of the triangle borders Wireframe The color of the wireframe Visualization gt Other www ma
25. Software If you would like to try out or activate a copy of our free software e id py Free Software visit our free software page www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise AL mmmf Li innovators you can count on 7 Va Creatr e Fill in your system ID from your computer that is provided by the registration wizard into system ID field on the password website and your email address and press the next button Go to materialise com EN FR DE pX BAR Visit the Magics User Community Materialise gt Online Password Generation Visit the Mimics Innovation Suite Community 1 innovators you can count on J Edit personal details AIF License details AF Downloads A Voucher details CCK 6050 5381 F70A 7031 Type Evaluation Current version Current system ID Platform x64 Module Name Version Floating End Date Materialise homeforBaoyan 175 lg System ID Email Sven vancaekenberghe materialise De HTML Plain text Step 1 Register your voucher and get license Go to Materialise website https passwords materialife Cr eatr Step 2 Register your license key file Please select license key file Key file e Check the registration details and press the request password button www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr Go to
26. a fbf file in Creatr following information can be displayed when present e STL files e Platforms and scenes e Measurements and annotations We refer to the Parts menu section if you want to import single parts STL files Save Project Saving STL files in a project fof has the advantage of compressing the file and saving any other information such as platforms scenes measurements and annotations The Save function will ask you to re name your project while preserving the original project GE Use the fbf file format if you want to continue your work another time It will save S everything as it is when you save and close Creatr Select Part s mode Use the Select Parts function to select parts individually or in groups while in the mean viewing your workspace To select a single part first activate the Select Parts function Then click on the part or click and drag a window around the grey selection tag of the desired part 1 After releasing the button the little dot of that part will be become white A white dot means that the part is selected a grey dot means that it is not selected To select multiple parts either drag a single window around the desired tags or depress and hold the shift key while clicking on several parts or dragging multiple windows around the desired tags www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise s Be innovators
27. aan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 21 The part is free of errors Wall Thickness Analysis The part has errors Wall Thickness Analysis 1 500 mm 1 500 mm 1 400 mm 1 400 mm 1 300 mm 1 300 mm 1 200 mm 1 200 mm 1 100 mm 1 100 mm 1 000 mm 1 000 mm 0 900 mm O 0 900 mm 0 800 mm 0 800 mm 0 700 mm 0 700 mm 0 600 mm 0 600 mm 0 500 mm 0 500 mm During import you have the ability to perform an Auto Repair enabled by default This algorithm will automatically fix some very basic STL errors without changing the geometry Placement Aside Of Others Auto repair during import As Is File name Demo parts v STL files stl Cancel Leapfrog Build Processor E Dep lt gt em F b J amp SW O Platform Part Position Analyze Print 3D Buy Plastic Ask Leapfrog Information page B Proc Leapfrog Creatr HS 2 2 View Click the Print 3D button if you want to print your parts After clicking the button the Leapfrog build processor dialog will appear This will enable you to setup the Leapfrog build processor and generate a build file for your printer or output directly to the printer Dialog Relations www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise innovators you can count on 4 Va Creatr 3D Print dialogs 0e Bk t Platform P Confidkre Printer Leapfrog
28. an easily scale parts from mm to inches and back By default rescaling is performed around the center of each part individually Rescale Center allows you to define a rescale center different than the center of the WCS and enter the desired coordinates Each part will now be rescaled around this new center The original Z position can be maintained Duplicate Duplicate Factor Rescale Factor 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 Z Uniform Rescale Use Predefined Rescale Factor mm to inch cl inch to mm Rescale Center mm mm mm V Rescale Each Part Around its Center W Keep Original Z Position o Cancel Help d www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va ZU This command automatically duplicates the selected parts The Total Number of Copies you specify includes your original part Duplicate Part s Virtual Copies You can also specify the Array Placement of the EE copies i e the Number of Copies you would like to have in the indicated directions and the Spacing or distance between each Copy Array placement ox Cancel Help Automatic Placement Automatic Placement This command will automatically place parts on the Automatic Placement ee ZS build platform Activating this function will open a dialog where the automatic placement can be i i Par
29. apfrog Creatr HS 2 a View Pages E dm View Multi Section Text Drawing Distance Visualization SSES Q Shade amp wire SES Fal 5 ww ve Bad Edges Visible Ee X rN SC kb Flipped Triangles Visible le Part Pages ead Parts Part Info Machine Leapfrog Creatr HS 2 Number of parts 1 3 2 Name 1 z Chess_Tower_solid Sg Su E a I 2 L e TI Leapf KN 1 6 e 3D Printe 2 GOIN el 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 dm View Toolbar Rotate and Pan www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise A4 innovators you can count on ANJ 49 cl The Rotate function allows rotation of your part around all three axes of your screen Click the Rotate button and use your left mouse button press it in the workspace to rotate your part The Rotate function has two different cursor images that depend upon the cursor position on the screen a quadruple arrow shape when the cursor is in the middle of the screen and a circular arrow shape when the cursor is at the edge of the screen Quadruple arrow lt gt The movement of the cursor is translated in a rotation around the three axes in the screen 3D movement Circular arrow D The movement of the cursor is translated in a rotation around the axis that is perpendicular to the screen 2D movement The easiest way to know which mouse mode will be used is to imagine a big disc in the center of your works
30. art Labels are only available when a single part is visible in the Workspace You can define your labels by clicking on the Labels tab Labels New A New Label and Field are added at the bottom of the list The user can immediately change the label and the field type Del To delete a label and a field Select the label and press on the Delete button Edit The user can edit a label by selecting one and pressing the Edit button Rearrange Label The order of the labels can be changed with the arrow buttons Select a label and use the arrow buttons to move it one place up or one place down the list Field Types Several Field Types are predefined Changing Field Types Select a Label and select another field type View Pages The View Pages Tool sheet contains following tabs which are explained in detail in this chapter View Multi Section Text Drawing Distance G E Ke The View tab allows you to change the visualization of your STL files You can also inspect your files by creating sections and performing measurements Furthermore the annotations text and drawings allow you to easily communicate with others Click the little black arrow to collapse expand the Tool sheet If you click the little thumbnail the Tool sheets will automatically collapse when you leave it with your mouse To expand it again you should touch the right side of your screen with your mouse cursor www materialise com Materialise Tec
31. ayer Height Roof structure line pattern Z offset here the user can set an additional offset on the layer height used to print the roof structure Print speed factor here the user can set the speed at which the support structure will be processed as a of the nominal speed defined in the material profile Extrusion factor here the user can set the amount of extrusion that will be used for the support structure as a of the master extrusion rate defined in material profile Raft Enabled here the user can activate the generation of a raft structure www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on 7 Va 46 Number of following layers here the user can set how many layers will be generated after the base layer Extra to part Following layers of 0 2 mm Raft Base layer of 0 5 mm Y Final raft layer temperature here the user can set the extrusion temperature for the final layer of the raft Extra to part here the user can set the gap between the raft final layer and the part Base layer Following Layers Layer thickness here the user can set the layer thickness of the base layer Line angle here the user can set the line angle of the line infill of the base layer or following layers Line distance here the user can set the distance of the line infill of the base layers or following layers Line distance Angle
32. code amp after tool change code Start code Here the user can insert additional g code commands that will be executed during the startup of a build Stop code Here the user can insert additional g code commands that will be executed during the end of a build Before tool change code here the user can insert additional g code commands that will be executed before a tool change but after the build for that tool is finished After tool change code here the user can insert additional g code commands that will be executed after a tool change but before the resume of the build for that tool Note the build processor provide variables that can be used into the custom start and stop codes e AH Zstart will give information about the start Z level s TemperatureNozzle1 will give a value corresponding with the set temperature for nozzle 1 like set in the corresponding profile s temperatureNozzle2 will give a value corresponding with the set temperature for nozzle 2 like set in the corresponding profile s temperaturebed will give a value corresponding with the set temperature for the bed like set in the corresponding profile Slicing The slice profile section will allow the user to edit manage and define the profiles that influence the slicing behavior of the build processor www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise s Be innovators you can count on N Creat
33. ct Each triangle is uniquely defined by its normal and three points that represent its vertices Digital CAD STL file Single Triangle 2 entities Triangle 1 1 Triangle e Center point Triangle 2 y e Radius Triangle 3 3 vertices Triangle 4 J a amp a A 1 normal Triangle 1500 Import Import Use this button to Import parts on your Platform You can choose to import et or fbf files e el 3D Printing Industry s standard data format contains a single part e fbf Dedicated data format of Materialise can contain multiple parts All parts are imported on the active Platform or Scene Creatr has several demo files available for use after installation They can be accessed using the following path C Program Files Materialise Creatr idemo files Unload Unload This operation will unload all selected parts Save E Save The Save Part s As dialog contains all different file formats that Creatr is capable of producing You can specify your format in the Save as type dropdown box By default all parts are saved in a separate st file Choose for the fbf if you want to save all parts in a single file Parts tool sheet As soon as one part is loaded the Tool sheets will expand www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on 7 Va 16 The Parts tab 1 can be a very useful Part Pages ss and versatile tool for ma
34. d 2 This button will indicate to the user that a certain parameter in the profile has errors H This button will allow the user to reset the parameter to the default value 3 This button will give the user additional info about the parameters it stands beside e The save button will allow the user to save al profiles in the profile editor www materialise com i VF Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialises q innovators you can count on 4 Va 35 e The import button will allow the user to import 1 or more profiles into the profile editor e The export button will allow the user to export 1 or more profile out of the profile editor e The update button will allow the user to download predefined profiles from the manufacturer s server Be aware that your computer needs to have a working connection to the internet to update your profiles Machine settings The machine settings define the parameters necessary to setup the software to work with a specific machine a gS wm op vg mmm wm ay ml P Edit Profiles gg Lo Il ks Save vil Import gt Export OEM profile version 4 0 Ai Update _eapfrog Edit Profiles Machine Settings gt Slicing v Extruders configuration gt Material Nozzle 1 calibrated wirewidth 0 4000 gt Build Strategy Nozzle 2 calibrated wirewidth 0 4000 gt Support Strategy v Communication configuration Baudrate 115200 Parity None Emergency stop hands
35. d to get your System ID 6 and an overview of your active license and how many days you have left before the license is set to expire Your System ID is a unique identifier for your PC This ID is dependent on your hardware and we need this ID to generate a key file Click the About button 7 to open the Creatr About dialog 8 which displays the exact Creatr version together with some system specific information www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 60 System information system A1942E75 B3XE 000D 010E25891667652A Materialise Home O Register Me AN Operating System Windows 7 Professional Edition Service Pack 1 Overview licenses Processor Intel R Core TM i5 2520M CPU 2 50GHz Module Vers License Days Ge Lille Materialise Home 17 5 Local 208 Free RAM 945 MB Free Virtual Memory 1941 MB Copyright c Materialise n v 2012 www materialise com ch 2 S 2 S innovators you can count on C SR Settings S General gt Unit Size ia Settings e General ae gt Unit Size Snapping amp Analyze Use machine units for the platform scenes amp Modules Visualisation amp File I O Automatic Unit Conversion 9 mm Inch inch gt mm if maximum size lt 10 mm gt inch if maximum size gt 40 Units You can choose between mm and inches
36. dges drop down menu you can choose how to display bad Edges Visible Invisible Hidden Line or Highlight Bad Edges The figure below gives you an example of making errors visible It is highly recommended to visualize Bad Edges and Flipped Triangles so you can see at a single glance if your part needs fixing or not Left Flipped Triangles visible Middle Flipped Triangles and Bad Edges visible Right Flipped Triangles and Bad Edges invisible Multi Section Sections are useful to measure check for errors and look inside the part With sections you can hide certain parts of your object They are perpendicular to the X Y or Z axis You can define your sections in the Multi Section tab of the View Pages Tool sheet www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va 55 View Multi Section Text Drawing Distance Acti Type Clip Color Position Step RW Xz WB 61 7498 1 0000 RW Y iz 71 6498 1 0000 a Zz ib 84 5000 1 0000 C 61 7498 1 0000 e e 71 6498 1 0000 Indicate 1 Click on the Active checkboxes to toggle the sections on or off So you can define which sections are displayed You can activate up to five sections at the same time 2 Xz With Type you can define how the section is created You can choose between X Y or Z to set the section perpendicular to the corresponding axis 3 P The
37. e delete button of your keyboard you can delete the selected drawing This button allows to clear all annotations text and drawings in a single click A drawing is not fixed to the part but a projection on the screen If you rotate or pan the part view the drawing will not move simultaneously You can restore a certain view point by selecting the relevant drawing and clicking Restore View Distance Creatr allows you to measure distances on your parts All measurements are performed on the wireframe Therefore measuring is best performed in the Shade and Wireframe or Triangle viewing mode to minimize interpretation errors during measurement www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Ff innovators you can count on 7 Va Creatr 58 View Pages i Distance Measurement Information Distance 10 0000 mm dX 10 0000 dY 0 0000 dZ 0 0000 P1 27 0000 5 0000 5 0000 P2 17 0000 5 0000 5 0000 ren Cer Henan 1 Leste Go to the Distance tab of the View Pages Tool sheet and click the Point option 2 Click on the first point of your part which you want to measure from ou 5 Creatr allows you to immediately select a next Point 4 Now click on the second point of your part which you want to measure to The measurement will now be active but not yet finished At this point dragging the cursor will move the measurement tag Click the m
38. e plane that contains the selected triangle Indicates the maximum angle in degrees between the normals of a related triangle and the selected triangle in order to be part of the same plane Angle Deviation Positioning after orientating the plane parallel to the platform None No translation is performed www materialise com i VF Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise q innovators you can count on 4 Va Keep Original Z 19 After orientation the part is translated along Z so that the original minimum Z Position position of the part remains the same Translate to Default After orientation the part is translated to the default part position Position Translate to Default After orientation the part is translated along Z to the default Z position Z position Rescale N Rescale The Rescale function gives you the ability to change the dimensions of a part as a whole or in only certain specified dimensions The Rescale Factor is a multiplying value for the dimensions in that direction When the factor is 1 no rescaling is performed when the factor is 2 size is doubled A factor larger than 1 will enlarge the part a factor smaller than 1 will shrink the part Enable Uniform Rescale when you want to use an identical factor in all directions Disable this option if you want to specify a different value in X Y and Z With the predefined rescale factors you c
39. ebheetsl seen 48 View Ree 48 ROLO AR hn E 48 ZOOMIN DEE 50 ege 50 SNOW De EE 50 GODY to Clipboard ni E RW 50 King ee DEEN 52 www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise WZ ls innovators you can count on let 52 Vew AOS EE 52 AT 53 Klee e etc arises rer E E EE E E eiaenreurianane 54 eege 55 Ke Le EE 56 KR ite EE 57 Licenses and Settings Main TOD ar 1ccccccesccecnsscssnsennsnnsnsenes 59 ien cig een ener E eee ee ee 59 Settings Se 60 System requirements ebe 71 Minimal hardware requirements cccccecceecceeceeceeeceeeeeseeeeeceeeeeeeueneeeeeeneess 11 Supported Browsers for built in Information Page cccccseeceeeeeeteeeeeeeees 71 Crear License Agreement E 72 www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Va innovators you can count on IN Creatr Installation Installation of the software e Download the latest installer of the Creatr software on the Leapfrog website http support lpfrg com support home e Run the installer Run the appropriate installer for your system by double clicking the installer d LeapfrogBuildProcessor te LeapfrogBuildProcessor x04 Allow the installer to make changes to the computer Vi User Account Control a j Do you want to allow the following program to make V changes to this computer en Program name Microsoft Management Console Veri
40. ed for CAD purposes and using the HW acceleration present on the card If a certain feature is not supported by your 3D card the OpenGL driver will perform that specific instruction via software rendering software fallback This flag enables advanced OpenGL extensions When the driver implements these correctly you should see a dramatic improvement in speed If after enabling this flag you encounter random crashes or don t see a performance increase it s advised to either update your graphics card driver or disable this flag Select this setting when you experience problems on high end OpenGL cards Direct3D is a part of Microsoft s Direct X Direct X was originally developed for 3D games but Direct3D is also useful for us When a feature is not implemented on the 3D card the Direct3D can t fall back on software rendering so the instruction won t be done Direct3D is NOT supported in Win NT In the Open GL or Direct3D render mode the part can be visualized using smooth shading The variations in colour will now be shown more gradually and no longer as separate triangles Note that only the visualization of the part changes the number of triangles and the accuracy of the STL are not changed OFF When you click on the coloured circle in the Part List tool sheet a colour palette appears ON When you click on the coloured circle in the Part List tool sheet the material editor dialog appears Besides the colour you can also select
41. el here the user can exit the submit job dialog without any action Configure Printer Dialog www materialise com o 7 Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise RW k Li innovators you can count on 7 Va Creatr v Communication control a Configure Printer Led fro Fhe P q Configure Printer Status Offline No connection on any port Port Auto detect Emergency Stop P ere es Hardware Material Temperature Nozzle 1 PLAOrange d 200 m Nozzle 2 PLAOrange vi 200 Heated Platform Bed Print Mode Part Part v w Advanced Update Profiles Import Units Millimeter Celsius e D Edit Profiles Cancel e Status here the user can see what the status is off the communication with the machine e Part here the user can set which communication port on the PC will be used for communication with the printer e Reconnect here the user can initiate a connection with the printer e Emergency stop here the user can execute an emergency stop of the printer when the printer is connected over the communication port Preferences www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 29 Sox P D Configure Printer s ef _eapfrog 0 Printers Configure Printer gt 4 Status Offline No connection on any port Port l Auto detect Reconnect
42. face When you for example unselect wireframe you will not be able to snap a point that is lying on the wireframe Automatic snapping ON When this option is marked Creatr actively searches for points when you move the mouse over the part Creatr will highlight these points To select a point click on it OFF Creatr will only search for a point when you have clicked with the mouse This option is faster Analyze gt Wall tickness analyses a Settings amp General f Analyze gt Wall Thickness Ana Diagnostic amp Modules Minimum thickness 0 500 amp Visualisation File I O Maximum thickness 1 500 Wall Thickness Analysis Advanced Wall angle 45 000 Refine triangles parameters Iterations 3 Max edge size 2 000 Wall thickness analysis Minimum thickness to set the lower limit of the wall thickness analysis tool Maximum thickness to set the higher limit of the wall thickness analysis tool Advanced Wall angle The angle the analyze function uses to determine the thickness of a wall Iterations how much iteration the analyze function runs when performing wall thickness analysis Max edge size the maximum dimension of an edge region that is treated as an edge www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Ff innovators you can count on 7 Va Creatr 63 Analyze gt Diagnostic amp General be Analyze Wall Thickness Ana gt ADET LON
43. fied publisher Microsoft Windows Show details Change when these notifications appear Accept the terms of the End user license agreement EULA and press install T lie eer x K Leapfrog Build Processor 1 0 00022 64 bit Setup zu Please read the Leapfrog Build Processor 1 0 00022 64 bit License Agreement End User License Agreement This license agreement the Agreement is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a legal entity and Materialise for the software product identified hereafter which includes computer software and electronic documentation Software Please read the following license agreement carefully before u the Software By installing or otherwise using the Software you agree to be y the terms and eran wll D en nn af thin Aner men on TE rimsa dn mak nee nnd Hha barnan m m A enen neat sores m laccept the terms in the License Agreement Install Exit www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr e Activate the installation process by pressing the Proceed button di Leapfrog Build Processor 1 0 00022 64 bit Setup a si Microsoft NET Press Proceed to continue Framework 4 Materialise Local License Server 6 Build Processor System Leapfrog Builder Leapfrog Build Processor 1 0 00022 64 bit e Allow the installer to make changes to the comp
44. formation to your project has never been so easy You can easily add text to your part and keep a well organized overview of your project The text is connected to your part and saved in your leapfrog project file bf www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 56 View Page View Multi Section Text Drawing Distance Here is something wrong with the part please investigate Qik a Text Parameters Verdana Change Font Arrows WEJ aG v Width 10 Height 10 Es 1 ES Go to the Text tab of the View Pages Tool sheet and click the Text and Arrow option Use the displayed drop down menu to choose Text only 2 Indicate a point on your part where you want to attach the label and click a second time to define the position of the label itself Afterwards type your message in the text dialog Under Text Parameters you can change the look and feel of the text and arrows This button allows changing font font style size and color Change Font Arrows The style of the arrows can be adapted You can choose between Open Closed Filled Closed or None Cl This button allows changing the color of the arrows Width Here you can change the width of the arrows Height Here you can change the height of the arrows Furthermore you have buttons to change the settings and to select edit or clear your text annotations
45. g the instructions of Creatr This has two consequences e To have optimal results the memory on the video card must be large enough 1 MB STL needs approx 1 5MB ram on the 3D card e Each time the part has been changed the whole list of triangles must be send again to the video card This can cause delays depending of the size of the part When you have a huge amount of triangles millions of triangles delays can be avoided by switching back to software rendering Each 3D card has a limit Remark We recommend trying each mode and comparing the results Not only the hardware is important but also the drivers If you re having problems try again with other more recent drivers Software www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium This renderer is the default renderer of Creatr written by Materialise The rendering is a part of the program and is done by the CPU If you do not have a special 3D videocard or good drivers we recommend you to use this setting Materialise Be innovators you can count on 7 Va Normal Direct Draw OpenGL Enable OpenGL Extensions Disable frame cache Direct3D Hardware Accelerated Smooth Shading Use Material Editor Enable Renderer Copy Show Wireframe when frame rate drops below 68 The whole rendering process is done by Creatr Some instructions of Microsoft DirectDraw are used to speed up the rendering OpenGL was develop
46. hake DTR low gt high gt low v Custom codes Start code Stop code gt Tool change code Jump speed 150 0000 Extruder configuration Here the user can define the nozzle diameters on his machine e Nozzle 1 calibrated wire width sets the diameter of the first nozzle wire on your machine e Nozzle 2 calibrated wire width sets the diameter of the second nozzle wire on your machine Note For nozzle position count from your right when standing in front of the machine Communication configuration Here the user can define the USB communication with the machine e Baud rate sets the baud rate of the serial USB communication By default this is set to 115200 baud for the Leapfrog printers www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on 7 Va 36 e Parity sets the parity of the serial USB communication By default this is set to none e Emergency stop handshake sets the sequence of handshake signals that need to be send to the printer to set it in emergency stop mode By default this is set to DTR low gt high gt low Custom codes Here the user can insert custom define g code commands into the output to change the behavior during special events of the build process Those special events are s During the start of a build gt start code e During the end of a build gt stop code e During the change of a tool gt before tool change
47. he user can set the threshold at which hopping will occur When a jump is larger than the threshold hopping will occur when it is lower than the threshold the jump will be executed in the normal way Retraction Enabled with this checkbox the user can enable retraction during printing Distance here the user can set the retraction distance This is the distance the extruder will pull back the filament out of the heating chamber to avoid oozing of the nozzle Speed here the user can set the speed of extruder stepper during retraction Threshold here the user can set the threshold at which retraction will occur during printing When a print vector is larger than the threshold retraction will occur when it is lower than the threshold no retraction will occur Idle override Enabled this checkbox will enable to place a nozzle in the idle state when it becomes idle in dual nozzle printing Retraction speed here the user can set the speed of retraction when a nozzle goes into idle state Retraction distance here the user can set the distance of retraction when the nozzle goes into idle state Idle temperature here the user can set the temperature of the nozzle when it goes into idle state Build strategy www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise s Be innovators you can count on VU Creatr 40 Edit Profile e OEM profile version 4
48. hnologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialis ML s Be innovators you can count on VU Creatr 53 d a b 4 Zo Gs Visualization CR Shade amp Wire Bad Edges Visible e Flipped Triangles Visible Expanded Tool sheet Collapsed Tool sheet View The several Shade amp Wire options and View angles are selectable through drop down menus Shade amp Wire Visualization E Shade 1 Wireframe EE Gegen Back view g E de E Bad Edges Visible Left view K Triangle 7 Right view r71 Bounding Box e Flipped Triangles Visible Top view Bottom view Transparent ISO gt The Shade amp Wire options are the first functions you found on the View toolbar These functions are used to change the way your part is displayed in the Workspace O Shade Displays the part with shades according to the direction of the triangles Wireframe Shows edges of the object The edges are defined by the angle of incidence between triangles Creatr defines a visible edge when the angle between two adjoining triangles exceeds the definition set found in the Creatr Shade amp Wire Displays a combination of shade and wireframe modes Triangle Shows the edges of all triangles This view shows the native STL file format Bounding Box Shows only the bounding box X Y and Z extents of the part This makes rotating parts with a large number of triangles easier les
49. ible video card At least 256 MB of memory At least a memory interface width of 256 bit Y VVV WV NVidia Quadro ATI AMD FireGL or any Intel gpu chipset are not recommended Operating Systems gt Creatr runs only on o Windows 7 8 SP1 32bit 64bit gt Creatr will not run on Windows 98 Windows XP SP3 32bit SP2 64bit Windows Vista SP1 or later 32bit 64bit Windows 2000 Windows Server Editions O O O EN E Creatr does not run natively on Mac OS X Creatr does not run natively on Linux or any other operating system not listed above Virtualization systems such as VMWare are not recommended YYY Supported Browsers for built in Information Page gt The built in Information page will use Internet Explorer IE to connect to the internet We support IE10 IE9 IE8 and IE7 Versions older than IE7 are not supported www materialise com n V Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialis w ai k Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr License Agreement 72 ATTENTION TO BE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING CREATR SOFTWARE This license agreement the Agreement is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a legal entity and Materialise for the software product identified hereafter which includes computer software and electronic documentation Software Please read the following license agreement carefully before using the Software By installing copyi
50. icense key is registered successfully and your software is ready to use Press finish button the exit the registration wizard Enjoy the software Register lea Key file registered successfully Creatr Module MatConvert DXF import MatConvert IGES import MatConvert PLY import MatConvert Pro Engineer import MatConvert Solidworks import MatConvert STEP import MatConvert Unigraphics Paras MatConvert VDAFS import MatConvert ZPR import Quick start and Interface www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialis MV innovators you can count on 7 Va Creatr 11 Main and Workflow toolbar vo amp Position Analyze Print3D Buy Plastic Ask Leapfrog iaa Af Materialise lt innovators you can count on T View Pages View Visualization CR Shade amp Wire Bad Edges Visible Fe Peres ea ahve Part Pages Parts Part Info Machine Leapfrog Creatr HS 2 ber of parts 1 1 2 Name 1 Chess_Tower_solid v B i a4 A e OO Geel Leapfrog 4D Printers Workspace W Ready When you launch Creatr you will arrive on the Information Page To start working Click the Platform flow button and select New to choose your 3D Printer Click the Part flow button and choose Import to load your STL file Click the Position flow button if you
51. ing Platform i e fbf The imported Platform usually with parts will be active and shown on your screen Each imported Platform or Scene will appear as a separate tab in the workspace If there are multiple Platforms inside the file they will all open as a separate tab Unload X Unload With this operation you can unload your active Platform or Scene including all parts A dialog will ask if you really wish to delete press No if you want to save your Platform first Save Save This operation pops up a Save Ae dialog You can save your current Platform into a fbf file This operation will only save the active Platform use the Save Project function Main toolbar to save multiple Platforms and or Scenes inside a fbf file www materialis F m Materialise v 0logielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on 7 Va 15 Part 0c AR oF b J Ke a Kell Platform Part Position Analyze Print 3D Buy Plastic Ask Leapfrog Information page B Proc Leapfrog Creatr HS 2 f View Pages Creatr is based on the STL file format which is the 3D Printing Industry s standard data format An STL file is a triangular representation of a 3D object it will describe surfaces as a collection of triangles which makes them ideal for use in Rapid Prototyping or any environment that requires a triangulated file Unlike CAD STL uses triangles and not entities to describe an obje
52. ion Use the Enable Snapping checkbox to move parts in defined increments You can specify the step size yourself With the Interactive Rotate around line you can specify any line on any part as rotation 18 Relative rotation about X 0 000 about Y 0 000 about Z 0 000 E vor MuiiviiuuaI pal L La pcs Around line Enable snapping o Step size 45 000 center Tip You can easily access the Translate amp Rotate via the Right Mouse button Shortcut menu Bottom Top Bottom Top The Bottom Top function allows easy orientation of the selected part by indicating a plane as the bottom top plane This plane will automatically be oriented parallel to the platform i e the XY plane Bottom Top Plane Plane Bottom Plane P Upper Plane a ap a Advanced Plane Selection Parameters Surface Tolerance Angle Deviation Positioning None Keep Original Z Position Translate to Default Position Translate to Default Z Position ox JI caei JI wm JI mm Click the Indicate Plane button to select you reference plane the selected plane is indicated in green The selected plane will be orientated parallel to the platform facing the upper or bottom depending on your selection Indicate Plane Plane Selection Parameters Surface Tolerance Indicates the maximum deviation in mm or inches that triangle may have to be part of the sam
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54. mm conversion so the part will now be expressed in millimeters When you are working in inches and you load a part and the dimensions are very big you can define very big Le when maximum size is greater than X inch in the settings see figure above it may be that the part you loaded was originally expressed in millimeters Magics will then divide the dimensions with 25 4 so the part will now be expressed in inches General gt Snapping B Settings EES f General Appearance Unit Size j 5 Snapping BS amp Analyze amp Modules amp Visualisation amp File I O vd Sections V Bad Edges Points vd Wireframe _ Points with Triangles Points without Triangles Stl Surface Automatic Snapping Resetall Reset current page Appearance Some features in Creatr for example measurements and text annotations require that you snap to a point on the part When you snap to a point it will be marked with a colored circle with a radius as set in the size box The little circle will get the color marked in the color box Points You can decide which points you can snap to points on a wireframe sections bad edges corner points of a triangle free points points that are www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 62 not a corner point of a triangle and or points on the STL sur
55. n of the registered office of the Licenser 9 Severability Should any court or competent jurisdiction declare any term of this License Agreement void or unenforceable such declaration shall have no effect on the remaining terms hereof 10 No Waiver The failure of either party to enforce any rights granted hereunder or to take action against the other party in the event of any breach hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver by that party as to subsequent enforcement of rights or subsequent actions in the event of future breaches www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialie i Li innovators you can count on W
56. naging loaded Parts ino pana A pals Geet SEET ER Machine Miicraft Plus Machine Number of parts 1 displayed in the list Visible Name Select or unselect a single part via the checkboxes 2 Select multiple parts in the list by clicking on a part name to e O O highlight the part and then using the Shift or Ctrl key and clicking on the names of the other desired parts and then select unselect one of the check boxes Tin_umbrella_fixed K It lt 0 a a A Ei CH You can also Hide 3 parts by clicking on the glasses or change their Color 4 All actions performed on the tool sheet are activated immediately If you double click on a part s Name 5 a pop up dialog will appear where you can easily change the name The buttons at the bottom 6 will facilitate your work with operations like Select All Invert Selection Show All Hide Unselected and Auto color Part Info tool sheet The Part Info tab 1 will display all physical data of your part RE Pat nfo e Dimensions in X Y and Z e Mesh info triangles and points Part Name Fa O rerne Le Properties surface and volume Dimensions Min Max Delta It also allows you to easily diagnose your part for errors SES EE E e y 10 000 133 300 123 300 nm Errors in STL files can cause problems e 10 000 159 000 149 000 mm during slicing and building Therefore you need watertight and error free SES files A good file contains one single Shell and zero Inve
57. ng or otherwise using the Software you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement If you do not accept the terms of this Agreement you are not authorized to install copy or use the Software DEFINITIONS The following terms shall have the following meanings Licenser MATERIALISE Licensee Holder of the license as specified in the order document issued by Materialise Licensed Material Media containing the software the software itself and the user documentation Software Creatr Computer programs in machine readable form object code proprietary to Materialise which Licensee has ordered from Materialise Documentation shall mean the technical publications prepared and delivered to Licensee by Materialise relating to use of the Software such as reference and tutorial manuals Password shall mean the password transferred from Materialise to Licensee allowing Licensee to use the Software 1 License Grant 1 a License Licenser hereby grants Licensee who accepts a nonexclusive license to use the Licensed Material only as authorized in this License Agreement The Software is made available in Object code Licensee agrees that he may not reverse assemble reverse compile or otherwise translate the Software or any part www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium thereof Licensee agrees that he will not as
58. nnection is available all controls will be grayed out Positioning Control www materialise com n J Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise e innovators you can count on 1 32 This control allows the user to manually control the position of the print head and the platform By using the arrow X X Y Y the user can move the print head in the X amp Y direction By using the Z Z arrows the user can move the platform up and down The number boxes allow the user to set the step size of the motion that will be used for each click on one of the arrow buttons A A lt gt V vV Temperature control The control allows the user to manually control the heaters of the nozzles On Off and set temperature and gives feedback on the temperature of the nozzles Extruder control The control allows the user to manually control the extrusion steppers for both nozzles In the textbox the user cans set the step size of the motion and with the buttons extrude and withdraw the user can activate the motion in both directions Position Control Here the user gets feedback of the actually position of the print head and allows the user to perform homing actions www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va 33 Manual communication control Here the user can send lines of G code to the printer and moni
59. nts Pictures Lo Magics 18 03 64bit gt Music b amp Magics 19 1 64bit gt Computer Je IrfanView 4 38 D Control Panel E Word 2013 gt Devices and Printers S Default Programs a Notepad gt R Paint b 16 11 16 03 2015 m V Help and Support P 3D Printers Lo lel X Creatr HS 4 Local N A 0 build jobs i Installed 3D printers Creatr HS 2 Status Offline No connection on any port No description available gt big_frog Q Finished big_elephant W Finished support_dual_material_medium_speed ei Finished big_olifant WY Finished Add 3D printer Dialogs P 3D Printers Lem Jil S WWW IT rialise q gt u can count on 4 NS Creatr HS 4 o Le Local Creatr 24 Leapfrog DTM Leapfrog Build Processor 64 bit DTM Build Processor 64 bit Basic Machine for STL iali Materialise N V Ricoh Build Pricessor 64 bit Basic Build Processor 64 bit Creatr HS l DTM Sinterstation 2500 mm bet Creatr XI Sha Nextdav Found 19 printer s P Installing 3D Printer Manufacturer Leapfrog Model Creatr HS Network Location Local Installing 3D Printer Name Creatr HS 3 Build Processor Leapfrog Build Processor 64 bit 1 0 0 v Description example Use for small parts only ei Install printer Configuring printer Printer Location
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61. ocedure and you ll have your key file in a few mousedicks Creatr Step 2 Register your license key file Please select license key file Key file System ID A3047F86 33XE 000D 14A81A9 1E 135A0AB e Inthe licensed software solutions section fill in your voucher code you received from Leapfrog and press the submit button Go to materialise com EN FR DE Px AAR ge d Visit the Magics User Community Materialise gt Online Password Generation Visit the Mimics Innovation Suite Community Dear Materialise Software user Welcome to our web passwords site Below you can choose fo visit the dedicated section for our Licensed software solutions or our Free software Licensed Software Solutions lf you want to generate passwords for your Materialise software or update your software by downloading the latest version you can do this by entering your CCKey or voucher code below Your CCKey code can be found on thgs ertificate of Authenticity you received with your software 1 your CCKey is a unique 16 character long code linked to your Materialise Software license This code can be found on the Certificate of Authenticity sent with each licensed copy of Materialise software 2 A voucher is also a unique 16 character long code distributed by Materialise or one of our trusted partners A voucher code allows you to generate a temporary license for a pre determined Materialise licensed software Free
62. oom options A Zoom Alt Z Allows zooming into a specific area of the part This is accomplished by clicking the left mouse button and dragging a window around the region of the part where you want to zoom e Unzoom Alt U emm Unzoom will fill the screen with all visible parts The fill is such that the entire part will be displayed even during any rotation lar Unzoom Platform A Unzoom Platform shows the parts and their placement on the machine platform The mouse also has zoom options e When using a mouse with a scroll button roll the scroll button forward to zoom in and backward to zoom out e To use the right mouse button shortcuts to zoom first hold down the control key then press and hold the right mouse button To zoom in move the mouse cursor up the screen and to zoom out move the mouse cursor Zoom H down the screen ISO views Buttons for changing the viewing angle are also located on the View toolbar Bai Ir e There are six Planar ISO views Back Front Left Right Top Bottom and there is one TopFrontRight ISO view Show Hide With these buttons you can show or hide the following features Kg Shows or hides the World Coordinate System db Shows or hides the Orientation Indicator P Shows or hides your Part Names Copy to clipboard Print2D www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise s Be innovators you can count on f D 51
63. ouse one more time to set the measurement tag in place 5 On the Distance tab you will find all information regarding your measurement Measurement Information Distance 14 1421 mm dX 10 0000 dY 0 0000 dZ 10 0000 P1 17 0000 5 0000 5 0000 P2 27 0000 5 0000 5 0000 Furthermore you have buttons to change the settings and to select clear or hide your measurements This button allows selecting an existing measurement I This button allows to delete a single measurement just by clicking on the measurement tag Measurements This button allows to clear all measurements in a single click Snap Settings This button allows changing how the Point will snap on the part Invisible This checkbox allows to hide all measurements www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Tei qy innovators you can count on f Va 59 Licenses and Settings Main Toolbar Licenses Materialise Software is key protected you need a key file to register the software Creatr is not sold separately but bundled together with your 3D Printer So together with your 3D Printer you also received a voucher code You should use this voucher code to generate a key file on our website Afterwards this key file will allow you to register and activate your Creatr copy When you start Creatr for the first time the License Wizard will automatically start up to assist you in registering You
64. pace indicated with a grey disc When your cursor is inside this imaginary disk it will have a quadruple arrow shape 3D movement When it is outside this imaginary disk it will have a circular arrow shape 2D movement It is important to notice that the position of your part in the workspace has no influence at AN all only the position of the cursor in the workspace determines the type of rotation 2D or 3D movement The mouse also has a rotate option A You can also access the rotate function via your right mouse button shortcut without clicking on the Rotate button d gt Press your right mouse button and keep it down while moving your mouse the part Vv will rotate in accordance with your mouse movements Rotate The Panning function allows you to pan your part in your workflow Click the Panning button and use your left mouse button press it in the workflow to slide your part The mouse also has a pan option A e Panning with a three button mouse is easily accomplished by clicking and dragging with the scroll button middle button lt gt e You can also pan with your right mouse button shortcut by holding the shift v key down and then clicking and holding the right mouse button while Pan lt gt moving the mouse www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise s Be innovators you can count on VU 50 Zooming The View toolbar has several z
65. r P Edit Profiles Ps _eapfrog 5D Printers Machine Settings v Slicing Default Draft 0 3mm Fine 0 1mm Slicing_OEM gt Material gt Build Strategy gt Support Strategy ah Sd D gt Export Edit Profiles Name Normal 0 2mm Layer thickness 0 2000 Border accuracy 0 1000 mm mm o e Layer thickness defines the thickness of the slicing process in mm Layer thickness e Border accuracy defines the maximum deviation in mm a toolpath is allowed to have towards the real toolpath The higher the border accuracy the more deviation a toolpath is allowed to have and the more reduction of the amount of describing points we will have on curved paths The lower the border accuracy the fewer deviation is allowed towards the real toolpath and the more describing points we will have in curved paths www materialise Materialise T rialises ou can count on 4s Creatr Border accuracy 0 1 Material 38 Border accuracy 2 The material profile section will allow the user to edit manage and define the profiles that define a material filament used for building a part N Edit Profile Leapfrog SD Printers Edit Profiles Machine Settings gt Slicing v Material ABS_OEM ABS_Red OEN praoranoe XYZ_OEM gt Build Strategy gt Support Strategy Name PLA Orange Extrusion temperature 200 0000 Master extrusion factor 100 00 Bed temperature
66. rateg P Edit Profile a impor Export Leapfrog 3D Printers Edit Profiles Machine Settings Name Support and Raft and Skirt e v Supports Material Enabled gt Build Strategy Add border oO v Support Strategy Z offset 0 0000 mm o O Default Line angle 60 0000 degrees e OO gene Line distance 4 0000 mm E Q Skirt ee XY offset 1 0000 mm O Support Distance to part 2 0000 mm EI OH Support and Raft Self supporting angle 35 0000 degrees e i Support and Raft and Skit Print speed factor 60 00 a at Extrusion factor 100 00 K D v Roof el o Enabled N Gap 2 R layers e Q Number of layers 2 e 0 Line distance 0 4000 mm o Z offset 0 0000 mm o O Print speed factor Extrusion factor v Raft a Enabled vi A Number of following layers 2 N O Final raft layer temperature 190 0000 c A O Extra to part 0 0000 mm OH v Base Layer N Layer thickness 0 2000 mm o Line angle 45 0000 degrees Line distance 4 0000 mm EI OO Print speed factor 100 00 AA i Extrusion factor 100 00 oO v Following Layers N Layer thickness 0 2000 mm oO Line angle 45 0000 degrees OO Line distance 0 4000 mm o Print speed factor 100 00 0 0 Extrusion factor 100 00 N O Skirt Qi Enabled e Print speed factor 100 00 OH OR Extrusion factor 0 Name here the user can set the name for the support strategy profile www materialise com n 7 Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise VU mmmf Li
67. rst time a file dialog pops up The succeeding times a file dialog pops up the previously selected folder is used Option 3 Creatr proposes this folder the first time when a part needs to be loaded or saved The next time he proposes the last selected folder www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr File I O gt File Associations x Settings amp General 70 Associate files with MiiCraft Builder amp Analyze amp Modules I Associate STL amp Visualisation Ss File I O Associate MGX amp Working Folders gt File Associations V Ask At Startup Associate STL files with Creatr Associate STL Associate MGX Offers you to associate STL files to Creatr Offers you to associate MGX files to Creatr Ask at Startup You can check this association each time Creatr started When the association is not there anymore the user will be prompted www materialise com as J Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialises ail Be innovators you can count on Va 71 System requirements Minimal hardware requirements CPU Memory Free Disk Space gt Pentium IV 3 GHz or higher gt 2GBRAM gt 200 MB Display gt 1280 x 1024 resolution or higher gt 32 bit color depth True color Video Card NVidia GeForce or ATI AMD Radeon DirectX 9 compat
68. rted Normals Inv Triangles 9998 Points 4939 or Bad Edges Properties en will show a deele Sg Se Volume 205313 648 a when your part is ok and a re um y H TER 171675 553 ge down 3 when your part contains errors and needs fixing PREE Inv normals 0 This part is Ok The How to Fix my Part button 4 will display additional fixing information Bad Edges 0 on the built in information webpage l e Shells 1 internet connection required Fixing itself is not included in Creattr Diagnostics Click the drop down arrow to choose een ae he part another part 5 or click next 6 contains errors Bad Edges 289 Shells 19 How to fix my www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 17 Position b De BRS Fa A or L lt M Je Oo CJ ee _ Platform Part _ Position Analyze Print3D Buy Plastic Ask Leapfrog D View Information page B Proc Leapfrog Creatr HS 2 The Position tools allow you to translate rotate rescale or duplicate your part s During import you already have the ability to automatically place the imported parts Aside Of Others default option To import parts without changing their position i e to not change their coordinates you should select As Is Placement Aside Of Others Auto repair during import As Is
69. s memory usage Also very small bad edges triangles which are not properly connected are more evident in this mode because they remain visible as yellow lines while the rest of the part is not visible www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va 54 O Transparent This option makes your parts transparent Different View modes from left to right Shade Wireframe Shade amp Wire Triangle and Bounding Box with eight ISO views You can also click on the View Cube itself Clicking on a side will e The View Cube has a drop down menu that contains the different default views along activate that particular view Sometimes STL files contain errors and need to be redesigned or fixed These errors are visualized by default but you can choose to hide or highlight them Bad Edges Visible Coen Text Drawing Distance ae Visualization Bad Edges Visible cra Flipped Triangles Visible L Shade amp Wire ER Bad Edges Invisible 9 mm Bad Edges Visible de KR a Flipped Triangles Invisible Bad Edges Hidden Line a Highlight Bad Edges BR Flipped Triangles Visible Flipped Triangles Visible L Flipped Triangles As Normal he e In the Flipped Triangle drop down menu you can choose how to display Flipped Triangles Visible Invisible or As Normal In the Bad E
70. se Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise s Be innovators you can count on VU 42 e Infill this is a line filling pattern where we can define the density of the line fill e Stripes this is a line pattern with a fixed space between the lines e Stripes Hexagons this is a hexagon pattern e Striper Squares this is a square wave pattern ____ Contours __ Contours Contours ______ Contours T RE Stripes Stripes Hexagons Stripes Squares nit eg ei Offset Size here the user can set the size of the infill pattern as a percentage of the default size of the pattern Angle here the user can set the angle at which the infill pattern will be printed 4 Angle Increment 90 a ngle OW N SE HM NS Layer 10 Gage 11 Angle increment here the user can set the angle increment that will be used when printing consecutive layers Print speed factor here the user can set the speed at which the infill will be processed as a of the nominal speed defined in the material profile Extrusion factor here the user can set the amount of extrusion as a of the master extrusion rate defined in material profile www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 43 Support st
71. ser can select the predefined build strategy profiles e Support strategy here the user can select the predefined support strategy profiles Part settings www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise A innovators you can count on i Creatr 27 T SubmitaJob gw E g e r Submit a Job a e 3D Printer Creatr HS 2 Preferences Status Offline Print Mode Dual Nozzle Part Part Nozzle 1 PLA_Orange Nozzle 2 PLA_Orange Job Type l 3D print v Job Name My_Creatr HS 2 _Job_15_04_09_15_28_32 w Platform Settings Layer Height l Normal 0 2mm vl Build Strategy High Speed Low Quality Support Strategy Support and Raft and Skirt vi w Part Settings Support_test_fixed Nozzle 1 Nozzle 2 The part settings section only shows in the part part print mode Here the user can select with which nozzle a part will be printed The part settings list will show all available parts on the build platform together with the nozzle that is selected for printing By default all parts will be printed by nozzle 1 The user has the possibility to select for each part which nozzle will be linked with the part If the parts need supports the support will be printed by default with the first nozzle Controls Maintenance here the user can navigate to the configure printer dialog Submit job here the user can activate the build processor and slice the platform Canc
72. sign sub license transfer pledge lease Rent or share his rights proceeding from this License Agreement nor sell Licensed Material or any part or copy thereof The License is granted for a period of time which is fixed in the key file 1 b Single computers The Software may be used only on an agreed upon number of single computers owned leased or otherwise controlled by Licensee For the purpose of this agreement a single computer is defined as one seat with one central unit one display and one keyboard 1 c Key file Access to the Software is granted by the use of a key file associated with a server Each key file has a specified validity period 2 Licenser s Rights Licensee acknowledges and agrees that the Software and User documentation are proprietary products of Licenser protected under copyright law Licensee further acknowledges and agrees that all right title and interest in and to the Licensed Material associated intellectual property rights are and shall remain with the Licenser This License Agreement does not convey to Licensee any interest in or to the Licensed Material but only a limited right of use revocable in accordance with the terms of this License Agreement 3 License Fees Materialis Me s Be innovators you can count on N The license fees paid by Licensee are paid in consideration of the licenses granted under this License Agreement Communication of a valid key file is subject t
73. structure will be processed as a of the nominal speed defined in the material profile Extrusion factor here the user can set the amount of extrusion that will be used for the support structure as a of the master extrusion rate defined in material profile Roof www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on f i 45 Enabled here the user can activate the generation of a roof on top of the support structure to make an easy removable interface between part and support Gap here the user can set the size of the gap between roof and part define as a multiple of the layer thickness A Gap Roof structure N layers Z offset Z offset D D Ser KT H Ze Ser ap Ze P r Ze Ser LI Ki D Ser D DAC Wi H sr ss P e s ve H S D Sei g e Ses t t ze 5 Set E O Li La he p L Las LV ps LA La LV ON p VW p nt La KW G KW ps CL La lt r i Distance to part Number of layers here the user can set the number of layers that will generated to construct the roof Line distance here the user can set the distance between 2 lines of the line infill used to generate the roof structure Line distance k New height for extrusion Z offset D Layer Height d_ W Z offset Layer Height L j i Z offset Layer Height b i e Z offset L
74. t Interval 5 000 mm setup The part interval will define the space BEE between the parts when placing the parts oii automatically The platform margin will indicate how Parts to Nest far the parts need to be placed from the borders of Nest All Parts the platform Selected parts Placement Solution The parts to nest selection will give the user the rast Posuble Solution possibility to select all parts or just the selected RE Sie Minimal X Dimension The placement solution selection allows the user to EEN define a placement strategy Analyze Denm Er b J e OO LJ Kall Platform Part Position Analyze Print 3D Buy Plastic Ask Leapfrog Information page B Proc Leapfrog Creatr HS 2 f View Pages The Analyze Scene function allows you to easily diagnose all parts on the active scene for errors This function will show a green thumb up when all parts are ready to build 1 and a red thumb down when some of your parts contain errors and need fixing 2 It will also give the user information about the thickness of the walls in the parts on the build platform The information is given with color codes that indicate ticker of thinner walls by colors The meaning of the color is indicated in a graph in the analyze window You can easily diagnose all parts at once with the Analyze Scene function individual part diagnostics can be performed on the Part Info tool sheet www materialise com Materialise Technologiel
75. terialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Li innovators you can count on 7 Va Creatr 65 Pe Visualisation Pa Colors STL gt Other Measurements Vie Renderer File I O Here you can select the background colors for scenes and platforms Visualization gt Measurements View amp General amp Analyze Modules Arrows Closed Filled w GI Visualisation Width 10 Height 10 Colors gt Measurements Viev Extension Lines Renderer V Extension Lines es File I O Text aligned Font Show x Y and Z distances Show label Measurement www materialise com as J Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialises Z q innovators you can count on 4 NS 66 Arrows Arrows can be placed at the end of the line that indicates the distance between two features An open a closed or a closed filled arrow can be chosen The color of the arrows can be adapted Width The width of the arrow head can be adapted Height The height of the arrow head can be adapted Extension Lines Extension Lines You can choose to draw extension lines or not These extension lines appear when you drag your measurement tag away from the part Extension lines don t have arrow heads You can adapt the color of the extension lines Text Aligned Checked Not Checked D 16 279 Dx 16 000 Dy 3 000 Dz 0 000 You can adapt the font of the text
76. tor the reply of the printer Profile editor Dialog The profile editor allows the user to setup and manage the print and printer parameters These parameters are grouped into logical sections called profiles Each profile has a www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr 34 parameter list attached to it that allow to make settings to the way the build processor behaves P Edit Profiles 6 S li Leapfrog 3D Printers Edit Profiles Parameter list section Zi EES Name DA Orange e Slicing ee Extrusion temperature 200 0000 pE e Q Se Master extrusion factor 100 00 0O ABS Red gt Bed temnerature A PLA OEM Material profile section x a 0 PLA Orange Diameter filament 1 7500 mm A Q KR Print speed 150 0000 mm s Lei v Build Strategy Material density 1 2500 g cm o O BuildStrategy1_OEM gt Hopping oi CH BuildStrategy2_OEM High Speed Low Quality Build strategy profile section al Low Speed High_Quality gt Idle overnde A oe Medium Speed Medium Quali v Support Strategy Default Support strategy profile section General behavior This button will allow the user to make a copy of the profile that is select or it will allow the user to add an additional parameter in the parameter list section x This button will allow the user to delete the profile that is selecte
77. uild Processor 64 bit Leapfrog Build Processor 64 bit Xeed Leapfrog Leapfrog Build Processor 64 bit Found 5 printer s e The software is now completely installed and just need to be activated www materialise com Z Aa Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialises q innovators you can count on 4 NS Registration of the software Open the Registration Wizard in the Creatr software by pushing the tool icon When installing the software for the first time this will happen automatically when you start the Creatr software Materialise innovators you can count on fi Select the License Option and click next Register Lo Welcome to registration wizard This wizard will guide you through the Creatr registration process To get started please choose one of the registration options below and dick dE KL License Choose this option to activate your Creatr copy _ Show license and system information Creatr Next gt Copy the system ID from the registration wizard and go to the Materialise password website by clicking the link Make sure you have your voucher code ready www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr Register hg sl Step 1 Register your voucher and get license key file Go to Materialise website https passwords materialise com Follow pr
78. under this Agreement Except for the warranties set forth above the Licensed Material and the Software contained therein are licensed as is and Licenser disclaims any and all warranties whether express or implied including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose 6 Limitation of Liability Licenser s cumulative liability to Licensee for any loss or damages resulting from any claims demands or actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall not exceed the license fee paid to Licenser for use of the Licensed Material In no event shall Licenser be liable for any indirect incidental consequential special or exemplary damages or lost profits even if Licenser has been advised of the possibility of such damages 7 Ownership The Software is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual other intellectual property laws and treaties Title ownership rights and all intellectual property rights in and to the Software shall remain with Materialise and or its licensors Licensee shall not modify the Software reproduce it create derivative works or or attempt to reverse engineer the Software or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the Software either directly or indirectly 8 Governing Law This License Agreement shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the locatio
79. uter Se User Account Control Do you want to allow the following program to make WV changes to this computer Program name Microsoft Management Console Verified publisher Microsoft Windows Y Show details Change when these notifications appear e Monitor the installation process and wait for it to finish dl Leapfrog Build Processor 1 0 00022 64 bit Setup ell X Microsoft NET Installing Framework 4 Materialise Local License Server 6 Build Processor System Leapfrog Builder Leapfrog Build Processor 1 0 00022 64 bit www materialise com Materialise Technologielaan 15 3001 Leuven Belgium Materialise Be innovators you can count on Va Creatr e Now the software is successfully installed so you can press the Finish button KK Leapfrog Build Processor 1 0 00022 64 bit Setups nL d Microsoft NET Successfully installed Framework 4 Materialise Local License Server 6 Build Processor System Leapfrog Builder Leapfrog Build Processor 1 0 00022 64 bit You can now start adding printers by selecting the Build Processor Manager in the Control Panel e Select the printer you want to use with the software and press the Add button D Add 3D Printer K Add 3D Printer Creatr Single Extruder Creatr Dual Extruder Leapfrog Leapfrog Leapfrog Build Processor 64 bit Leapfrog Build Processor 64 bit Creatr HS Creatr XL Leapfrog Leapfrog Leapfrog B

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