Glossary
Adhesion: In the context of 3D printing, adhesion of printout to the printer’s heatbed. Insufficient printout adhesion
may cause partial or complete separation of the printout from the heatbed during printing. The glass heatbed and
Magigoo adhesive solutions ensure a good adhesion of materials.
BCN3D Cloud account: The username and password you will use to sign in to BCN3D Cloud to allow you to directly
send print jobs from anywhere, to monitor a group of printers even if they are placed in different locations, and to
easily share your printer with other teammates.
BCN3D Cura: BCN3D Cura is a free and easy-to-use 3D printing software that prepares your model for 3D printing.
It provides an intuitive user interface and an improved workflow, both for newcomers and expert users. It is based
on the renowned Open Source slicer and is compatible with all BCN3D 3D printers.
Bridge: A part of the model printed in the air, suspended between two parts of the printout. The bridge is calculated
in a special way when preparing the file for printing. If the bridge is too long, it may get deformed. In such cases,
such printout elements should be supported with support structures.
Brim: One of the methods of improving the adhesion of printouts to the heatbed. It consists in enlarging the
adhesion surface of the printout to the heatbed by generating additional external outlines of the model proper at
the level of the first printout layer. The more outline lines are added, the larger the adhesion surface will be. The
brim should be used in the case of problems with separating the printout from the heatbed.
Ethernet cable: The cable used to connect your printer to a local area network.
Extruder: The extruder draws the material from the spool, melts it, and pushes it through a nozzle onto the Build
Surface.
Filament Run-out Sensor (FRS): A job-saving sensor that detects when the filament is finished and pauses the
printing process until it is reloaded again.
Firmware: The software that runs on your BCN3D Printer.
Internal storage: The part of the BCN3D Sigma Series onboard storage that you can use to send files directly to the
printer and access to print history.
Nozzle: The opening on the end of the Hotend from which heated material emerges to be spread onto the Printing
surface.
Printing surface: The surface made of glass on which the extruder prints on.
Setup assistant: The set of tasks that runs when you turn on the BCN3D Printer for the first time. The setup
assistant helps you load material, calibration and start a test print.
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