Formlabs Form 3 - Printer Management and Settings

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IPA is flammable. Keep containers closed, and keep out of the reach of children.
4. Post-Cure: Use Form Cure to expose printed parts to light and heat to stabilize the parts
for performance.
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Post-Process: Remove supports, then use sanding, priming, or painting to improve
presentation, or use other equipment to create molds from printed parts.
5.4 Managing the Printer
5.4.1 Connect to the Form 3 with Dashboard
Dashboard (formlabs.com/dashboard) allows individuals and teams to remotely monitor
Form 3 printers, track material usage, and explore past and future Formlabs purchases.
Register the Form 3 to Dashboard through the touchscreen on the printer. Once the Form
3 is registered to Dashboard and Dashboard logging is enabled on the printer, the Form 3
will send data to Dashboard as long as the printer’s Wi-Fi or Ethernet connections are able
to access the internet.
5.4.2 Change Resin Types Between Prints
When changing resin types, always change both the tank and the cartridge. Remove the
cartridge before removing the tank to prevent the cartridge valve from dripping resin into
the printer.
See 6.5.2 Maintain the Resin Tank and 6.5.4 Remove and Replace the Cartridge.
5.4.3 Manage or Delete Uploaded Prints
• To start an uploaded file:
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Confirm the resin tank and cartridge match the file’s resin type and version.
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Tap the file name from the queue.
• To delete a print from the queue:
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Tap the file name from the queue.
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Tap delete.
5.4.4 Fine Tune the Form 3
Adjust Fine Tuning settings to correct any consistent, small-scale dimensional errors or to
mitigate model adherence issues.
The Z Fine Tuning setting changes the “Z Oset” value to adjust the distance between the
build platform and the bottom of the resin tank.
The X/Y Fine Tuning option adjusts the scaling factor in the printer’s X and Y axes.
5.4.5 Check and Maintain the Resin Temperature
The Form 3 heats resin to a set temperature before starting a print. View the print chamber’s
current temperature on the touchscreen.
The print chamber is heated by hot air blown out of the tower behind the resin tank. The warm
air in the print chamber heats the resin, and the air temperature is sensed by a thermal sensor
at the air intake. The Form 3 automatically pre-heats and maintains a consistent print chamber
temperature before and between print jobs.
5.4.6 Power Off the Form 3
Turn o the Form 3 completely when moving or storing the printer and to conserve power. To
turn o the Form 3 completely, disconnect the power cord from thepower source.
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