MakerBot Replicator Mini+ - Glossary

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BUILD PLATE: A flat plastic plate with a
polycarbonate surface. This is where the MakerBot
®
Replicator
®
Mini+ will build your objects.
EXTRUDER ASSEMBLY: The Smart Extruder+
installed in the extruder carriage.
EXTRUDER CARRIAGE: The part of the extruder
assembly that sits on the gantry and moves back and
forth. When the Smart Extruder+ is installed in the
extruder carriage, the extruder assembly is complete.
EXTRUDER NOZZLE: The opening on the end of the
Smart Extruder+ from which heated MakerBot PLA
Filament emerges to be spread onto the build plate.
FIRMWARE: The soware that runs on your
MakerBot Replicator Mini+.
GANTRY: The apparatus that allows the extruder
assembly to move around.
.MAKERBOT: The format of print files for your
MakerBot Replicator Mini+. Print files contain
instructions for your MakerBot Replicator Mini+.
MAKERBOT ACCOUNT: The username and
password you will use to sign into MakerBot Print™
and to log on to Thingiverse® and other MakerBot
sites.
MAKERBOT PRINT: Free soware for use with your
MakerBot Replicator Mini+. MakerBot Print will help
you prepare and print 3D models.
MAKERBOT PLA FILAMENT: Polylactic acid
filament. PLA is a corn-based thermoplastic.
MakerBot PLA Filament is the material from which
you make objects on the MakerBot Replicator Mini+.
MAKERBOT REPLICATOR MINI+: The MakerBot
Replicator Mini+ 3D Printer.
.OBJ: A file format used for 3D models.
PRINT PREVIEW: The feature in the Print dialog that
provides an estimated print time, estimated amount
of filament your print will use, and a rendering of
what your print will look like.
RAFT: A plastic base printed on the build plate and
used as a printing surface for your
printed object. All models printed on the MakerBot
Replicator Mini+ will be printed with a ra.
SETTINGS DIALOG: The dialog that allows you to
select options that will aect the quality of your
printed object.
SLICING: The process of turning a 3D model into a
print file containing instructions for your MakerBot
Mini+ Desktop 3D printer. The MakerBot Replicator
Mini+ uses print files with the extension .makerbot.
SMART EXTRUDER+: The Smart Extruder+ draws
the filament from the spool, melts it, and pushes it
through a nozzle onto the build plate.
.STL: A widely used file format for 3D models.
SUPPORT: Automatically generated support
structures used to prop up any sections of a print
that will not stand alone.
.THING: A file format used by MakerBot Print that
stores additional information about your 3D model
files, such as orientation and location on the build
plate.
THINGIVERSE: An online community for sharing 3D
design files.
USB CABLE: A cable that allows your computer to
communicate with your MakerBot Replicator Mini+.
Z-AXIS HOMING CALIBRATION: Allows the Smart
Extruder+ determine its location relative to the build
plate.
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