Objet1000 Plus User Guide 3 Introducing the Objet1000 Plus 3D Printing System
DOC-06810 Rev.B 3-3
Work Configurations
TheObjet1000Plus3Dprintingsystemcanbesetupasasingle-station
systemorasamulti-stationsystem.Whenconnectedtoalocalcomputer
network,thesystemcanservemultipleusers.Insuchconfigurations,each
user(client)preparesfilesforproduction.Aserver,typicallynexttothe3D
printer,sendsjobstotheprinterforproduction.
Figure3-1showstheprintersetupinamulti-clientconfiguration.
Figure3-1Multi-clientnetworkconfiguration
Whenjobsaresenttotheprinter,JobManager,ontheservercomputer,
arrangesthemaccordingtotheirpriorities,model-materialtype,andother
factors.Inmulti-workstationconfigurations,theoperatoroftheserver—
typicallytheproductionadministrator—hastotalcontroloverthejobssentto
theprinter,andcanprioritizejobs,deletejobs,reviewjobhistoryandreprint
jobs.
Source Files
Objet1000Plusprintingsystemsproducethree-dimensionalmodelsdesigned
withmostCADtoolsandsomeother3Dapplications.
ObjetStudiosupportsthesefileformats:
•STL
•SLC
GrabCADPrintsupportsSTLand,VRMLfiles,and,inaddition,nativeCAD
formatsfromtheseprograms:Creo,SOLIDWORKS,NX,CATIAand
Inventor.ToseethecompletelistoffileformatssupportedbyGrabCAD
Print,goto:help.grabcad.com/print/file-formats.
Objet1000Plussystemsfeaturethecapabilityofproducingdifferenttypesof
modelfilessimultaneously.