Terms Used in This Guide

Build tray	In the print preparation application: The surface displayed on the screen that represents the actual build tray in the printer. In the printer: The substrate for 3D printing.
Cleaning fluid	Cleanser for flushing material feed tubes and the printing block, used to completely remove model and support material from the system before loading another type of material in the printer and before long-term shutdown. The cleaning fluid is supplied in material cartridges.
Client/user workstation	The workstation on which software is installed for preparing build trays for production on PolyJet printers. (There is no limit to the number of client workstations.)
Connex™	The technology of producing 3D prints by jetting multiple materials simultaneously from the print heads. This technology enables Objet260 printers to print in Digital Material mode.
Digital Material	Combinations of model materials fabricated in the printer from the basic model materials installed.
Digital Material Mode	The printer mode used to print a job using two or three different model materials. (This mode can also be used to eliminate the need for performing the Material Replacement procedure when printing with a single model material.)
GrabCAD Print	A software application for preparing print jobs on a variety of 3D printers, including Objet260 printers.
host/server workstation	The workstation that interfaces directly with the Objet260 printer and is typically positioned next to it.
Job Manager	The part of Objet Studio software that manages production jobs before they are sent to the PolyJet printer.
Mixed part	3D prints that are produced using more than one model material.
Mixed tray	A build tray containing 3D prints, each designed to be printed using a different model material.
Model material	Material used for building the 3D prints.
Objet Studio	A software application that prepares files for printing on Stratasys PolyJet printers.
OBJDF	The extension of a file that contains information about the geometry of an object and the materials required to print it. objdf files are created in Objet Studio.
OBJTF	The extension of a file that contains all of the information needed for a printing job on PolyJet 3D printers. An objtf file is used by Objet Studio to send a print job to a PolyJet 3D printer.
OBJZF	The extension of a compressed “wrapper” file containing all of the files used in an Objet Studio build tray. Using objzf files, a printing job can be saved as a single file, for convenient storage and transfer.
Objet™ printer	The Stratasys 3D printer referred to in this guide.
Printer computer	The computer inside the Objet260 printer that operates it.
Printer interface	The GUI (graphical user interface) used for controlling Objet260 printers.
Printer software, printer-control application	Software running on the computer in the Objet260 printer, controlling all printer operations.
Resin	The base substance from which photopolymer printing materials are made for use in Stratasys PolyJet printers. In Objet Studio and printer-application screens, “resin” refers to cartridges of model and support materials.
SLC	A file that contains bitmaps of individual slices of an object, for printing 3D models.
STL	A file used for printing 3D models.
Support material	Material used for supporting the structure of models during production.

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