F123 Series TPU 92A Elastomer Material and Kit

April 19, 2019 by Paula Durham

FDM TPU 92A is a resilient, flexible thermoplastic that combines flexibility and strength with abrasion and tear resistance and eliminates costly and time-consuming molding or casting methods to produce elastomer parts. Create accurate elastomer parts quickly and efficiently. The durable elasticity of FDM TPU 92A material makes it a good choice for a wide variety of applications including flexible hoses, tubes, air ducts and vibration dampeners. Produce large and complex elastomer parts. See the video below for more information. A link […]

Setting Preferences and Customizing Stratasys Insight Software

April 5, 2019 by Mark Abshire

The advanced Stratasys Insight software is available on all F370 and Fortus machines. Within the Insight software, there is a wide array of options and customizations that can be unleashed. Insight software can be a stand-alone installation or launched within GrabCAD Print. In GrabCAD Print choosing the Apps on the main menu bar and selecting Launch Insight (shown right) will launch the latest version of Insight (you must have an Internet connection for Insight to launch). For a comparison of […]

How to Update the Firmware on Your Stratasys F123 Series Printer

March 4, 2019 by Paula Durham

It is very important to keep the firmware up to date on your printers. To update the firmware on your Stratasys F123 Series printers follow these steps. First, put the printer into Upgrade Mode: Press the Tools Icon on the screen 2. Press the Maintenance Icon 3. Press Update Software The printer will show the Waiting for Upgrade File screen Open GrabCad Print and select your printer by pressing the arrow to the left of […]

Customer Story: Avance Design

February 25, 2019 by Emily George

Step into Avance Design in Indianapolis, IN on any given day, and the whole team’s firing on all cylinders. Just speaking with Business Development Manager Bill Fletcher briefly, the array of projects their team is working on at the moment is incredibly diverse: they’re 3D printing 90 fixtures, designing the CAD model of a snow shovel, creating CAD data from a 3D scanned part for a machine part where the original data was no longer on file with the manufacturer, […]

Multi-Color printing on FDM With GrabCAD Print

February 22, 2019 by Jeremy Marvin

Polyjet printing has always been the king of multi color 3D printing, but as you will soon see, we can print multiple colors in FDM. This will take a little extra work in the design phase of your project, but the outcomes will be worth it. In GrabCAD Print, open your part, complete your setup and slicing as you usually do. Once the slicing is complete and the graphics are generated, the Slice Preview panel opens. In this pane, we […]

Importing SOLIDWORKS 2019 files into GrabCAD Print 1.25

February 15, 2019 by Mark Abshire

With the latest release of SOLIDWORKS 2019 SP1, you may have experienced an error when importing your .SLDPRT file directly into GradCAD Print 1.25. While the developers of GrabCAD Print have committed to resolve this issue in their 1.27 release, in the meantime saving your SLDPRT file in the .STL (Surface Tessellated Language) file format will let you continue using GrabCAD Print for your 3D Printing needs. Here is a brief reminder for converting your 3D drawing to the STL […]

My Material Won’t Flow!

February 13, 2019 by Robb Lauer

Happy New Year from us at CATI to you. We hope everyone is doing well and prepared to tackle 2019 with us. When you’re running your Dimension or Fortus printer from Stratasys, you already know how important it is that material flow from the head unit be as unimpeded as possible. However, things happen and sometimes that material just will not come out no matter how many buttons you push or wrenches you turn. Now, depending on the class of […]

How to Launch Insight from GrabCAD Print

February 8, 2019 by Keith Weber

With GrabCAD print and its new features like Adv. FDM Mode. Sometimes we misplace our tried and true software install disks while upgrading, like Insight for example. Don’t worry because Insight is available inside GrabCAD, allowing you to do basic part setups, or preventing large parts from curling or splitting large parts into multiple builds. First, launch GrabCAD Print. In the top left corner, you will find the “Apps” menu. Under the Apps menu, click “launch Insight”. A brief loading screen […]

GrabCad 1.25 Release

February 4, 2019 by Dominick Damato

GrabCAD Print version 1.25, January 2019 Build number 1.25.17.47934 released on 4 January 2019 The per-machine installer which was released for beta testing in 1.16 is now generally available from print.grabcad.com. In addition to being much more stable than the current per-user installer, it allows for deployment at schools and enterprise organizations by IT system admins. For more information and instructions on switching over, read our help article. OBJ and VRML files with self-intersections, water tightness / open faces issues, and inverted […]

Stratasys F123 Series Materials – ABS, ASA, PC-ABS, TPU 92A

February 1, 2019 by Cody Doiron

The F123 series from Stratasys unlocks so much more potential in 3D printing than its predecessors. Faster heat up, faster material swapping, and a modern age touch screen interface are just a few of the things that make these 3D printers stand out among other systems. The biggest addition, in my opinion, is the ability to print multiple materials. The legacy machines could only print ABS, but these systems can now print ABS, ASA, PC-ABS, and the newly released TPU […]