Jobs

A sliced 3D file with g-code and print settings

A job in C6 is a collection of

  • The 3D part file(s)

  • The sliced g-code file

  • Settings - Printer, object(s) location and print settings

A Job is created only when a sliced part is saved in the Slicing Interface.

List Jobs

Clicking Open in a project row will open the project and display all the saved jobs in a similar list layout.

Jobs Lists

The columns of each job row are pretty self-explanatory

  1. Part Name - This is generally the name of the STL file you uploaded during slicing. If there were more than one file sliced together, the name will reflect each of the files' name separated by an _ E.g. Two files named square.stl and round.stl will produce a Part Name as square_round.stl

  2. The STL and GCODE notations below the file name indicate which of the files are saved in cloud for this job. Having both 3D part and g-code files saved on cloud will enable user to go in EDIT mode (Load button) and reuse or edit the job.

  3. Date - Creation date & Last Modified date.

  4. Size - Contains the size of both input (3D part file) and output (g-code) file. If there were more than one 3D part file used for slicing, the input size will reflect the sum of their sizes.

  5. Print time - The approx. time required to print the output g-code. This varies by part size, print setting, printer etc.

  6. Print settings - This is the most important part of the saved information after the files itself. Here, more than 30 print settings are saved with each print job. Main settings are shown in the table column, and the rest can be viewed by clicking See all Settings

  7. Load - To load the latest version of the job. In case the job has multiple versions, it will always load the most recent one.

  8. Job Details - This shows the list of Different versions of saved jobs. You can select any saved versions to load or access print settings or even to start a QC of the version.

Checking Print settings

Create New Job

You can start a new job by clicking New Print button on the top right. This will take you to the Slicing Interface where you can upload a 3D part file, change settings, slice it and save the job and download g-code.

Creating a new job

Edit Job

The last column in a job row shows an Edit button. This button allows you to revisit a previously saved slicing job in the Slicing Interface. The 3D part file and g-code will show up loaded in the same location as saved. The print settings will also be loaded from the saved job.

User can go ahead and change settings to create a new g-code, download it and save the job again.

User can always leave the load job interface without editing a job or without saving an edited job. The previously saved files and settings remain intact in your account until you make any changes to the job and save again.

If users want to save an edited job, it asks you for an option to overwrite or save as new job

Save a new version from Load
Load Feature in action.

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