Silhouette Alta Manual de usuario
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Cog Y S A®
Silhouette Alta®
delta 3D printer
A/C adapter and
power cable
USB cable
1Check Included Items
The Silhouette Alta® comes with the items shown in the following list. Check that all the items have
been included before starting. If you are missing any items listed below, please contact
Filament spool
Platform tape
Filament
Platform
(build plate)
Small hex
key
Large hex
key
Nozzle
cleaner Spatula Keys
Filament tube
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Take the Silhouette Alta® from the box and remove the strips of packing tape, zip ties, and foam as
indicated by the following pictures. These zip ties and strips of foam are used to hold the moving
parts of the Silhouette in place during shipment.
Install the Silhouette 3D® Software
Installation
1. Navigate to silhouetteamerica.com.
2. Click the blue “Update Software” button at the top of the screen.
3. Under “Silhouette 3D®,” go to the row labeled “Current Version.” Click either “Mac®” or
“Windows,” depending on your operating system, listed under the “Link” column.
FOR WINDOWS: Proceed through the installation process by following the on-screen prompts. If the
installation window does not automatically appear, open the Downloads folder in My Computer and
double-click the setup.exe program to run it.
FOR MAC®: Drag and drop the Silhouette Studio® application icon into the Applications folder to
install Silhouette Studio®.
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If you would like to change the orientation, you will find the cube in the upper right-hand
corner of the page. By moving this cube around, you can look at your 3D designs from
all angles. To zoom in or zoom out on the print area, you can use the scroll bar on your
mouse or click the magnifying glasses at the top of the Silhouette 3D® window.
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Locate the Silhouette 3D® icon on the desktop, in the Start Menu on your PC, or in the
Applications folder on your Mac®. Double-click the icon to run the application.
Once Silhouette 3D® has loaded, you will notice a circle with a grid on your screen. This is
your print bed.
3Connect the Silhouette Alta®
Once the Silhouette 3D® software is installed, connect the Silhouette Alta® to the power supply.
Then connect the Silhouette to your computer with the included USB cable as shown in the diagram.
Turn the machine on by pressing the power button. If your computer displays a “New Hardware
Found” dialog box, follow the recommended instructions to accept your system’s installation of the
Silhouette driver.
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There is a panel on the right-hand side that shows the following tabs:
Design
This design area is your workspace to create projects.
This area houses the toolbars, the design space, and
the gray holding area. When you are in the 3D Print
or the Store tab, click the Design tab to return to your
design page.
Store
When you are connected to the internet, the Store tab
takes you to the Silhouette Design Store where you
can browse and purchase designs.
3D Print
The 3D Print tab allows you to adjust the print settings
for your designs and send them to your Alta.
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Work Area Overview
1. Document Tools
2. Object Tools
3. Drawing Tools
4. Document Tabs
5. Holding Area (Gray)
6. Design/Print Area
7. View Cube
8. Navigation Tabs
9. Cloud/Library Panel
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Silhouette Cloud
Silhouette Cloud works hand in hand with Silhouette’s software to keep all of your designs synced on
multiple devices. You can sync up to five devices with your cloud account. If you aren’t using multiple
devices, Silhouette Cloud is useful in backing up your designs and preventing the need for recoveries.
In Silhouette Cloud, there is unlimited storage available for Silhouette Design Store downloads. There is
1 GB available for custom content. Club Silhouette Members receive 5 GB of storage for custom content.
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The panel on the right-hand side will immediately prompt you to sign in to Silhouette Cloud, where you
can access your stored designs. Sort and organize your designs any way you would like by adding folders
and subfolders.
If at any time you want to minimize the cloud panel, click the tab with the two arrows pointing to the right.
The panel will then minimize. To open the panel again, click the same tab with the arrows now pointing to
the left.
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Design/Print Area
There are two different sections in your workspace: the design space, or the printing area, and the gray
holding area. Images and designs can be placed on both the gray holding area and the printing space.
However, any designs that are in either the white design space or the gray holding area will be designated
as prints when you go to the 3D print tab. You can toggle through the layers and decide which designs
you want to keep and print. Keep in mind that each print must remain within the active print area (bound
inside the red box on the white area). Any parts of the design outside of this area will not be printed.
Document Tabs
Your document tabs are located at the top of your workspace. When you open a new document while you
already have a document open, a new tab will open. The document tab highlighted in white shows which
document is open in your workspace. The other open documents are shown with grayed-out tabs.
Your document tabs allow you to move easily back and forth between multiple projects and let you know
at a glance what projects you currently have open. When you save a file, the document tab automatically
updates to the file name.
Creating Simple Shapes
Silhouette 3D® has built-in functions to draw simple 3D shapes,
such as cubes, spheres, cones, cylinders, and so on. Each of these
shapes can be found in the shape tool on the left-hand side. Click
the shape to open the shape options and select the shape you
wish to add to the print area.
To adjust the size of a shape or object, click and drag one of the
white squares in the corner or at the top of the object. Hold down
the Shift key when you click and drag a white square if you would
like to modify one part of the shape instead of having the shape
change in size overall.
To simply adjust one of the sides without adjusting any other
part of the object, click and drag one of the black squares in the
middle of the line.
To move the object around, click and hold on any part of the
object and drag the object to the desired position.
To move the object vertically, click and hold the black arrow
and drag it up or down. You can also adjust the angle of the
object by clicking and dragging the rounded arrows and letting
go when you reach the desired position.
If you want to delete an object, select the shape, and click the
X icon, located in the middle of the quick-access toolbar under
the Document Tools.
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Creating Text
To print letters or words using any font on your computer, choose the Text tool on the left-hand
side of the screen. When you select the text tool, a box will come up and prompt you to enter your
text.
You can move and adjust the text the same way you move and adjust objects. To change the text, double-
click the box and enter the new text. To change the font, make sure the text box is selected and go to the
top of the Silhouette 3D® page. On the left side under the Document Tools, you will see a drop-down
menu where you can select your font. To change the text, double-click on the text and type in the new text.
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Object Tools
When you click on a 3D object, there are object tools that appear in the toolbar below the document
tools.
You can cycle through these transform tools to flip or rotate objects or text.
To group multiple objects so that you can move them all at once, hold down Shift, click
on each object you wish to group together, and select the group icon. To ungroup the
objects, make sure the box with the objects is selected, and select the Ungroup icon.
If you wish to copy an object, you can click the duplicate icon when an object is selected.
When an object is selected, you can click on this icon to delete the object.
To bring an object back to the level of the print bed base, click the icon with the arrow
pointing down to the print bed. To center the icon in the middle of the print bed, click
the icon that looks like a target.
Document Tools
At the top of the Silhouette 3D® software screen, there are tools to help you with certain view
functions in the document.
Use these tools to create a new document, open an existing document, or save
your current document.
You can use these tools to cut, copy, and paste designs to the design area.
To undo the previous action you just made, you can click on the arrow turning to the
left. To redo an action you just undid, click on the arrow turning to the right.
The icon on the left helps you select all of the objects, and the icon on the left deselcts
all of the objects you may have selected.
To display or hide the wireframe view, click on this icon.
The icon on the left changes the display to an orthographic view, meaning it will be
easier to see the true distance between objects. The icon on the right changes the
display to perspective view, which is the default view.
Click on any of these tools to change your view of the design area.
From left to right, the tools are zoom in, zoom out, selection zoom,
pan, and fit to page.
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