Flexible, configurable, and workflow-oriented access to machine workspaces
What is it?
My Machines is Netfabb's function to load and manage favorite machine-specific work environments. It provides practical and focused access to the tools relevant to the actual machines at your disposal.
TopWhen and why should I use it?
In My Machines you define machine workspaces for the machines at your facility (even when there is just one machine), store them for future use, and load them into the project tree at the beginning of your work with them.
My Machines is aimed at daily work on a range of machines that typically does not change between sessions. Managing workspaces for the same set of machines every day is a typical use case in manufacturing. Having a prepared list of favorite workspaces relevant to the machines at your disposal speeds up selection and reduces the time needed to get started with preparation for a new production run.
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Save time managing workspaces
- Load one or more machine workspaces upon launching Netfabb without having to click a single button.
- Assign templates: Templates are bodies and parts to be loaded onto the platform when you load the machine. These can be test or reference bodies, or rafts, or sacrificial layers of material, for example.
- Group machine workspaces in the list for an organized view and for quicker selection and loading; for example, keep prototyping machines separate from production machines, or group them by material, by floor number, etc.
Customizing
- Choose from a wide range of already defined build platforms and machines ("process parameters") and add them to your list.
- Assign repair and support scripts to be used preferably with the machines you defined.
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Various machine models in your My Machines list can have custom no-build zones, buildroom sizes, and build platform meshes.
Sharing
- Because machine set-ups are stored in a database that can be located remotely, these become available for use by other Netfabb users in your organization.
Why should I assign scripts?
Assigning repair and support scripts to machines makes them available more readily when you work with them. They are shown prominently for easy selection and application in places like the drop-down menu of the Scripts tab. If no scripts are assigned, the respective drop-down menu would default to the first available script. Typically, these are Netfabb built-in scripts.
Assigning repair and support scripts also stores a copy of the scripts directly with the set-up machine workspace, so that, if you share a configuration database with other Netfabb users and installations, these scripts become available to them as well.
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Edit and 
Configuration sections of a My Machines record