Equipment/Stratasys FDM 1650

Background

http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/browse_thread/thread/a4088a8560511d67

Information

UK reseller is http://www.laserlines.co.uk/. This one may have come direct from Stratasys, though.

Quickslice known versions are 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4 Insight known version are 3.4.1, 4.2, 6.0, 7.0. Only 4.2 and below works with the 1650[1].

• Extensive blog on the 1650 and 2000
  • Manuals for an FDM 2000 (includes description of Quickslice 5.0 - 1997):
    • Applications
    • Utilities
    • Manual
    • Procedures
  • Page referencing these and C:\QuickSliceV64-qsni
  • Calibration file
  • Webcams
• Another 1650 owner
• Repairing an FDM 2000

• Insight User guide (2005)

• Stratasys product page (1999)

Training

• A course on this machine
  • homepage
  • operating directions
  • tips for Quickslice
  • environment variables for Quickslice 6.4
  • nice presentation on the machine

Modification

• Lengthy description of the print process (for automation)
• Modification for makerbot-style self-supporting objects
• Using makerbot parts

Software

Answers to emails from Stratasys:

We stop supporting this system a couple years ago, so getting the software for this system is not possible because it cannot be purchased and is only available through a maintenance contract. We are not aware of any third party or open source application that would work on this system.

Quickslice might be archived somewhere, however, we have to adhere to company policy.

Reverse engineering

• Description of SML as ACL (Asymtek)
• Description of ACL
• Blog post about reverse engineering a tiny bit of the SML file
• 3d4u's notes
• Some guys at UTexas managed to cope with it
• Some guys at UChicago did too