F123
Force Unload Process For F123 3D Printer
In some cases, you may be directed by our technicians to perform a 'force unload' procedure in your material bays of your F Series 3D printer. This process resets some values in the firmware that may be causing printing problems. To perform this ...
F123 - How to show number of hours on print head
Press the Materials button, press the box for the print head, number of hours on the print head is shown at Odometer
F123 Configuration File via USB
First insert the USB flash drive into one of the available USB ports on the F123 printer. On the touchscreen, open the Tools page then navigate to Maintenance From the maintenance page, select USB tools then select CFG Save Select the USB and ...
Adjusting the First Layer Material Setting on an F123 3D Printer
On an F123 Series 3D Printer, there is a setting for the first layer material. This changes if the first layer that is printed is model material or support material. The main benefit of printing model material as the first layer is better adhesion. ...
Internal Error Message on Printer in GrabCAD Print
If you open GrabCAD Print and attempt to connect to your printer but see a message that says Internal Error, the quick fix is to simply delete the printer out of GrabCAD Print and add it back. The message will look similar to below. This generally ...
Material Bay Drive Motor Issue - Filament Obstruction
When you are having trouble loading materials and the drive motor on the material bay does not engage when you place the spool into the material bay, the first thing you should check is your materials screen. With the spool and filament unloaded and ...
How to Factory Reset an F123 Series 3D Printer
Re-Formatting the SD card on the Stratasys F123
This guide will show you the steps to remove the SD card from your Stratasys F series machine for re-formatting. Tools you will need: A computer with a micro SD card reader/ and adapter for a micro sd card. A 3 mm Hex First start by powering down the ...
Opening F123 Material Bay Drive Unit
First, remove the screws circled in red: Next, very carefully separate the housing. The components are loose inside the housing, so ensure the blue part of the housing is facing up when you separate them. Refer to the image below for how to put ...
F123 Series Front Interface Board Screw Removal
A mounting bracket screw may contact and cause problems with components of the F123 Series front interface board. Remove and discard this mounting bracket screw. Click any picture below to see it full size. To perform this procedure you will need: ...
Updating F123 Firmware via USB
1- Click here to download the firmware update - As of March 2025 the latest version is 2.8 Build 5986. Release notes are attached to this KB article. 2- Put the .upg file on a USB drive 3- Plug the USB drive into the front of the printer 4 - Go to ...
F123 Manual Calibration Calculator
The attached excel sheet will assist you in manually calibrating your F123 series 3D printer. A full video of this process can be found here: https://youtu.be/DWT7AY1gcWg
F123 Training Series
We put together training videos for Stratasys F123 Series 3D printers. The playlists can be found here: F170/F270/F370: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3rIIRU3xVNNszIJQawo3_CqMHj-eHOeC The ...
Reseating the Material Bay cables on an F170/F270/F370
This video shows you how to get easier access to the material bay cables on the Stratasys F170/F270/F370 in the event Stratasys tech support suggests they be reseated:
GrabCAD - Get configuration file
In GrabCAD select the printer in the bottom right of the workspace: Then go to Settings and click on Export printer configuration. Save the file and send back to us.
Pop Fix STL File
In some cases, the blue material tube pops off of the head during the auto load procedure in the F123 series. Future revisions of the print heads will address this, but a current work around is to print out the Pop fix STL and install it on the head. ...
System pausing from a warning on the system stating “material not at the head"
The real issue is material spin out from many reasons. Four things to check and do for this issue. Model spin out warning, just search “test#” in Nopepad ++ see data below (must unload and reload to fix) Calibrations not performed in correct order ...
F123 maintenance videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZL2A7iG7BI print head replacement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiAj2sBzqhw Prepare the filament to load. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LetdY48O0B8 How to load material ...
GrabCAD - Update Firmware
In GrabCAD first select the printer: Then go to Settings: If the printer firmware is out of date, it will look like this: Click on the orange banner. Then you will see this: It may take a minute for this orange button to become available, ...
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