Tutorial - General

In this General tutorial examples will be given in de 3D printer application.

Creating Jobs

There are three methods to create jobs; import from mail, select files or select folders.

Import from Mail

Search the default inbox for mails that contains the accepted extensions (you can modify the accepted extensions in the settings). If there exists a mail that contains an attachment with an accepted extension, a dialog will open where you can check and confirm to create a job.

TODO: image import dialog

Select Files

Create a job with files that are stored locally on the computer.

Select Folder

Creating multiple jobs with files that are stored locally on the computer or via USB stick. Make sure to select a <FOLDER> that contains subfolders that contain the files to make:

└───<FOLDER>
      ├───<SUBFOLDER_1>
      │  ├───file
      │  └───another_file
      └───<SUBFOLDER_2>
             ├───file
             └───another_file

note

No automatic mails will be send when creating jobs with the select files or select folder methods. This is because the is no email adress collected when creating the jobs.

Moving Around

To walk through jobs use the arrow keys or the VIM key-bindings h, j, k, l, Ctrl+n and Ctrl+p.

Key / Shortcut	Action
Arrow down, j, Ctrl+n	Move one job down
Arrow up, k, Ctrl+p	Move one job up
Arrow left, h	Move to the left
Arrow right, l	Move to the right

tip

If you really want to be fast in handling job request, use the VIM keybindings, avoid the arrow keys, this is the way.

Custom Mails

todo: explain these custom mails

Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action	Remember by
Ctrl+m	Create Jobs from mails	'm' stands for mail
Ctrl+i	Create Job by Importing Files	'i' stands for import
Ctrl+r	Refresh all Jobs	'r' stands for refresh
Ctrl+f	Open the Find Job Dialog	'f' stands for find
Ctrl+q	Close the Program	'q' stands for quit
Esc	Close a Dialog / Popup	'Esc' universally is the closing key

The above shortcut list is general; additional, application-specific shortcuts for 3D printing or laser cutting are listed in upcoming sections.

Job Tracker File

todoo

sync

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