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Using the Step Characteristic Feature Within PrintUP 3D Printing Software (Part 2)

Source: https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-step-characteristic (canonical on this live HTML; live file /workspace/channel-letters-step-characteristic-fresh.html; html lang="en-ZA"; og:locale en_US (also en_ZA); schema inLanguage en-ZA; WP-Super-Cache stamp 2026-08-15 23:27:43; live GET of pretty slug channel-letters-step-characteristic 200; HTTP Date Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:33:00 GMT). Fetched 2026-08-16T11:33:00 SAST. Published 1 September 2023 (datetime 2023-09-01T11:31:39+02:00 / article published time 2023-09-01T09:31:39+00:00). Site modified 8 August 2026 UTC / 8 August 2026 SAST (2026-08-08T08:29:21+00:00 / og:updated_time 2026-08-08T10:29:21+02:00). WordPress post id 28620. Also known as https://softwaretraining.co.za/?p=28620 (shortlink / wp-json posts/28620 / postid-28620 / html_entry_id_28620 / post-entry-28620 on this URL; not separately re-fetched). Alternate long pretty slug using-the-step-characteristic-feature-within-printup-3d-printing-software-part-2 also printed on this URL (not invented; not fetched). Canonical / og:url pretty slug is channel-letters-step-characteristic (printed; not invented). Not WordPress id 28618 and not slug channel-letters-characteristics. Not WordPress id 28619 and not slug channel-letters-grid-characteristic. Not WordPress id 28586 and not slug channel-letters-3d-transformations. Not WordPress id 28592 and not slug channel-letter-transformation-practical. Not WordPress id 27701 and not slug colour-channel-manipulation. Same page as unused avia next named on already-ingested PrintUP Grid Characteristic Part 1 (pretty slug channel-letters-step-characteristic was printed there; not invented; title there: "Using the Step Characteristic Feature Within PrintUP 3D Printing Software (Part 2)"). Live page title is "Using the Step Characteristic Feature Within PrintUP 3D Printing Software (Part 2)".

What this is: One public English how-to page on softwaretraining.co.za, an AM.CO.ZA training-video project. This is AM softwaretraining PrintUP (PrintUP / PrintUp / PrintUp 3D named on this live HTML title, tags, and body chrome; tags also name AM.CO.ZA / AM3D), not UltraPrint and not a third-party RIP. Knowledge on this page is universal and cited to this softwaretraining URL. This page is Part 2 titled Using the Step Characteristic Feature / Step Characteristic in the Grid and Step Characteristics Within the PrintUP Software mini-series (body Mini-Series points at already-ingested Characteristics INDEX WP 28618). This is a part, not an INDEX. This fills leftover avia next of already-ingested Grid Characteristic Part 1 channel-letters-grid-characteristic. 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Not FabriCAM / FlexiPRINT / PrintEXP / UltraPrint / AcroRIP / InkRIP / CorelDRAW / Photoshop this how-to. Distinct: InkRIP (AM software, different RIP programme; already-ingested More Training Videos inkrip-driver-import-export / inkrip-printer-driver-resolutions / inkrip-printer-driver-properties / sidebar ICC INDEX are More Training Videos / sidebar chrome on this URL, not this PrintUP how-to, and were not recrawled except as already in KB), PrintEXP (AM software, different RIP / control programme; not this PrintUP how-to and not fetched), UltraPrint (not this page; UltraPrint string not present on this live HTML; not AM softwaretraining PrintUP; not this how-to and not fetched), AcroRIP, WellPrintEXP (stored/OEM), FlexiPRINT / FlexiSTARTER (SAi third-party stored; You might also like / More Articles chrome on this URL names FlexiPRINT pages; those are different pages, not this how-to, and were not fetched), Photoshop (third-party/industry; sidebar / category chrome names Photoshop folders; those are different pages, not this how-to, and were not fetched), CorelDRAW (third-party/industry software on AM softwaretraining, not AM stack / AM RIP / AM product; completed CorelDRAW dests not touched and not recrawled; You might also like chrome names coreldraw-license; not fetched), FabriCAM (AM software, different CAD/CAM programme; You might also like / More Articles chrome on this URL names FabriCAM pages; those are different pages, not this how-to, and were not recrawled except as already in KB), RouterCAM (AM CorelDRAW plugin / CAM; sidebar / category chrome names RouterCAM folders; More Articles chrome names routercam-key-plugin-features; those are different pages, not this PrintUP how-to, and were not fetched). Sidebar / category chrome on this URL names FlexiPRINT / other RIP / vinyl / laser / FabriCAM / Photoshop / CorelDRAW / 3D Printer Channel Letter training-video folders; those are different pages, not this how-to, and were not fetched except as already in KB. Sidebar chrome on this URL also names buythis.co.za; buythis was not crawled. Sidebar chrome also names cncu.co.za; cncu was not crawled. Share-on-WhatsApp / share-by-mail are page chrome only; email / WhatsApp were not crawled. YouTube channel links are present in page chrome; YouTube was not crawled. Cover chrome also names channelletters.co.za; channelletters was not crawled. Footer / More Websites chrome also names vinylcut.co.za / other AM sites; those hosts were not crawled except as already in KB. More Articles chrome also names cnctools.co.za / vinylcut.co.za / vinyl4.com / nitrogengenerator.co.za / airpumps.co.za / rustoff.co.za / filaments.co.za / dtf-printer.co.za / am.co.za RSS items; those hosts were not crawled.

English peek (quoted from the live page)

Quoted from https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-step-characteristic:

English confirmation: html lang="en-ZA", og:locale en_US / en_ZA, schema inLanguage en-ZA, prose above is English.

How to use the Step Characteristic (from this page)

The live page body is short; the on-page "Video Transcript" block is the step source. Raw auto-caption is not copied in full; no transcript invented. Cleaned steps from that live block:

  1. This Part 2 is the Step characteristic in PrintUP, second of the Grid and Step Characteristics mini-series (body Mini-Series points at already-ingested INDEX WP 28618). Characteristic features sit under the main menu.
  2. Add a basic letter A word model and extrude it (the live block turns off height preservation so it is a straightforward letter A).
  3. The live page says a perspex topping with a light at the back needs a step so the topping fits snugly and does not fall to the bottom.
  4. 3D printing uses steps because you cannot print something just flat without supports; the step is built up.
  5. Select the object, then Characteristic > Add Step on the main menu.
  6. Step settings on this page: step height (how high from the bottom), width (how deep the step goes in), thickness (how high / thick the step is).
  7. The live block demos a 10 mm letter height, then Add Step around 6 then 8 mm height, thickness 1, width 1 then 0.8 mm. Delete Step then re-add to adjust.
  8. The live closer also names softwaretraining.co.za search (top right) and the on-site request-a-training-video form if a video is missing.

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