--- title: The Spiralize Characteristic Tool Feature within the PrintUP 3D Printing Software source_url: https://softwaretraining.co.za/printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool source_ref: https://softwaretraining.co.za/printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool fetched_at: 2026-08-18T07:35:06Z category: training pass: softwaretraining-printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool related_urls: - https://softwaretraining.co.za/?p=28791 - https://softwaretraining.co.za/printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool - https://softwaretraining.co.za/vinylcut-remove-strokes - https://softwaretraining.co.za/flexiprint-uv-print-ready-files - https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-characteristics - https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-grid-characteristic - https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-step-characteristic - https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-filling-top - https://softwaretraining.co.za/training-videos/3d-printer/channel-letter - https://softwaretraining.co.za/topic/printup - https://softwaretraining.co.za/topic/printup-3d - https://softwaretraining.co.za/topic/am3d - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pCWcfOoo_A notes: English how-to page (html lang en-ZA). Embedded MP4 / YouTube embed / cover still not mirrored. This is AM softwaretraining PrintUP The Spiralize Characteristic Tool Feature within the PrintUP 3D Printing Software how-to, not an INDEX, not VinylCut, not Grid/Step Characteristics, and not UltraPrint. Pretty slug printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool was printed as avia next on already-ingested VinylCut vinylcut-remove-strokes (spelling as printed; not invented). This live HTML confirms WordPress id 28791 and pretty slug printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool. Live H1 title is "The Spiralize Characteristic Tool Feature within the PrintUP 3D Printing Software". Distinct from already-ingested VinylCut how-to training/vinylcut-remove-strokes.md (avia prev chrome on this URL; already in KB; dest 42777 not touched; leftover VinylCut HTML not reused; not recrawled; not a twin of this PrintUP how-to; WP 28792). 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Live HTTP GET of pretty slug printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool 200 (HTTPS TLS handshake from this pass failed with unexpected eof; HTTP/1.1 200). WordPress id 28791 from this live HTML (shortlink / wp-json posts/28791 / html_entry_id_28791 / post-entry-28791). Not vinylcut-remove-strokes / not WP 28792 / not dest 42777. --- # The Spiralize Characteristic Tool Feature within the PrintUP 3D Printing Software **Source:** [https://softwaretraining.co.za/printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool](https://softwaretraining.co.za/printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool) (canonical on this live HTML; live file `/workspace/printup-spiralize-fresh.html`; html `lang="en-ZA"`; `og:locale` `en_US`; schema `inLanguage` `en-ZA`; WP-Super-Cache stamp **2026-08-18 09:35:06**; live HTTP GET of pretty slug `printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool` **200**; HTTP Date Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:35:06 GMT). Fetched 2026-08-18T09:35:06 SAST. Published **13 September 2023** (`datetime` `2023-09-13T12:15:25+02:00` / article published time `2023-09-13T10:15:25+00:00`). Site modified **08 Aug 2026** UTC / **08 Aug 2026** SAST (`2026-08-08T09:07:12+00:00` / `og:updated_time` `2026-08-08T11:07:12+02:00`). WordPress post id **28791**. Also known as `https://softwaretraining.co.za/?p=28791` (shortlink / wp-json posts/28791 / html_entry_id_28791 / post-entry-28791 on this URL; **not separately re-fetched**). Query_vars name on this URL is `the-spiralize-characteristic-tool-feature-within-the-printup-3d-printing-software` (long name printed in this live HTML; **not invented**; same post as the canonical pretty slug; **not separately fetched**). Canonical / og:url pretty slug is `printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool` (printed; **not invented**). Not WordPress id 28792 and not slug `vinylcut-remove-strokes`. Not WordPress id 28665 and not slug `channel-letters-filling-top`. Same page as unused avia next named on already-ingested VinylCut vinylcut-remove-strokes (pretty slug `printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool` **was** printed there; **not invented**; title there leftover: "The Spiralize Characteristic Tool Feature within the PrintUP 3D Printing Software"). Live page title / H1 is "The Spiralize Characteristic Tool Feature within the PrintUP 3D Printing Software". Shortlink `?p=28791` on **this** live HTML is the same post as this pretty slug (extracted from THIS HTML; **not invented**). **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 / AM3D named on this live HTML title, tags, and body; tags also name AM.CO.ZA / Channel Letters / 3D Printing / Printing), **not UltraPrint**, **not VinylCut**, and **not a third-party RIP**. Knowledge on this page is universal and cited to this softwaretraining URL. This page is a standalone PrintUP how-to titled The Spiralize Characteristic Tool Feature within the PrintUP 3D Printing Software. **This is a how-to, not an INDEX.** This is **not** a numbered mini-series part on this live HTML (no "Part N" in the H1; Mini-Series only appears in unused RSS titles, not as this page's series). This fills leftover avia next of already-ingested VinylCut `vinylcut-remove-strokes`. Distinct from already-ingested VinylCut `training/vinylcut-remove-strokes.md` (source [https://softwaretraining.co.za/vinylcut-remove-strokes](https://softwaretraining.co.za/vinylcut-remove-strokes); avia prev chrome on this URL; already in KB; dest **42777** not touched; leftover VinylCut HTML **not reused**; **not recrawled**; leftover already-in-KB; **not a twin of this PrintUP how-to**; that dest is WP **28792**; this PrintUP how-to is WP **28791**), from already-ingested PrintUP Print Setup Part 3 `training/channel-letters-filling-top.md` (source [https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-filling-top](https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-filling-top); already in KB; dest **44428** not touched; leftover Part 3 HTML **not reused**; **not recrawled**; WP **28665**), from already-ingested PrintUP Grid Characteristic Part 1 `training/channel-letters-grid-characteristic.md` (already in KB; dest **41299** not touched; leftover Part 1 HTML not reused; not recrawled; WP **28619**), from already-ingested PrintUP Step Characteristic Part 2 `training/channel-letters-step-characteristic.md` (already in KB; dest **44410** not touched; leftover Part 2 HTML not reused; not recrawled; WP **28620**), from already-ingested PrintUP Grid and Step Characteristics INDEX `training/channel-letters-characteristics.md` (already in KB; dest **30611** not touched; leftover INDEX HTML not reused; not recrawled; WP **28618**), from unused avia next [https://softwaretraining.co.za/flexiprint-uv-print-ready-files](https://softwaretraining.co.za/flexiprint-uv-print-ready-files) (title: "Finalizing Your Print Ready Files Within the SAi FlexiPRINT UV 22 Software (Part 9)"; pretty slug printed; **not invented**; **not fetched**; SAi FlexiPRINT not PrintUP; **next-fire** pretty slug). **This HTML has no body Mini-Series, no body previous, no body next, and no in-series PrintUP part number on the H1.** **Not FabriCAM / FlexiPRINT / PrintEXP / UltraPrint / AcroRIP / InkRIP / CorelDRAW / Photoshop / VinylCut this how-to.** Distinct: VinylCut (AM software, different vinyl programme; unused avia prev on this URL names already-ingested VinylCut dest **42777**; that is a different page, not this PrintUP how-to; avia prev already in KB not recrawled), InkRIP (AM software, different RIP programme; sidebar ICC INDEX chrome on this URL names InkRIP pages; those are different pages, 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 (UltraPrint string **is absent** on this live HTML; **not this how-to**; not AM softwaretraining PrintUP), AcroRIP, WellPrintEXP (stored/OEM), FlexiPRINT / FlexiSTARTER (SAi third-party stored; unused avia next on this URL names FlexiPRINT UV 22 Part 9; sidebar / category chrome on this URL names FlexiPRINT folders; those are different pages, not this how-to, and were not fetched), Photoshop (third-party/industry; sidebar / category chrome names Photoshop pages; 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), FabriCAM (AM software, different CAD/CAM programme; sidebar chrome 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; 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 G-Code Generator training-video folders; those are different pages, not this how-to, and were not fetched except as already in KB. 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**. Footer / More Websites chrome also names other AM sites; **those hosts were not crawled**. ## English peek (quoted from the live page) Quoted from [https://softwaretraining.co.za/printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool](https://softwaretraining.co.za/printup-spiralize-characteristic-tool): - Title: "The Spiralize Characteristic Tool Feature within the PrintUP 3D Printing Software" - Cover chrome: "28791-featured-image" - "When it comes to printing designs from the ground up, there are two main approaches that we are able to take." - "From these different approaches we will be looking at the Spiralize Characteristic build up method." - Tags on page: 3D Printing / AM.CO.ZA / AM3D / Channel Letters / Printing / PrintUp / PrintUp 3D - Category chrome: Training Videos / 3D Printer / Channel Letter - Date on page: 13 September 2023 English confirmation: `html lang="en-ZA"`, `og:locale` `en_US`, schema `inLanguage` `en-ZA`, prose above is English. ## How to use Spiralize in PrintUP (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 is a standalone PrintUP how-to for the **Spiralize** (page spelling also **spiralis** / **spiral lights**) tool under **Characteristic**. **No Mini-Series / no Part N** is printed on this H1. Avia prev on this URL is already-ingested VinylCut [https://softwaretraining.co.za/vinylcut-remove-strokes](https://softwaretraining.co.za/vinylcut-remove-strokes) (dest **42777** not touched; leftover already-in-KB; **not recrawled**). Avia next is a different SAi FlexiPRINT page at [https://softwaretraining.co.za/flexiprint-uv-print-ready-files](https://softwaretraining.co.za/flexiprint-uv-print-ready-files) (pretty slug printed; **not invented**; **not fetched**; **next-fire**). 2. Open the **Characteristic** menu on the main menu. The live block names **spiral lights on** and **spiralis off**. Preview does **not** show the spiralize path when it is on. 3. Default **off**: the 3D printer prints the letter / channel letters **in layers**. The live block walks a top-layer preview: a starting edge, then the first top layer runs until that layer is complete. 4. **Spiralize on**: the path starts at one point, goes in a circle, then **climbs a step** and continues. The live block says this can be convenient, but it is **hard to get a level top surface**; the finished design keeps a climb / spiral end at the top. 5. Recap named on this page: for most cases leave Spiralize **off** (layer at a time). If you do not use it, open **Characteristic** and switch it **off** again. Try it if it matches the design. The live closer names softwaretraining.co.za. 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