# I dont get the layout of the preform

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043>\
**Category:** Form 2\
**Created:** [February 23, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043 "2017-02-23T19:42:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nowhere85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Nowhere85](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Nowhere85)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043/1 "2017-02-23T19:42:00Z")

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Goog evening.  
Maybe its too late at a working day and my brain refuses to work properly, but I dont get one thing: where is “Front” in the preform and where is the “Wiper side”?  
Im trying to print and still getting the wrong corner - see picture.  
Could anybody explain?

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/c/c333b78571c5ec5cf01d3170b31ffde2caeba7e3.jpg)

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**Author:** ![fantasy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e4f/32.png) [@fantasy2](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/fantasy2)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043/2 "2017-02-23T19:45:49Z")

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PreForm shows it upside down.  
The front is actually the machine front where the display is.

So looking at the printer, this will be printed front-right(closest to the display).

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**Author:** ![BenFrantzDale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/benfrantzdale/32/6064_2.png) [@BenFrantzDale](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/BenFrantzDale)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043/3 "2017-02-23T19:51:04Z")

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Exactly. And the wiper while printing lives on the right side of the printer (and so the left side when looking up at the build platform).

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Brandon\_A](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Brandon_A)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043/4 "2017-02-23T20:28:46Z")

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As a Form 1+ user this did confuse me for a hot second. “Wiper Side” describes the resting location of the wiper, not the actual attachment point of the wiper (which is the front).

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**Author:** ![kevinduhe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/kevinduhe/32/7999_2.png) [@kevinduhe](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/kevinduhe)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043/5 "2017-02-23T20:39:35Z")

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> [@Brandon\_A](#):
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> this did confuse me for a hot second.

Me too. And a Protip @Nowhere85 if you have a relatively small object and place it on the wiper side, it will print slightly faster as opposed to placing it on the opposite side. Shorter swipes of the wiper adds up!

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**Author:** ![Nowhere85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Nowhere85](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Nowhere85)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043/6 "2017-02-24T08:28:46Z")

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Thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/i-dont-get-the-layout-of-the-preform/12043/7 "2017-03-10T08:28:47Z")

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