Preparing Files For Use With Polyjet 3D Printing Systems; Converting Cad Files To Stl Format; Converting Cad Files To Slc Format; For More Information 1 - Stratasys Objet1000 Plus User Manual

Objet1000 Plus User Guide

Preparing Files for Use with PolyJet 3D Printing Systems

Before printing design files with the Objet1000 Plus printer, make sure that
they are in a file format supported by the applications you are using to send
print jobs to the printer—Objet Studio or GrabCAD Print. (See "Source Files"
on page 3-3.)
Converting
This procedure may vary slightly, depending on the CAD software used, but
CAD Files to
the following instructions generally apply.
STL Format
To convert a file to STL format (in a CAD program):
1. From the File menu, select Save As.
2. In the Save As dialog box, open the Save As Type drop-down list and
3. Click Options and set the following parameters:
4. In the file format option, choose binary or ASCII. (Both binary and ASCII
5. Click OK or Save.
After converting the model files, it is recommended that you check them for
defects before opening them in Objet Studio and producing the model. You
can do this in GrabCAD Print or in a third-party STL-repair application (such
as Magics™, by Materialise
For more information, download
Connex Technology.
Converting When converting files to SLC format, it is recommended that you set a layer
CAD Files to thickness of 15 microns (0.015 mm). Since SLC files cannot be orientated in
SLC Format Objet Studio, it is important that models are properly orientated before being
saved as SLC files. Considerations for suitable model orientation are explained
in "Manual Positioning" in Chapter 3 on page 5-29.
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select *.STL.
❒ Total Quality—approximately 0.01 mm (deviation tolerance / linear-
dimension tolerance)
❒ Detail Quality—approximately 5° (angle tolerance)
Note: Lowering these values produces more accurate models, but results in
larger files and longer loading and processing times. For this reason, it is
generally not recommended that you use lower values.
formats can be used in Objet Studio. However, binary files are smaller, so
this option is recommended.)
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