Stratasys Objet500 User Manual page 58

Objet500 User Guide
• The materials displayed are basic model materials. With Connex2 and
• The material displayed on the top (VeroBlack, in the figure above) is
• Select Single Material if you want to print using only one material—all of
• If you insert an objdf file into an empty build tray, and the model-material
To change the materials assigned to an object before inserting it:
1. Open another Objet Studio window, by running the application from the
2. Insert the new object (objdf file) into the empty build tray.
3. Change the material selection settings on the Tray Settings ribbon to
4. Assign materials to the object (see "Assigning a Model Material to Objects"
5. Select the object and copy it.
6. Display the other Objet Studio window, and paste the object onto the build
Note: You can save the object with the new materials either as a new objdf file,
or by saving the original file with the changes.
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Connex3 printers, these materials can be combined to create digital
materials (see "Digital Materials" on page 5-27).
considered the primary model material ("Model-1"). It is assigned to
objects that do not have a material assignment when you place them on
the build tray. For example, since stl files do not contain information
about the model material, Objet Studio assigns the primary model material
to them. Also, if you try to insert objdf files whose assigned materials are
not recognized by your version of Objet Studio, you can insert the file by
substituting the primary model material for the missing materials.
the material drop-down menus contain the same material. If you decide to
print with multiple materials, the material in the top drop-down menu
remains assigned to the object until you select another material.
assignment does not match the settings on the Tray Settings ribbon, these
settings are changed automatically. However, if there is an object already
on the build tray whose materials do not match the material assignment in
the objdf file, you cannot place the new object on the tray. To print this
object, you have the following options:
❒ Instead of printing it on the same build tray, print the new object as a
separate job.
❒ Change the materials assigned to objects on the build tray to match
those assigned to the new object (see "Changing the Model Material"
on the next page and "Assigning a Model Material to Objects" on page
5-28).
❒ Change the materials assigned to the new object before inserting it, so
there is no conflict with the settings on the Tray Settings ribbon.
Windows Start menu.
those used on the other build tray.
on page 5-28).
tray.
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