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Introducing the Connex500/350 3D Printing System
Welcome to Connex
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The advanced capabilities of Connex™ 3D printing systems are made
possible by technology specially developed by Stratasys for printing
models simultaneously with different model materials.
With Connex printers, you can achieve the following results when printing
3D models:
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You can prepare objects for printing with two designated model
materials and then print them at the same time. This enables you to
assign specific mechanical and color properties to objects.
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You can print objects with combinations of basic materials (digital
materials), enabling you to choose from a wide range of possible
mechanical properties—from flexible to rigid.
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You can print parts of the same model—simultaneously—with different
materials (or material combinations).
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You can print objects that have a "coating" made from a different
material than the main part of the object.
Because Connex printers can be loaded with different materials, you can
streamline and economize the process of producing models:
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Printing models made from different materials on the same build tray
("mixed tray"), in the same print job, eliminates the time‐consuming
need and expense of loading another material, flushing the system, and
sending a separate job to be printed.
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You can quickly alternate printing jobs using either of the model
materials loaded, or material combinations—again, without the need
and expense of replacing materials.
Objet Studio enables you to split models into component parts ("shells") so
you can isolate, manipulate and print parts of a model. Then, you can
assign model materials and other characteristics to the shells. However,
you have ultimate control when separating models into shells by preparing
stl files with your CAD software.
Figure 3-1: The Connex500/350 3D Printer
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