User's Manual

Using Objet Studio
5–28 DOC-24000 Rev. A
To inspect, change or cancel the Smartcast/Hollow setting:
1. Selectamodelonthebuildtray.
2. AccesstheAdvancedPropertiesdialogbox,asabove.
3. IfyouchangeorcanceltheSmartcast/Hollowsetting,click
Apply.
Displaying the
Cross Section
of Objects
TheSectionfeatureenablesyoutoviewtheinteriorofanobjectby“slicing”
itonanyaxis.Youcanthenmanipulatetheobjecttoinspecttheinterior
fromdifferentangles.Thismaybeimportantfordecidingonthetypeof
supportnecessarywhenproducingthemodel(see“ChoosingtheSupport
Strength”onpage
5‐26).Displayinganobject’scrosssectiononlyaffects
howthetrayisdisplayedonthescreen;itdoesnotchangetheobjectitself.
To display a cross section of the tray:
1. FromtheToolsmenu,selectSection.
or—
Clickonthetoolbar.
TheSectiondialogboxopens.
Figure 5-36:Section dialog box
2. SelecttheEnableClickingcheckbox.
3. UsetheslidercontrolsfortheX‐,Y‐,andZ‐axestocutthetraysothat
youseethecrosssectionyouwant.
You can set Smartcast/Hollow as a default property for all models placed on
the build tray. See “Default Object Properties” on page 17.
Figure 5-37: Whole view
Figure 5-38: Cross-section view, after
using the Z-slider
DRAFT 4 - July 11, 2010