User's Manual

Operating & Maintaining the Objet500 - Connex 3 3D Printer
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3. Iftheprintercoverisnotclosed,ascreenappearsinstructingyouto
closethecover.Confirmthatitisclosedandclick
Next.
Figure 6-9: Material Replacement Options
IntheMaterialReplacementOptionsscreen,youselectthesettingsthat
determinehowthewizardreplacesmaterialcurrentlyinthesystem
withnewlyloadedmaterial.
4. ChoosewhetheryouwanttoproducemodelsinSingleMaterialmode
orinDigitalMaterial(“multiple‐materials”)mode.
5. IntheRequiredmaterialssectionofthewizardscreen,
selectoneormore
replacementmaterials.
6. SelectBoth cartridgesifyouneedtoloadtworeplacementcartridges.
Loadingonereplacementcartridge(ifsufficient)ismoreeconomical
becauseitpotentiallyrequireslessflushingofmaterialcurrentlyinthe
system.
• Single Material mode
Fourprintheadsareusedtoprint,usingonemodelmaterial.
 ThismodeisrequiredtoproducebuildtrayswiththeHighQuality
setting,andtoproducetrayswiththeHighSpeedsettingusingonly
onemodelmaterial.
• Digital Material mode
Eachofthemodelmaterialsloadedisusedintwooftheprintheads.
 Ifonlyoneofthemodelmaterialsisrequiredforprinting,models
areproducedusingtwoprintheads.Thismakesitunnecessaryto
replacetheothermodelmaterial.
 Ifmodel‐materialsubstitutionisallowed,theprinterproducestrays
withtheHighSpeedsettingusingamixtureofmodelmaterials(see
“ModelMaterialSubstitution”onpage 5‐112).