User's Manual

Introducing the Objet 3-D Printing System
3–2 DOC-07000 Rev. A
Welcome to Connex
TheadvancedcapabilitiesoftheObjet3‐Dprintingsystemaremade
possiblebyPolyJetMatrix™technology,speciallydevelopedbyObjetfor
printingmodelssimultaneouslywithdifferentmodelmaterials.Forthe
firsttime,youcanachievethefollowingresultswhenprinting3‐Dmodels:
• Youcanpreparemodelsforprintingwithdesignatedmodelmaterials
andthenprintthem—usingtwoorthreebasicmodelmaterialsloaded
intheprinter,orcombinationsofthesematerials(digitalmaterials).
• Partsofthesamemodelcanbemade—simultaneously—fromdifferent
materials.
• Modelsmadefromdigitalmaterialscanhaveuniquephysical
properties,dependingonthematerialsused.
• Youcanprintobjectsthathavea“coating”madefromadifferent
materialthanthemainpartoftheobject.
Inaddition,becauseObjetprinterscanbeloadedwithtwodifferent
materials,andcanprintsimultaneouslywithcombinationsofthem,you
canstreamlineandeconomizetheprocessofproducingmodels:
• Youcanprintmodelsmadefromdifferent(single)materialsonthe
samebuildtray(“mixedtray”),inthesameprintjob.Thiseliminates
thetime‐consumingneedandexpenseofloadinganothermaterial,
flushingthesystem,andsendingaseparatejobtobeprinted.
• Youcanquicklyalternateprintingjobswithanyofthemodelmaterials
loaded—orwithmaterialcombinations—again,withouttheneedand
expenseofreplacingmaterials.
TheObjetsystemalsoenablesyoutosplitmodelsintocomponentparts
(“shells”)soyoucanisolate,manipulateandprintpartsofamodel.
However,youhave
ultimatecontrolwhenseparatingmodelsintoshellsby
preparingstlfileswithyourCADsoftware.Then,withObjetsoftware,you
canassignmodelmaterialsandothercharacteristicstotheshells.
Figure 3-1: The 3-D Printer