User's Manual

Using Objet Studio
5–16 DOC-07000 Rev. A
Selecting
Objects
Tomanipulateanobjectonthebuildtrayorassigncharacteristicstoit
(modelmaterial,buildingstyleetc.),youmustfirstselecttheobject.You
selectanobjectbyclickingit,eitheronthetrayorinthemodeltree.Its
imageonthebuildtraychangescolor(tolightblue,
bydefault)andits
nameishighlightedinthemodeltree.Youcanselectmultipleobjectsby
drawingaboxaroundthemwiththemousecursor,orbypressingthe
Ctrl
or
Shiftkeyswhileclickingadditionalobjects.
Alternatively,selectorde‐selectobjectsusingthefollowingEditmenu
commands:
• Select All
• Invert Selection
• Undo Select object
Sometimes,youneedtoselectindividualelementsofanassembly.Other
times,youneedtoselecttheentireassembly.TheSelectionicondisplayed
ontheribbondetermineswhatwillbeselectedwhenyouclickonthe
model:
or
To change the selection action:
1. OntheArrangeTrayorModelSettingsribbon—
a. ClicktheSelectionicon:or .
b. Ontheflyouttoolbar,clicktheappropriateicon:
Figure 5-12: Selection flyout toolbar
Splitting
Objects into
Components
Youcanconvertacomplexobjecttoanassemblyofcomponentparts.Todo
so,yousplitthestlfilethatrepresentstheobjectintoagroupofseparatestl
files,eachonerepresentingacomponent.(ThisisreferredtointheObjet
Studiointerfaceasseparatingtheobjectintoshells
.)Youcanthenassigna
modelmaterialtoeachstlfile,andyoucansavethenewly‐created
assemblyasanobjdffile.
Select Group
Select Element