User's Manual

Using Objet Studio
5–18 DOC-07000 Rev. A
ObjetStudiosplitstheobjectintoanassemblyofcomponentparts,each
aseparatestlfile(“shell”).
Theobjectappears—onthebuildtrayandinthemodeltree—asan
assemblyofparts(“shells”).Youcanassigneachpartadifferentmodel
material(Thisisexplainedin“Model‐MaterialSettings”onpage 18).
Figure 5-15: Object after being converted to an assembly of component parts
Model-Material
Settings
BeforeplacingobjectsonthebuildtrayinObjetStudio,youshouldpay
attentiontothematerialselectionsettingsontheArrangeTrayribbon.
Figure 5-16: Material selection settings
• Bydefault,thematerialselectionsettingsontheribboncorrespondto
thethreemodelcartridgesloadedintheprinter.
• Thematerialsdisplayedarebasicmodelmaterials.Thesematerialscan
laterbecombinedtocreatedigitalmaterials(see“DigitalMaterials”on
page 20).
• Thematerialdisplayedonthetop(VeroWhite,inthefigureabove)is
consideredtheprimarymodelmaterial(“Model‐1”).Itisassignedto
objectsthatdonothaveamaterialassignmentwhenyouplacethemon
thebuildtray.Forexample,sincestlfilesdonotcontaininformation
aboutthemodel
material,ObjetStudioassignstheprimarymodel
materialtothem.Also,ifyoutrytoinsertobjdffileswhoseassigned
materialsarenotrecognizedbyyourversionofObjetStudio,youcan
insertthefilebysubstitutingtheprimarymodelmaterialforthe
missingmaterials.
• SelectSingle Materialifyouwanttoprintusingonlyonematerial—all
ofthematerialdrop‐downmenuscontainthesamematerial.Ifyou
decidetoprintwithmultiplematerials,thematerialinthetopdrop‐
downmenuremainsassignedtotheobjectuntilyouselectanother
material.
• Ifyouinsertanobjdffileintoanemptybuildtray,andthemodel‐
materialassignmentdoesnotmatchthesettingsontheArrangeTray
ribbon,thesesettingsarechangedautomatically.However,ifthereisan