User's Manual

DOC-07000 Rev. A 5–19
Objet500 - Connex 3 User Guide
objectalreadyonthebuildtraywhosematerialsdonotmatchthe
materialassignmentintheobjdffile,youcannotplacethenewobjecton
thetray.Toprintthisobject,youhavethefollowingoptions:
 Insteadofprintingitonthesamebuildtray,printthenewobjectasa
separatejob.
 Changethematerialsassignedto objectsonthebuildtraytomatch
thoseassignedtothenewobject(see“ChangingtheModel
Material”and“AssigningaModelMaterialtoObjects,”below).
 Changethematerialsassignedto thenewobjectbeforeinsertingit,
sothereisnoconflictwiththesettingsontheTraySettingsribbon.
To change the materials assigned to an object before inserting it:
1. OpenanotherObjetStudiowindow,byrunningtheapplicationfrom
theWindowsStartmenu.
2. Insertthenewobject(objdffile)into theemptybuildtray.
3. ChangethematerialselectionsettingsontheTraySettingsribbonto
thoseusedontheotherbuildtray.
4. Assignmaterialstotheobject(see“AssigningaModel
Materialto
Objects”onpage 23).
5. Selecttheobjectandcopyit.
6. DisplaytheotherObjetStudiowindow,andpastetheobjectontothe
buildtray.
Note: You can save the object with the new materials either as a new objdf
file, or by saving the original file with the changes.
Figure 5-17: Whenthreedifferentmodelmaterialsappearontheribbon,
youcanproduceobjectsfromanyofthemorfromacombinationof
them—digitalmaterials.
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