User's Manual

DOC-13000 Rev. E 3–5
Connex500/350 User Guide
Connex Workflows
WithConnex3‐Dprintingsystems,youhavegreatflexibilityinpreparing
modelfilesandprintingthem.Belowarethemajorworkflowsthathave
beenmadepossiblebyPolyJetMatrixtechnologyonConnexsystems.You
canfinddetailedinstructionsforimplementingthelistedtasksinchapter5
(“UsingObjetStudio”).
Connex
workflows,fromdesigntofinishedmodels
Stage WorkflowAWorkflowBWorkflowC
CADprogram
• Designa3‐D
object.
• Saveasasinglestl
file.
• Designa3‐D
object.
• Savetheobjectas
anassemblyofstl
files.
ObjetStudio
• Open(Insert)the
stlfile.
• Separatetheobject
intoits
components
(“shells”).
• Assignmaterialsto
thecomponents.
• Open(Insert)the
stlfilesasan
assembly.
• Assignmaterialsto
theassembly’s
components.
• Open(Import)an
objdffile.(objdffiles
containmodel‐
material
information.)
•Savetheobjectasanobjdffile(optional).
•Savethebuildtray./Sendthebuildtotheprinter.
Connex3‐DPrinter
Modelsareproducedintheprinter.
WaterJet
•Removethesupportmaterialfromthemodels.
Finishedmodel
Finishedmodel.