User's Manual

DOC-13000 Rev. E 5–9
Connex500/350 User Guide
Adialogboxopensinwhichyoucanspecifywheretosavethe
componentstlfiles.(Bydefault,ObjetStudioofferstosavethenewfiles
inafolderinthesamelocationastheoriginalstlfile.)
Figure 5-12: Folder selection for saving stl files after splitting into shells
3. ClickOK.
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hierarchypane—asan
assemblyofparts(“shells”).Youcanassigneachpartadifferentmodel
material(Thisisexplainedin“Model‐MaterialSettings”onpage 9).
Figure 5-13: 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model‐materialsettingsinthetoolbar.
Figure 5-14: Model-material-settings toolbar
• Bydefault,themodel‐materialsettingsintheObjetStudiotoolbar
correspondtothetwomodelcartridgesloadedintheConnexprinter.
• Thematerialdisplayedontheright(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ma
terial,ObjetStudioas
signstheprimarymodel
materialtothem.Also,ifyoutrytoimportobjdffileswhoseassigned
materialsarenotrecognizedbyyourversionofObjetStudio,youcan
openthefilebysubstitutingtheprimarymodelmaterialforthemissing
materials.
• Ifyouimportanobjdffiletoanemptybuildtray,andthemodel‐
materialassignmentdoesnotmatchthesettingsinthemodel‐material
toolbar,thetoolbarsettingsarechangedautomatically.However,if