User's Manual

Using Objet Studio
5–10 DOC-13000 Rev. E
thereisanobjectalreadyonthebuildtraywhosematerialsdon’t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importingit,
sothereisnoconflictwiththesettingsinthemodel‐materialtoolbar.
To change the materials assigned to an object before importing it:
1. OpenanotherObjetStudiowindow,byrunningtheapplicationfrom
theWindowsStartmenu.
2. Importthenewobject(objdffile)totheemptybuildtray.
3. Changethemodel‐materialsettingsinthetoolbartothoseusedonthe
otherbuildtray.
4. Assignmaterialstotheobject(see“AssigningaModelMaterialto
Objec
ts”onpage 11).
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.
Changing the
Model Material
WhenyoudesignabuildtrayinObjetStudio,youcanusemodelmaterials
thatmaynotbecurrentlyinstalledintheConnexprinter.Becausethe
installedmaterialsaredisplayedbydefault,changethemodel‐material
settingsinthetoolbar(fromthedrop‐downmenus),ifnecessary.
Figure 5-15: Configuring the model material to be used with the current build tray
Digital
Materials
Whentwodifferentmodelmaterialsappearinthetoolbar,youcanproduce
objectsfromeithermaterialorfromacombinationofthem—digital
materials.Differentpairsofmodelmaterialsenableyoutoprintobjects
usinguniquedigitalmaterials.Certaindigitalmaterialscanproduce
objectswithdifferentshadesofcolor.Combinationsofmo
delmaterials
thathavedifferentmechanicalpropertiesresultindigitalmaterialswith
uniquecharacteristics.
When you send the job to the print queue, you indicate whether or not you
allow substitute materials to be used—see “Model Material Substitution” on
page 37.