User's Manual

Using Objet Studio
5–12 DOC-13000 Rev. E
2. IntheMaterialSelectionsection,displaythepull‐downmenuand
selectthedesiredmaterial.
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Figure 5-19: Menu for assigning materials to objects
Whenyoude‐selecttheobjectonthebuildtray,itisdisplayed,by
default,withthecolorofthematerialyouselected.Inthesameway,
youcanassignmodelmaterialstoeachoftheindependentobjectson
thebuildtray.
Note: If the model-material color is not displayed, click the object-color-
display switch.
Figure 5-20: Object-color-display switch
Coating
Objects
Youcanprintcompositemodelswherethesurfacelayerisadifferent
materialthantheinside.Thiscanbeusefultoachieveuniquemechanical
andtexturalcharacteristics.Thistechniqueiscalled“coating.”
To coat an object with a different model material:
1. Selectanobjectonthebuildtray.
2. Intheobjectpropertiesdialogbox(seefigure 5‐18),click
TheCoatwithdialogboxopens.
3. Select
Coat withand,fromthepull‐downmenu,selectthecoating
material.
Figure 5-21: Coating material selected
To separate an object into independent, component parts (each an stl file),
see “Splitting Objects into Components” on page 8.