User's Manual

DOC-13000 Rev. E 5–41
Connex500/350 User Guide
Displaying the
Cross Section
of Objects
TheSectionfeatureenablesyoutoviewtheinteriorofanobjectby“slicing”
itonanyaxis.Youcanthenmanipulatetheobjecttoinspecttheinterior
fromdifferentangles.Thismaybeimportantfordecidingonthetypeof
supportnecessarywhenproducingthemodel(see“ChoosingtheSupport
Strength”onpage
5‐39).Dis
playinganobject’scrosssectiononlyaffects
howthetrayisdisplayedonthescreen;itdoesnotchangetheobjectitself.
To display a cross section of the tray:
1. FromtheToolsmenu,selectSection.
or—
Clickonthetoolbar.
TheSectiondialogboxopens.
Figure 5-59: Section dialog box
2. SelecttheEnableClickingcheckbox.
3. UsetheslidercontrolsfortheX‐,Y‐,andZ‐axestocutthetraysothat
youseethecrosssectionyouwant.
Printing the
Screen Display
on Paper
Youcanprinttheviewdisplayedintheactivepaneonaregular(paper)
printer.Beforeprinting,youcanconfigurehowthetraywillbeprintedon
thepage,andyoucandisplayascreenpreviewoftheprintedpage.
To access the paper printing controls:
¾
FromtheFilemenu,select—
 Page Setup…
 Page Preview…
 Print
YoucanalsoprintapapercopyofthetraybyusingthestandardWindows
keyboardshortcutforprinting:
Ctrl+P.
Figure 5-60: Whole view
Figure 5-61: Cross-section view, after
using the Z-slider