User's Manual

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Objet1000 - Connex 2 User Guide
Connex Workflows
With Objet 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).
Objet
workflows, from design to finished models
Stage Workflow A Workflow B Workflow C
CAD program
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Design a 3 D object.
•
Save as a single stl
file.
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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.
Objet Printer
Models are produced in the printer.
WaterJet
•
Remove the support material from the models.
Finished model
Finished model.
D R A F T
16 June
2013