Objet260 User Guide
5 Using Objet Studio
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2. With the object selected:
❒
From the
Object
menu, select
Separate into Shells
.
or—
❒
On the ribbon, click
.
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 5-23 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 model tree—as an
assembly of parts (“shells”). You can assign each part a different model
material (This is explained in "Model-Material Settings" below).
Figure 5-24 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 material selection settings on the
Tray Settings
ribbon.
Figure 5-25 Material selection settings
• By default, the material selection settings on the ribbon correspond to the
three model cartridges loaded in the printer.
