Stratasys Objet1000 Plus - Welcome to Connex Printing

Objet1000 Plus User Guide 3 Introducing the Objet1000 Plus 3D Printing System
DOC-06810 Rev.B 3-2
Welcome to Connex™ Printing
TheadvancedcapabilitiesofConnexprintingsystemsaremadepossibleby
technologyspeciallydevelopedbyStratasysforprintingmodels
simultaneouslywithdifferentmodelmaterials.Printingmodelswith
combinationsofbasicmaterials(digitalmaterials)enablesyoutochoosefrom
awiderangeofmechanicalproperties—fromflexibletorigid—andcolors.
WithConnexprinters,youcanachievethefollowingresultswhenprinting3D
models:
•Youcanprepareobjectsforprintingwithtwodesignatedmodelmaterials
andthenprintthematthesametime.Thisenablesyoutoassignspecific
mechanicalandcolorpropertiestoobjects.
•Youcanprintpartsofthesamemodel—simultaneously—withdifferent
materials(ormaterialcombinations).
•Youcanprintobjectsthathavea“coating”madefromadifferentmaterial
thanthemainpartoftheobject.
BecauseConnexprinterscanbeloadedwithdifferentmaterials,youcan
streamlineandeconomizetheprocessofproducingmodels:
•Printingmodelsmadefromdifferentmaterialsonthesamebuildtray
(“mixedtray”),inthesameprintjob,eliminatesthetime-consumingneed
andexpenseofloadinganothermaterial,flushingthesystem,andsending
aseparatejobtobeprinted.
•Youcanquicklyalternateprintingjobsusingthemodelmaterialsloaded
(ormaterialcombinations)—again,withouttheneedandexpenseof
replacingmaterials.
Printjobscanbesetupandsenttotheprinterwitheitherofthese
applications:
•ObjetStudio
•GrabCADPrint
Theseapplicationsaredescribedinthefollowingchapters.
ObjetStudioenablesyoutosplitmodelsintocomponentparts(“shells”)so
youcanisolate,manipulateandprintpartsofamodel.Then,youcanassign
modelmaterialsandothercharacteristicstotheshells.However,youhave
ultimatecontrolwhenseparatingmodelsintoshellsbypreparingstlfileswith
yourCADsoftware.