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Introducing the Objet1000 Plus 3D Printing System
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Welcome to Connex
TheadvancedcapabilitiesofConnex™3Dprintingsystemsaremade
possiblebytechnologyspeciallydevelopedbyStratasysforprinting
modelssimultaneouslywithdifferentmodelmaterials.
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objectswithcombinationsofbasicmaterials(digital
materials),enablingyoutochoosefroma widerangeofpossible
mechanicalproperties—fromflexibletorigid.
• 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eitherofthemodel
materialsloaded,ormaterialcombinations—again,withouttheneed
andexpenseofreplacingmaterials.
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.
Figure 3-1: The Objet1000 Plus 3D Printer