Stratasys Objet260 Connex - Displaying the Cross Section of Objects

Using Objet Studio
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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 54).Displaying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.
TheSectiondialogboxopens.
Figure 5-78: Section dialog box
2. SelectEnable Clipping.
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.
Figure 5-79: Whole view Figure 5-80: Cross-section view, after
using the Z-slider