Stratasys Objet500 - Production Estimates

Objet500 User Guide 5 Using Objet Studio
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Production
Estimates
ObjetStudioenablesyoutocalculatethetimeandmaterialresourcesneeded
forproducingtraysbeforesendingthemtotheprinter.Thetimeittakes
ObjetStudiotoperformthiscalculationdependsonthenumberofobjectson
thetrayandtheircomplexity.Calculatingtheproductionestimateforafull
traycouldtakeupto15minutes,dependingonyourcomputer’s
specifications.
Tocalculatethetimeandmaterialsneededforproducingthecurrenttray:
➢ OntheTray Settingsribbon,intheBuild Process group,click .
Whiletheestimateisbeingcalculated,aprogressbarisdisplayed—onthe
rightsideofthestatusbar(atthebottomofthescreen).
Figure5-71Estimateprogressbar
WhenObjetStudiofinishescalculatingtheproductionresources,the
resultsaredisplayedinadialogbox.
Figure5-72Productionresourcecalculationsfordifferentprintingmodes
AsshownintheProduction Estimatesdialogbox,theresourcesneededfor
producingthemodelsonthetraydependontheprintingmodeusedbythe
printerwhenproducingthejob.Youmightwanttoconsidertheseestimates
whendecidingontheprintingmode(seebelow),andwhetherornottoallow
usingsubstitutemodelmaterialswhenprintingthejob.
Note: Youselecttheprintingmodeandmaterialsubstituteoptionsafteryou
sendthebuildtraytotheprinter(see"PrintingtheTray"onpage5-58).