Stratasys Objet500 - Displaying the Cross Section of Objects

Objet500 User Guide 5 Using Objet Studio
DOC-07027 Rev.E 5-65
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5-63).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5-80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5-81Left:Wholeview;Right:Crosssectionviewafterusingthe
Z-slider