User's Manual

DOC08010 Rev. A (DRAFT 1) 5–19
Stratasys P750K User Guide
Splitting
Objects into
Components
Youȱcanȱconvertȱaȱcomplexȱobjectȱtoȱanȱassemblyȱofȱcomponentȱparts.ȱToȱdoȱ
so,ȱyouȱsplitȱtheȱstlȱfileȱthatȱrepresentsȱtheȱobjectȱintoȱaȱgroupȱofȱseparateȱstlȱ
files,ȱeachȱoneȱrepresentingȱaȱcomponent.ȱ(ThisȱisȱreferredȱtoȱinȱtheȱObjetȱ
Studioȱinterfaceȱasȱseparatingȱtheȱobjectȱintoȱshells
.)ȱYouȱcanȱthenȱassignȱaȱ
modelȱmaterialȱtoȱeachȱstlȱfile,ȱandȱyouȱcanȱsaveȱtheȱnewlyȬcreatedȱ
assemblyȱasȱanȱobjdfȱfile.
To split an object into an assembly of component parts:
1. Ifȱtheȱobjectȱisȱnotȱdisplayed,ȱplaceȱitȱonȱtheȱbuildȱtrayȱbyȱinsertingȱitsȱstlȱ
fileȱ(seeȱ“PlacingȱObjectsȱonȱtheȱBuildȱTray”ȱonȱpage 10).
Theȱobjectȱappears—onȱtheȱbuildȱtrayȱandȱinȱtheȱmodelȱtreeȱpane—asȱaȱ
singleȱpart.ȱItȱisȱassigned,ȱbyȱdefault,ȱtheȱ“primary”ȱmodelȱmaterial.ȱ(Ifȱ
ObjetȱStudioȱisȱconfiguredȱwithȱaȱsecondaryȱmaterial,ȱyouȱcanȱassignȱ
it—orȱaȱdigitalȱmaterial—toȱtheȱentireȱobject.ȱThisȱisȱexplainedȱinȱ
“ModelȬMaterialȱSettings”ȱonȱpage 20.)
Figure 5-21: Object placed on the build tray from a single stl file
Note: There is no need to resize or arrange the object on the build tray at
this time.
2. Withȱtheȱobjectȱselected:
• FromȱtheȱObjectȱmenu,ȱselectȱSeparate into Shells.
or—
• Onȱtheȱribbon,ȱclickȱ .
Aȱdialogȱboxȱopensȱinȱwhichȱyouȱcanȱspecifyȱwhereȱtoȱsaveȱtheȱ
componentȱstlȱfiles.ȱ(Byȱdefault,ȱObjetȱStudioȱoffersȱtoȱsaveȱtheȱnewȱfilesȱ
inȱaȱfolderȱinȱtheȱsameȱlocationȱasȱtheȱoriginalȱstlȱfile.)
Figure 5-22: Folder selection for saving stl files after splitting into shells
3. ClickȱOK.
ObjetȱStudioȱsplitsȱtheȱobjectȱintoȱanȱassemblyȱofȱcomponentȱparts,ȱeachȱ
aȱseparateȱstlȱfileȱ(“shell”).