User's Manual

DOC08010 Rev. A (DRAFT 1) 5–23
Stratasys P750K User Guide
Surface Finish
Modelsȱcanȱbeȱprintedȱwithȱaȱmatteȱorȱglossyȱsurfaceȱfinish.ȱToȱcreateȱaȱ
matteȱfinish,ȱtheȱprinterȱsurroundsȱmodelsȱwithȱaȱthinȱlayerȱofȱsupportȱ
material.ȱ
To set the model finish:
1. Selectȱtheȱmodel.
2. Selectȱ
MatteȱȱorȱGlossyȱ inȱoneȱofȱtheȱfollowingȱplaces:
• ModelȱSettingsȱribbon,ȱOptionsȱgroup
• ModelȱToolbar
• rightȬclickȱcontextȱmenuȱ(whenȱselectingȱtheȱmodel)
YouȱcanȱconfigureȱObjetȱStudioȱtoȱdistinguishȱbetweenȱobjects’ȱsurfaceȱ
finishȱonȱtheȱbuildȱtrayȱbyȱcolor.ȱToȱconfigureȱhowȱObjetȱStudioȱdisplaysȱ
objects,ȱseeȱ“SettingȱObjectȱColors”ȱonȱpage 41.
Coating
Objects
Youȱcanȱprintȱcompositeȱmodelsȱwhereȱtheȱsurfaceȱlayerȱisȱaȱdifferentȱ
materialȱthanȱtheȱinside.ȱThisȱcanȱbeȱusefulȱtoȱachieveȱuniqueȱmechanicalȱ
andȱtexturalȱcharacteristics.ȱThisȱtechniqueȱisȱcalledȱ“coating.”ȱ
To coat an object with a different model material:
1. Selectȱanȱobjectȱonȱtheȱbuildȱtray.
2. OnȱtheȱModelȱToolbarȱorȱtheȱModelȱSettingsȱribbon,ȱclickȱ .
TheȱCoatȱwithȱdialogȱboxȱopens.
3. Selectȱ
Coat Withȱand,ȱfromȱtheȱdropȬdownȱlist,ȱselectȱtheȱcoatingȱ
material.
Figure 5-28: Coating material selected
4. InȱtheȱThicknessȱfield,ȱenterȱaȱcoatingȱthicknessȱbetweenȱ0.3ȱandȱ3ȱ
millimeters.
Note: The coating thickness does not affect the external dimensions of the
object, which remain unchanged. The coating layer replaces part of
the main model material.
5. Clickȱ
Apply.
Note: When you de-select objects, they are displayed, by default, with
colors representing the model-material. Even after adding a coating
to an object, its color remains that of the main material, not the color
of the coating material.