User's Manual

Using Objet Studio
5–42 DOC08010 Rev. A (DRAFT 1)
Large File
Manipulation
Ifȱyouȱneedȱtoȱworkȱwithȱaȱdetailedȱmodelȱthatȱisȱcomposedȱofȱaȱlargeȱ
numberȱofȱpolygons,ȱyouȱcanȱspeedȱupȱitsȱdisplayȱandȱmanipulationȱinȱ
ObjetȱStudioȱbyȱreducingȱtheȱnumberȱofȱpolygonsȱonȱtheȱscreen.ȱAlthoughȱ
thisȱmayȱreduceȱtheȱresolutionȱonȱtheȱscreen,ȱitȱhasȱnoȱaffect
ȱonȱtheȱprintedȱ
models.
Figure 5-61: Object displayed without polygon reduction
Figure 5-62: Object displayed with only five percent of its polygons showing
To use polygon reduction:
1. FromȱtheȱToolsȱmenu,ȱselectȱOptions.
or—
FromȱtheȱObjetȱStudioȱCommandsȱmenuȱ ,ȱclickȱ
Options.
2. InȱtheȱOptionsȱdialogȱbox,ȱdisplayȱtheȱ
Displayȱtab.
Figure 5-63: Options dialog box, Display tab
3. SelectȱEnable Polygon Reduction.