Workflows

With Objet260 printing systems, you have great flexibility in preparing files and printing them. Below are the major workflows available.

Stage

Workflow A

Workflow B

Workflow C

CAD program*
•   Design a 3D object.
•   Save it as a single stl file.
•   Design a 3D object.
•   Save it as an assembly of stl files.
•   Design a 3D object.
•   Apply colors to parts (Connex3 only).
•   Save the object as a VRML/wrl file.

Objet Studio /
GrabCAD Print*

•   Open (Insert) the stl file.
•   Separate the object into its components (“shells”).
•   Assign materials to the components.
•   Open (Insert) the stl files as an assembly.
•   Assign materials to the assembly’s components.
•   Open (Insert) an objdf file (Objet Studio).
(objdf files contain model-material information.)
•   Open (Insert) a VRML/wrl file.
(wrl files contain model-material and color information.)
  • Save the object as an objdf file (Objet Studio, optional).
  
  • Save the build tray. / Send the build to the printer.

Objet260 Printer

Models are produced in the printer.

 
  • Remove the Support material from the models

Finished model

Finished model.

3D printing workflows, from design to finished models

* In addition to the options shown, GrabCAD Print supports most native CAD file formats.

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