Objet 260

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Using the Objet 260 Multi-Material Printer

Preparing Files for Multiple Materials

The Objet260 can print with multiple materials at once. In order to do so, one must save all of the geometry with different desired materials as separate .stl files.

  1. Separate the NURBS geometry into layers corresponding to the desired material (i.e. veroclear layer, verowhite layer).**
    • Vero Pure White, Glossy
    • Vero Pure White, Matte
    • Vero Clear, Glossy
    • Vero Clear, Matte
    • Tango Black +, Glossy
    • Tango Black +, Matte
  2. Select all of the objects on the first material layer and convert to mesh. It is important that the geometry remains in the original model position and not separated away from the model.
  3. Export the mesh(es) as an .stl file. Append the material name to the end of the .stl file (i.e. filename_veroclear_glossy).
  4. Repeat with the remaining materials.

Make sure that the meshes do not intersect with meshes of another material. All geometry must be properly booleaned beforehand so that there are no intersecting volumes. The printer doesn’t know how to interpret an intersection that contains two different material definitions.

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