SolidWorks for Multi-Material - Best Practices

March 27, 2017

Stratasys Connex multi-material 3D printing gives you the ability to create models with multiple materials in a single build. This document outlines how to prepare SolidWorks CAD files for multi-material PolyJet prints. Each region of a part that will be 3D printed in a separate specified material must be represented by a separate solid body in a SolidWorks part file, or by a separate part in a SolidWorks assembly file.

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