TUTORIAL
How to Edit Parts in Magics Print
Optimize your part with the editing tools such as rescaling, hollowing, and cutting in Magics Print.
Prerequisites
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This tutorial has been recorded using Materialise Magics Print.
Description of the different steps
- Rescale parts by clicking the ‘Rescale’ icon under the ‘Basic Flow’ tab.
- Rescale your part(s) by factor, resulting size, or difference.
- Check ‘Make Copy’ to keep the original, non-rescaled part as well.
- Hollow parts by clicking the ‘Hollow Part’ icon under the ‘Basic Flow’ tab.
- Choose the desired parameters to set the size and detail of the hollowed area as well as the hollowing direction.
- Perforate parts by clicking the ‘Perforator’ icon under the ‘Basic Flow’ tab.
- Perforation size is determined by the inner radius or the angle together with the outer radius.
- Click the area of your part(s) that you’d like the perforate, then click ‘Apply’.
- Check ‘Keep Subtracted Parts’ to print them as separate drain plugs. Check ‘Use Notch’ to keep these plugs in one direction.
- Cut or punch parts by clicking the ‘Cut’ or ‘Punch’ icon under the ‘Basic Flow’ tab.
- Navigate to the ‘Multi-Section’ tab on the right to use the three different cutting methods.
- Choose ‘Cut Visible Sections’ to cut the part(s) along the displayed section. You can use a combination of sections for cutting.
- Choose ‘Cut Visible Triangles’ when you want only the visible area to become a separate part.
- Choose ‘Cut Selected Contours’, then click ‘Indicate Contour’ to select which contour to cut.
- Label parts by clicking the ‘Label’ icon under the ‘Basic Flow’ tab.
- Choose a rectangular label or a circular label.
- Type in your label text and select the area on the part(s) where you would like to apply the label.
- Indicate whether you would like the label to be raised or engraved.