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Support options
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Enabled: here the user can activate the support generation function
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Add border: here the user can activate the generation of a border around the support structure.
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Z-offset: here the user can set an additional offset on the layer height used to print the support
structure.
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Line angle: here the user can set the angle that will be used to draw the support structure lines.
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Line distance: here the user can set the distance between 2 lines of the support structure pattern
• XY extension: here the user can set the off-
set in X & Y that will be used to generate the
support structure. The support structure will
be extended in X&Y
• Distance to part: here the user can set the
distance the support structure needs to keep
from the part(s) during generation of the
support structure.
• Self-supporting angle: here the user can set
the self-supporting angle that will be used to
determine which parts of a model need sup-
port and which not during the support gen-
eration. All areas that have a support angle
lower than the self-supporting angle will be
supported.
TIP: For full description of all the
available support options, please
refer to the Materialise Creatr
Manual.
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