Prusa i3 Hephestos Printing Handbook - page 25
8.4 Printing of non-standard models
Slic3r helps you while
printing
the
non
standard
models
as
models
with
overhangs
and/or
models
larger than a
printing
bed.
8.4.1 Printing with support material
When you
models
you can find special cases different from common
printing
. First case
is
printing
with
support
material
.
If you
an object with a gradient lower than 45° the
material
overhang
would be
preventing the object to be printed correctly. Slic3r allows you to
such objects thanks to
the
Printing
with
support
. Support
material
is an extra structure printed as scaffolding for the
object you can remove the
support
material
after the
printing
is finished.
Choose the
Settings
tab
(1)
and click the
Support
Material
option
(2)
in left column.
First you have to check the
Generate
support
material
box
(3)
. Next item
Overhang
threshold
(4)
lets you set the minimal angle for
printing
the
support
material
. Setting this item
to zero lets the
printer
detect problematic parts automatically and
support
where it’s
needed.
Enforce
support
option
(5)
is used mostly with small
models
or
models
with small base to
prevent the object from breaking or tearing out from the bed.
Obr. 13
with
support
menu
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