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Grid offset: Admits a change in the size of support volume. When the support volume is
calculated, grid offset is added to the part dimensions. A positive value signifies therefore an
enlargement of the support volume, a negative value a diminution respectively.
Support
Contour space: Causes an ex post elimination of generated support elements whose distance to
a contour section in XY is smaller than the defined value. Thus the unsupported section of a
contour may be enlarged and an unintentional permeation of support elements and contours can
be prevented. The supplementary intersection of support elements may indeed result in an
interruption of the support structure (i.e. components of a support pillar may hover). Therefore,
this value should not be any larger than the spot size defined on tab page Process.
Bridge size: Defines the tolerance value for the support of short contour draws by supplementary
bridge supports.
Slice height
Voxel height: Defines the number of layers within the generated cells.
Floor height: Defines the factor for the combination of voxels in separate floors within the
support volume.
Socket height: Defines the number of layers for the socket set-up.
Base height: Defines the number of layers for the socket basis. At least one basic layer is
generated at any rate, wherefore the minimum value for base height is 1.
Bridge height: Defines the number of layers over which the generated bridges run.
Support geometry
Pin size: Defines the value of the radius for the width of pin contacts.
Tip size: Defines the maximum length of the support edges at the voxel center.
Pillar size: Defines the value of the radius for the width of pillar supports.
Support type: Defines if to thin out (Rhomb) the supports or to create them continuous (Wall).
Support refinement
Support cell max: Defines the value for the maximum size of composite contact voxels in XY.
Socket cell max: Defines the value for the maximum size of composite support voxels in XY.
Support point at: Defines the maximum value for the generation of point contacts. As soon as
the defined pin size is less than or equal to this value, point contacts are generated instead of
pin contacts.
Refine priority: Defines the sorting of the supports for the traverse path.
Reference: Show build envelope, Calculate build costs, Move to envelope, Pick and rotate, Pick
and move, Generate slices, Generate hatches, Compensate shrinkage, Save as
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