Understanding support material parameters
In this section, we are going to study the most important parameters related to support material and its shape:
Figure 17.22: Support panel
Let’s look at the options:
- Support Extruder: Using this option, we can specify which extruder shall print the support structures. This only applies if our printer has more than one extruder.
- Support Infill Density: The name is self-explanatory – this parameter is the density of the generated support structures. A higher density means a larger contact area with the part and stronger support.
Figure 17.23: Support density
In the preceding figure, we can see a rather complex part being printed with support structures: on the left, we can see a support density of 15%, while on the right, the density is 50%. As we can guess, the part on the right will greatly benefit from the higher support density for all overhang geometries...
