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User Manual – FELIX Pro 1
Rev 3
www.FELIXprinters.com
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In general for the build strategy settings, the higher the detail, the longer the print job will take. But
choosing the normal detail build strategy setting (which enables relatively high speeds) with a high detail
(which requires lower speeds) layer height is not a good match.
Support strategy. Each new layer is build on top of an old layer. So a new layer needs to build onto a solid
base. In some cases this base is not enough (for example the layer has a very small build surface or the
object or part of the objects starts in mid air.) Support material can solve this problem. The FELIXbuilder
software is able to generate support for two cases
1.
Support generation with the same material as the object itself
2.
Support generation with the 2
nd
nozzle. This can be either a different color or for instance soluble
material which can be dissolved afterwards.
Printing the support with the same material and only using one nozzle, is a lot faster but the support is
more difficult to remove afterwards. Also it is in some cases necessary to dissolve the support material,
because you are not able to reach the required support material with a tool.
In general, we recommended to design your object to require the least amount of support material.
Support is required when:
Angles with respect to
the build plate are
less than 45 degrees
When you print an
object with empty
space in it between.
The standard selectable options in the FELIXbuilder software are:
0_No Support. This is the best option when you print an object which doesn’t require support
material at all.
45 degrees
slope
Hollow space