Adaptive lattice bars

Holds a text label for the action that remains visible even when the action parameters are collapsed in the script tab

Sets a display color for the support elements generated by this action

Cannot be reverted once changed, only explicitly set to a new color

Search parameters for areas of contiguous triangles requiring supports

See Cluster detection reference

See Anchors section below

Sets the size of the smallest cell, and indirectly the angle of diagonal support bars. The ratio of width to height should be kept above a certain value so as to keep the diagonal bars printable.

The rule of collapsing multiple fully intact lattice cells into the next larger cell size is applied up to this many times. Note that this is only the permissible maximum. If there aren't enough intact cells in a contiguous 2×2×2 arrangement, no collapsing is performed.

This minimum distance is enforced between lattice and part surface when hugging the surface contours with the lattice scaffolding.

If enabled, an additional layer of lattice cells beyond the part circumference is generated to fill even more volume with rigid support but consequently consumes significantly more build space on the platform. This helps with supporting part sections otherwise too far up, or significantly undercut by part structures further down.

Artificially increases the gap between lattice grid and part surface to prevent intersection even on intricate side walls

Controls the expansion and use of additional lattice cells beyond the originally determined volume.

• Grow at adaptive steps: Permits or generates expansion next to places where adaption collapsed a group of cells into a single cell
• Grow at platform: Expands the lattice only within the first three unit cell layers on the platform, forming a frustum
• Constant shape : Permits no expansion at all

Permit lattice generation in open or closed cavities where it could not normally grow into and where only regular bars would be generated.

Enables or disables group-local baseplate generation

Puts at most this many bars into a group. A group of bars may have a local baseplate.

Parametrization for the shape of the bars generated by this support action

See Bar support properties

Parametrization for the shape of local baseplates generated for grouped bars

See Support properties Baseplate

Defines the space between two anchor points or bars on the cluster surface. This is independent from the lattice cell size.

Switches between rectangular, hexagonal, or no anchor placement on the cluster surface. This is independent from the lattice cell topology which always has a quadratic cross section.

Anchors keep a distance from a cluster contour that borders a wall (a concave border).

Anchors keep a distance from a cluster contour that does not border a wall.

Puts a dedicated bar at a cluster's lowest point

Puts dedicated bars into corners of a cluster's contour

Traces the centerline of narrow cluster passages to ensure good support in places where neither the regular, area-filling pattern, nor the contour-tracing pattern would fit.

Narrow passages may be at most twice this wide to still receive the medial axis supports.

Traces the cluster contours with supports

Places anchors only within this range even when the associated clusters span greater ranges

Puts a dedicated bar on downward-facing protrusions whose sides would otherwise not qualify for cluster detection. This is off by default.

Toggle to support down-facing edges with a line of additional bar supports each

Specify a threshold angle from the horizontal for the sides of an edge from which it becomes eligible to receive support

Specify a "critical angle" for the surface that itself is not critical but terminates in the sharp edge.

Distance by which the minimum contour formed by the contact points of a group's bars is extended to make the base plate's contour. This is the minimum distance before tapering.

For the Pattern of Point connection net, no offset is generated. Instead this value is used to derive the wall thickness of the point connections, using effectively twice this value.

The base plate's thickness

Applies a taper to the base plate's circumference. Positive angles taper the plate towards the top. Tapering only ever adds onto the contour offset.

• -60° to 60°

A selection of structures applicable to the baseplate

• Solid: No structure at all
• Rectangular: Square holes
• Hexagonal: Hexagonal holes
• Circular: Circular holes
• Column: Circular columns
• Point connection net: Attempts triangulation between the anchors on platform to ensure bars always terminate on solid plate volume without needing to make the entire plate solid

Size of the holes for Rectangular and Hexagonal, measured at right angles between wall surfaces, or outer diameter for Circular and Column, respectively

Rectangular, Hexagonal, Circular, Column only

Thickness of walls between holes, or gap between columns

• Generates open supports for single beam passes when set to 0, closed or solid supports for contour-and-hatch exposure otherwise
• Must be >0 for Circular and Column
• Rectangular, Hexagonal, Circular, Column only

Generates a wall along the perimeter of this thickness

• Generates open supports for single-pass beam exposure when set to 0, closed or solid supports for contour-and-hatch exposure otherwise
• Rectangular, Hexagonal, Circular, Column only
• Ignored when Perimeter wall thickness is >0

Affects triangle resolution of the circular features

A filter to help suppress fragments. Holes are suppressed (filled) if area cannot meet minimum fraction

• Rectangular, Hexagonal, Circular, Column only (ignored for Column)
• Unavailable when Pattern wall thickness is 0

A filter to suppress any polygon stretches shorter along the XY plane than the given value.

• Rectangular, Hexagonal, Circular, Column only (ignored for Column)
• Unavailable when Pattern wall thickness is >0