Uses either part and closed volume support or the part bounding box to generate a contour-following plate volume on the platform
| Parameter | Description | Notes |
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| Description | Holds a text label for the action that remains visible even when the action parameters are collapsed in the script tab | |
Color
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Sets a display color for the support elements generated by this action |
Cannot be reverted once changed, only explicitly set to a new color |
| Outer offset |
Sets the margin to generate the contour of the base plate. The margin is added to the shadow area of the part, or the part's bounding box, or the build platform's edges, depending on settings, as well as to any contours of solid volume support structures at their termination on the build platform. Caution: When
Boundary is set to
Platform, negative values may be necessary to avoid creating interference with no-build zones and physical buildroom boundaries.
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-500 mm to 500 mm |
| Maximum height |
Sets the thickness of the base plate |
0.01 mm minimum
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Taper angle
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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° |
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Bounding shape
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Selects the shape reference. Options
Rectangle and
Inverted silhouette additionally use either the part's bounding box
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Silhouette,
Rectangle,
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Boundary
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Sets the reference for the base plate's outer contour when the inner contour is provided by the part's shadow Caution: Base plate generation in the
Platform setting does not observe no-build zones.
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| Fill inner contour |
If the shadow area and the area occupied by solid volume support produces fully enclosed areas, this sets whether they should also be covered by the base plate. Note: Enclosed areas are only tested for
before the margin is applied. Any areas that (would) become enclosed by overlapping offsets of neighboring shadow or support areas are ignored.
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Silhouette, Inverted silhouette only |
| Pattern |
Instead of being completely solid, the baseplate can be generated with a structured perforation. |
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| Cell size |
The distance between parallel walls in a perforation, not counting the solid walls between perforations |
Rectangular, Hexagonal, Circular, Column only |
| Pattern wall thickness |
Thickness of the solid wall between adjacent perforations |
≥0.1 mm |
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Perimeter wall thickness
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Sets a separate thickness for the wall following the base plate's circumference |
≥0.1 mm |
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Polygon corner
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Affects triangle resolution of the circular features |
Circular, Column only |
Inverted silhouette,
Bounding shape variants Silhouette (left) and Convex silhouette (right) for base plate (blue). In white: Original contour projected down for reference
Bounding shape variants Rectangle (left) and Inverted silhouette (right)
Boundary variants Offset (left) and Platform (right)