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Fabrizio Cimò
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Fabrizio Cimò

Fabrizio Cimò is an Italian engineer who has always had a passion for the world of 3D graphics and design. During his first degree in industrial design, he started uploading video lessons covering 3D modeling tools such as Rhinoceros, Blender, and Fusion 360 on his YouTube channel. Sometime later, Autodesk noticed his work and asked him to keep promoting Fusion 360 as an official student ambassador. During this time, he also joined Dynamis PRC, a racing team from Milano PT competing in the Formula SAE championship; thanks to this experience and his avid curiosity, he improved his knowledge of the manufacturing world. Today, Fabrizio works as a machine designer for an important company in the laser-cutting sector.
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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

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

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...

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Fabrizio Cimò

Fabrizio Cimò is an Italian engineer who has always had a passion for the world of 3D graphics and design. During his first degree in industrial design, he started uploading video lessons covering 3D modeling tools such as Rhinoceros, Blender, and Fusion 360 on his YouTube channel. Sometime later, Autodesk noticed his work and asked him to keep promoting Fusion 360 as an official student ambassador. During this time, he also joined Dynamis PRC, a racing team from Milano PT competing in the Formula SAE championship; thanks to this experience and his avid curiosity, he improved his knowledge of the manufacturing world. Today, Fabrizio works as a machine designer for an important company in the laser-cutting sector.
Read more about Fabrizio Cimò