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View from underneath wit the corresponding support structures in Simufact Additive:
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In the following graph the interaction between the part volume and the support volume is illustrated. You can see the little amount of extra volume can reduce a high amount of the support but also that the most active mode needs significant more material. Note that these is only one example that illustrates how the support reduction could look like, but this differs between different parts and tasks. So feel motivated to try the different modes to find the ideal one for your specific part.
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To use this function the Advanced User Settings need to be used due to the fact that this function is still experimental. There you need to add one ore two commands, depending on the setting you choose. The first one is the supportREductionMode. You can select the required one woth the command:
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