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Understanding The Magic
Understanding The Magic
The Magic tool allows you to perform all the operations required to prepare your 3D model for 3D printing. You can choose to do 100% automatic preparation or choose only specific actions to perform to have better control over the result of the tool.
Auto Orientation: Tries to find the best orientation for the selected model, taking its shape into account.
Auto Supports: Adds supports automatically to the model to support islands and overhangs and enhance its stability. Uses the Light, Medium or Heavy Support Preset.
Optimize Supports: Performs an analysis of the supports created during the previous step by trying to group several of them together and then merging some of their parts. The goal is to limit the number of supports and resin used.
Bracing Supports: Adds a reinforcement between the supports to give them stability. This operation is recommended especially on medium and large models.
Raft: Adds a specialized structure under the 3D model and its supports to ensure the adhesion of the whole on the 3D printer’s build plate.
Support Presets: This allows you to choose the support size and associated parameters used by the automatic support creation tool. It is recommended to choose the default value, Medium.
Auto Orientation
Auto Orientation
Behind the Magic
Behind the Magic
This tool is going to try and point as many polygons as it can in a 45 degree orientation from the buildplate.
For many models epically less complex models this works GREAT! But for a model with a lot of 3D texture the results can sometimes feel random.
Pro tip: this Yoda Model by Wicked has over 1 million polygons in random ordination confusing the tool.
In these special situations, it can be best to disable Auto Orientation, move the model manually then run the Magic function for the best results.
Optimize Supports
Optimize Supports
On or Off?
On or Off?
On: Optimize Supports will try and save resin by reducing the overall quantity of support shafts by parenting some of the support tips.
Off: This is recommended for fast print speeds or very brittle resins. This is because multiple tips might be attached into a single support shaft. If the support shaft fails, it could cause the failure of multiple support tips.
Bracings
Bracings
There are four types of supports; structural, shape, detail, and bracing.
There are four types of supports; structural, shape, detail, and bracing.
As your print is lowered into the resin, the resin's viscosity will resist. This resistance will push the print and support shafts, causing shifting and layer lines.
Any supports taller then 20mm will need bracing.
Used to keep the support shafts and support tips from shifting during the print.
Helps prevent the entire model from shifting during the print.
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