Supporting a Model in UNIZ Dental

Supporting a Model in UNIZ Dental

The principle of 3D printing is to print layer by layer If the part of the model is suspended, or the printed part couldn’t support the unprinted part, users need to add support.

Generate Supports

Pressing icon will open following sub menu. There are two ways for generating supports: Automatic Generation and Manual Edit.

Automatic Generation

The default support dialog is the automatic support interface, with three operation buttons at the top and support parameters at the bottom.
  1. Generate: Select the model to automatically generate supports using the parameters on the interface.
  1. Remove: Remove all supports on the selected model.
  1. Edit: Enter manual support mode.
User needs to select the model that needed supports, then set the parameters.

  1. Lift Height

If the model needs to be fully supported, the model lifting height needs to be set, the recommended value is 5mm; if the model only needs partial support, users needn’t to set the lift height;
Set the Space, Diameter, Head Length, and Touch Point Size.

  1. Internal support

If there is a suspension inside the model that needs to be added internal support, check this item;

  1. Support connection

If the support is very long, and the stability of the support needs to be strengthened, check this item;

  1. Pattern

tree structure and single structure

  1. Shape

The software offers two shapes: Plus and Octagon

  1. Head Type

The shape of the contact position between the support head and the model is a ball. The thickness of the connection between the support head and the ball differs with the setting of Head Type(50%~100%).

  1. Base Type

The software offers three base types: Point, Linear and Full.

  1. Base Thickness

The range of the base thickness is 0.5-2mm.
TIP: In the automatic support mode, the "Generate" and "Delete" buttons are only available after the model is selected.



Manual Edit

Click the "Edit" button on the automatic support interface to enter the manual editing. In this mode, users can add, modify and delete supports.

Add Supports

  1. Move the mouse to the model, and if the green ball is marked at the mouse position, it means that the normal vector of the position is down and support can be added. Click the left mouse button to complete the new support work. If a red ball is marked at the mouse position, it means that the normal vector of the position is upward and no support is needed.
  2. When you move the mouse, a white line will be displayed on the model. The white line is a contour line, which means all the points on the white line have the same z value. The white line can be used to easily find the floating point.

Select Supports

Mouse click and box selection are available to select the support.

Modify Supports

  1. Click on the support head and drag it to the target position on the model and then release, the position of the support head will be modified.
  2. Left-click on the support base and drag it to the target position on the platform to release, the position of the support base will be modified.
  3. Select one or more supports, modify the support diameter, support head length and touch point size etc. The related properties of the model will be updated in real time.

Delete Supports

  1. Press the "Delete" button to remove the selected support.
  2. Click "Remove All", all the supports will be removed.