April 2021
Beginner
261 pages
9h 58m
English
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FIGURE 68: Sample prints from a FormLabs printer. These objects were printed separately and then hand-assembled.
SOFTWARE: SLICERS FOR RESIN PRINTING
Because the printing process using SLA printers can be affected by many factors, many printer manu-
facturers have created their own software to manage the print process. Typically, that software is tuned
to print with a specific formulation of resin, and if you use third-party resin, you may run into issues. This
is especially true with all laser-based resin printers, because the software understands how to move the
laser in different directions to cure the layers calibrated to their resin.
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