

To minimize this loss, it is now possible to have the majority of the support structures on your print to be printed in model material with only support material being used for the last few layers where the support structure actually makes contact with the part. > Click here to read our blog, GrabCAD Advanced FDM Features Use Model As Support for FDMĮvery time the printer switches between model material and support material while printing, time is wasted. This is an amazing tool that can truly shift the way you set up your parts for FDM, it's a game-changer. The link will take you to a blog we did a few months ago on how to use Advanced FDM (not to mention you get to hear my soothing voice). Please, please, please, if you own a Stratasys F123 or Fortus machine watch the video in the link below. Don’t fret if you have an older Fortus System as some of them, like the 400mc and the early generation 900mc machines, are still supported with the new Advanced FDM tool. I will even repeat it, ADVANCED FDM IS AVAILABLE FOR THE F170 and F270! This means that every current FDM machine in the Stratasys product line minus the new F120 is compatible with Advanced FDM. You read that right (I couldn’t believe it either).

In this set of release notes, we will be looking at versions 1.29, 1.30 and the just-released 1.31.Īdvanced FDM Is Available For The F170 & F270 Since its release, GrabCAD has continued to make exciting updates to this software and we will be updating you every other month on its new features. Stratasys GrabCAD Print is a sophisticated 3D printing app that allows designers and engineers to prepare, schedule and monitor 3D printing jobs.
