The sections Part Profile Editor and Build Profile Editor discuss individual parameters in detail; this section describes general characteristics.
Each Guide to Materials also provides information about some of the parameters and provides additional information on why you might change them.
Profiling Parameters
For each parameter, you can make a table to tell the system what values to use at various Z levels during the build; this is called a profile. You create a row in the table for the initial value and for each Z height when the parameter should change. If you intend for a parameter to use the same value throughout a build, its table should have only one row, with a Z height of 0.000 and the desired value.
Each part can have its own part profile, in which you create tables for part parameters. The build also has a build profile with tables for build parameters.
Stepped and Ramped Parameters
Parameters can be of two types: stepped or ramped. Ramped parameters change over time between two set points, creating a graph with an inclined line. For a stepped parameter, values change immediately, creating stair step graphs.
Parameter Defaults
Default settings for parameters come from the material configuration files or your saved material default files.
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