Operation Manual

PRINT QUALITY
69INTERMEDIATE PRINTING
PRINT QUALITY
In MakerWare, when you select the Make
command or Make button, you can specify
one of three preset printing profiles.
[Fig 10.1] Your choices are:
• Low. Prints an object with lower
resolution, but with a shorter print time.
• Standard. Prints an object with
standard resolution.
• High. Prints an object with higher
resolution, but with a longer print time.
The setting that most aects print quality
is layer height. The preset layer heights in
MakerWare range in size from 0.10 mm to
0.30 mm. The thinner the layer, the more
layers per millimeter and the smoother the
texture of your printed object.
The Low, Standard and High profiles in
MakerWare support and optimize dierent
layer heights. [Fig 10.2] When you select a
printing profile in the Make dialog, you are
choosing both a layer height and a slicing
profile that will work best with the selected
level of resolution. For more on slicing
profiles, see http://www.makerbot.com/
support/makerware/documentation/slicer/.
Quality Infill Number
of Shells
Layer
Height
Low 10% 2 0.30 mm
Standard 10% 2 0.20 mm
High 15% 2 0.10 mm
Fig. 10.1
Fig. 10.2