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PRINTING WITH DUAL EXTRUDERS
6.4
Printing with dissolvable support materials
With two extruders, Artifex 2 Duo can be used to print out difficult models with dissolvable
support materials, like HIPS or PVA. The set-up process is similar to what explained in the
last section for two-color printing. The following example shows the printing process of a
Hilbert Cube (thing:16343) using ABS for the model and HIPS for the support.
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First, download the model files,
HilbertCube.stl
and
HilbertCubeSupport.stl
, from our
website. Then, follow the instructions in Section 6.3 to load both models into Repetier-
Host, merge them into one group, and assign the appropriate extruder for each model
(Figure 6.19). In this example, Extruder 1 was used for the model using ABS filament,
and Extruder 2 for the support structure using HIPS filament.
Figure 6.19: Loading the model of Hilbert Cube into Repetier-Host
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Then, slice the model using the slicer of your selection. In Figure 6.20, the CuraEngine
was used to generate the G-code.
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