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Saij
 Saij
(@saij)
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"Correction for Expansion" Setting in Material Tab

Hi.

Could somebody please explain me the "Correction for Expansion" Setting in the material tab for SLA prints?
My guess would be that the model is shrinked the amount to compensate for material expansion while curing, but I'm not 100% sure.
Sadly there is no help text explaining it.

Greetings
Christoph

Posted : 04/12/2019 7:53 am
nuroo
(@nuroo)
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RE: "Correction for Expansion" Setting in Material Tab

More than a year later, google search lead me here. Did you ever find answer?

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Posted : 20/05/2020 11:42 pm
Nothas
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another year...

another year later and still no answer or update. I, too, was brought here by google after wondering about this setting and seeing no description text.

Posted : 12/08/2021 3:29 pm
Slavkosky
(@slavkosky)
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RE: "Correction for Expansion" Setting in Material Tab

Another year without any further explanation on this parameter...

i3 MK3S+

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- 0.25/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.8mm NozzleX
- 0.6mm Bondtech CHT
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Posted : 17/01/2023 2:47 am
Oliver B
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RE: "Correction for Expansion" Setting in Material Tab

...after entering a value of "10" for the X field the sliced model is scaled 10-fold on the X-axis. So I conclude you can enter values like "1.05" to add 5 % to the sliced model to compensate for 5 % molding shrinkage... Since I have not yet printed a model where dimensional accuracy is required, I can only theorize...

Posted : 15/08/2024 11:54 pm
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