Air Gap

A screenshot of the Air Gap setting as seen in MatterControl's SETTINGS pane.

Function

The distance to skip between the support (including interface layers) and the model. For PLA and ABS a value between 0.1 and 0.3 generally works well.

In MatterControl 1.5, Z Gap was changed to Air Gap. Z Gap only worked in increments of the layer height. Air Gap can be any distance.

Parameters

• millimeters (mm)

Can be zero.

Example(s)

For this example, Support_test.stl is the model used.

mm

In this example, the distance between the top of the support material and the bottom of the model is 0.2 mm.