Hello community,

I am currently using Powder Bed Fabrication and struggling with the software, which doesn't want to create the good support zones, hence the correct supporting structure.

According to the screenshots, the build tray is at the bottom of the part. Despite the analysis detecting the angles between 0 and 43° (first photo), the zoning generation seems to be bugged (second photo). The zones are created on top surfaces of the component to manufacture (instead of bottom surfaces... It seems like the software wants to print in a reverse Z direction). To sum up, if you pay attention to the following screenshots, the computed zones are not at the same spot as the angle analysis

It is a problem because I cannot generate good support for the printing. It never happened before.

Here is an example of the support i can have if I click on the previously computed zone :

Here is what I tried :

- I checked if the part was a body filled with material, not simply a surface (using the clipping tool)

- Create a new ppr context and machine from scratch, with new rules etc. -> No improvements

- Change the orientation of the part -> No results

- Trying both manual and automatic methods for support generation -> No improvements

- Change the part : no improvements unless it is a simple one, with simple edges, for example a cube with only flat surfaces.

I noticed that one of the solutions could be to manually create the zones with the appropriate features, but I doubt it is the correct way the software is supposed to run...

Also, the other steps of the Powder Bed Fabrication wizard are functional (part orientation, nesting, slicing, etc.), the problem mentioned above is the only one occuring.

May I ask you for some advice or tips to help me figure out this problem ?

Shall you need any further information, please, let me know.

Thanks a lot

Hugo