PolyJet / material jetting material guide
Every setting that lives on a PolyJet / material jetting material, and where each number comes from - usually a supplier's data sheet or an invoice.
A material is something you buy, so most of these numbers are on an invoice or a data sheet rather than in your head. Price and density are the two that matter most; get those right and everything else is a refinement.
Materials live in the Library too, so a price change is one edit even if five configurations use it.
Every setting on this page
These are in the same order as the editor, with the same help text. Each one has an anchor, and the ? beside a field in your console links straight to it - so if you are reading this because you clicked one, the setting you were looking at is highlighted.
Material: jetting & limits
Printhead familysystembasic
Whose printer the cartridge is made for.
Price: No direct price effect: the material is only offered on machines of the same family.
Typical: PolyJet.
Digital materialdigital
A material mixed from two resins while printing, such as Digital ABS.
Price: No direct price effect: it is only offered on machines that mix digital materials.
Typical: Off.
Purge and wiping wastewaste_pct
Material jetted and thrown away for head maintenance, as a share of what goes into the part.
Price: Added on top of the material in the part and its support.
Typical: 8-15 %.
Minimum wallmin_wall_mm
Thinnest wall that prints and survives the waterjet in this material.
Price: No direct price effect: it is the threshold of the thin-wall warning, higher for rubber-like materials.
Typical: 0.6 mm rigid, 1.0 mm rubber-like.
Smallest detailmin_feature_mm
The smallest curved detail that resolves in this material.
Price: No direct price effect: finer detail is flagged so the buyer knows it may not come out.
Typical: 0.2 mm.
Removed in a bath (support only)bath_removal
For a support material: whether it is removed in a caustic soak or a melt-out oven per tray.
Price: Adds the soak handling per tray, shared by the parts on it.
Typical: On for SUP706 and wax support, off for SUP705.
Waterjet effort (support only)removal_effort_pct
For a support material: how much waterjet time it needs against your baseline.
Price: Scales the waterjet minutes of every part printed with this support.
Typical: 100 % SUP705, 40-60 % soluble or wax support.