These sheets are often machined into parts for chemical-processing applications. They resist expanding when exposed to water and heat, so they’re easy to machine, plus they’re excellent electrical insulators. PPS is comparable to Techtron and Ryton.

You'll get one piece of each material listed, except the Multipurpose pack, where you'll get two pieces (one piece of nylon 6/6 and one piece of cast nylon).

When 3D printing a model with overhangs or hollow spaces, use these filaments to prevent the model from losing its shape. They support the structure during the printing and cooling process, then dissolve or snap away once the part is hardened. Use them in dual-extrusion fused filament fabrication (FFF) printers alongside your primary filament. Unlike parts with supports printed from a single filament, there’s no cutting, sanding, or polishing required.

Choose a filament that has similar printing requirements as your primary filament. You will want to choose a support filament that prints at a similar temperature as your primary filament and has the same requirements for a heated build chamber, so they cool at the same rate and won’t warp.

You should also consider how you will remove the structural support filament from your finished part.