After starting in the automatic mode, the progress bar keeps updating the status of the task until it is stopped by using specified time interval and percentage increment values.

This mode in DB2 Express-C is called version recovery where the entire database (non-recoverable database) is backed up at an interval and restored in the event of failure.

According to the feature of SLS, the parameters of interest are layer thickness, hatch spacing, laser power, scan speed, work surroundings temperature, interval time and scanning mode.