An apparatus for making a three-dimensional object from a solidifiable material, comprising: a build platform movable along a first axis; a solidification energy source; a film assembly; a solidification substrate assembly comprising a rigid or semi-rigid solidification substrate that is transparent and/or translucent; an actuator operatively connected to the solidification substrate assembly; and at least one controller operatively connected to the actuator, wherein the at least one controller comprises a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, and when the computer executable instructions are executed by the processor, the at least one controller generates an actuator activation signal; wherein the film assembly includes at least one frame, and a film disposed in the at least one frame, the solidification substrate is located between the solidification energy source and the film along the first axis, and the solidification substrate assembly is tiltable relative to the film assembly about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis when the actuator receives the actuator activation signal; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a tilting parameter database, wherein the tilting parameter database comprises a plurality of solidifiable material identifiers (215a - 215c) and a plurality of sets of tilting parameters, each solidifiable material identifier (215a - 215c) is associated with a set of tilting parameters from the plurality of sets of tilting parameters, and each set of tilting parameters comprises at least one tilting parameter. a build platform movable along a first axis; a solidification energy source; a film assembly; a solidification substrate assembly comprising a rigid or semi-rigid solidification substrate that is transparent and/or translucent; an actuator operatively connected to the solidification substrate assembly; and at least one controller operatively connected to the actuator, wherein the at least one controller comprises a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, and when the computer executable instructions are executed by the processor, the at least one controller generates an actuator activation signal; wherein the film assembly includes at least one frame, and a film disposed in the at least one frame, the solidification substrate is located between the solidification energy source and the film along the first axis, and the solidification substrate assembly is tiltable relative to the film assembly about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis when the actuator receives the actuator activation signal; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a tilting parameter database, wherein the tilting parameter database comprises a plurality of solidifiable material identifiers (215a - 215c) and a plurality of sets of tilting parameters, each solidifiable material identifier (215a - 215c) is associated with a set of tilting parameters from the plurality of sets of tilting parameters, and each set of tilting parameters comprises at least one tilting parameter.