Large residual stress is a major challenge for additive manufacturing (AM), such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), since large residual stress will lead to deformation, cracking and even failure of the manufacturing process itself. Proper design and selection of the building scheme are very crucial to minimize or eliminate the residual stress before LPBF operations, especially for complex-shaped parts. In this work, three building schemes with different building postures and supporting structures have been evaluated by finite element analysis (FEM) based on the minimum residual stress and deformation using a modified inherent strain model. Appropriate building posture and supporting design prior to LPBF can effectively reduce the residual stress and deformation with the criterion of decreasing the overall building height and diminishing the supporting structure having a large tilt angle with the building direction. It was suggested that predicting the residual stress and deformation with an acceptable accuracy and time cost can be achieved for the Ti-6Al-4V artificial knee joint without knowing the variation of the thermophysical property with temperature via the inherent strain model.