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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Support structures:Slicer generated or user designed?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I need to print some large diameter circular structures:</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?bBfhn0q.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?bBfhn0q.jpg" /></span></p><p>That&#039;s 4mm wide 0.5mm thick and has an ID on 120 mm.</p><p>Due to the size limitations of my 2K printer: XYZ:130x80x150, I need to print this (near) vertically and rotated to the diagonal.</p><p>If I use the auto support genration of a slicer (here chitubox) I get something like this:<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?DzmVOel.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?DzmVOel.jpg" /></span></p><p>Which seems to be both overcomplicated and at the same time very flimsy.</p><p>I&#039;m consdering using a hand constructed support structure something like this:<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?AhLYm0p.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?AhLYm0p.jpg" /></span></p><p>As this is going to take almost 11 hours to print and I never printred any this large and flimsy before; I&#039;m looking for reassurance that it might work? Or, alternative suggestions for support structure?</p><p>I realise that printing something like this successfully will come down to the printer being set up correctly; but I&#039;ve previously printed (much smaller) flimsy things like this:</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?8haqhUP.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?8haqhUP.jpg" /></span><br />(0.5mm holes on a 1mm spaced hex grid in 0.25mm thinkness.)</p><p>So I think my printer must be setup reasonably well.</p><p>OPinions and suggestions sought!</p><p>Thanks, Buk</p>]]></content>
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