<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Support Material]]> 2013-04-04T21:31:17Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/1959/support-material/ <![CDATA[Re: Support Material]]> You may want to look here:
http://hydraraptor.blogspot.de/2012/08/ … pport.html

He talks about modelling support for easy peel.  Something that cmetzel and I strive for.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/129/ 2013-04-04T21:31:17Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/18633/#p18633 <![CDATA[Re: Support Material]]> cckens wrote:

Worse comes to worse, you could build your own for the pieces.  .42mm wide in a pattern like this /\/\/\/\ that's joined to the models to span the open areas.

Just a thought... I build my own as I don't like the support structure slic3r builds.


Thanks for the thoughts and I will use them when I start to design my own stuff...but it sounds like trying to get a slicer to do it for me is just hit or miss.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1308/ 2013-04-04T21:22:18Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/18628/#p18628 <![CDATA[Re: Support Material]]> Ain't that the truth!  Wide base support is easier to hold on to the bed!

Ah, a brother self-designer... gotta love when you find kindred spirits! smile

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/129/ 2013-04-04T20:42:19Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/18623/#p18623 <![CDATA[Re: Support Material]]> I like to make taller supports a little thicker at the bottom and taper up to the thin.  Tall 1 layer thickness support is asking for trouble IMO.  You have one break loose and you've wasted hours of print time.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/78/ 2013-04-04T19:31:53Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/18612/#p18612 <![CDATA[Re: Support Material]]> It's only a thread thick, which is how support is generated anyway.  I usually extend the bottoms of the support parts to make a better stick for the bed, but nothing says you have to.  ysb build his supports for the figures he makes.  They're not always that thin, but they probably can be cut off leaving only a little nub to be sanded off.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/129/ 2013-04-04T18:54:26Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/18608/#p18608 <![CDATA[Re: Support Material]]> cckens wrote:

  .42mm wide in a pattern like this /\/\/\/\

Good info to have.  I do my own support but I build it more solid with a few thin layers at contact.  I've meant to experiment with thickness to create thinner support for faster prints.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/78/ 2013-04-04T18:29:24Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/18606/#p18606 <![CDATA[Re: Support Material]]> Worse comes to worse, you could build your own for the pieces.  .42mm wide in a pattern like this /\/\/\/\ that's joined to the models to span the open areas.

Just a thought... I build my own as I don't like the support structure slic3r builds.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/129/ 2013-04-04T18:24:48Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/18604/#p18604 <![CDATA[Support Material]]> Does anybody have any suggestions for methods or specific slicers that allow for control of support material. I am printing models of timber frame designed homes but I am getting too much support material and in the wrong spots.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1308/ 2013-04-04T18:14:25Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/18603/#p18603