SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Using support material.

Re: Using support material.

null@example.com (heartless) — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:05:03 +0000

Rocketman wrote:

metaldrgn wrote:
Try meshmixer for supports.
Meshmixer can slice into gcode?

No, but you can add custom supports in Meshmixer

Re: Using support material.

null@example.com (Rocketman) — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:33:18 +0000

metaldrgn wrote:

Try meshmixer for supports.

Meshmixer can slice into gcode?

Re: Using support material.

null@example.com (metaldrgn) — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:49:34 +0000

Try meshmixer for supports.

Re: Using support material.

null@example.com (Rocketman) — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:38:54 +0000

Yep I use sli3er and print in ABS and have two fans. I run the filament at the default 220 for first layer 215 for other layers.

How do I adjust those other options?

Re: Using support material.

null@example.com (Tomek) — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:52:48 +0000

Pattern spacing is probably what you're looking for and interface layers, I think those two will make it less conservative.

But also if your support looks really bad you might be running your filament a little too hot, and it's dripping a lot. Or, you are using PLA. Do you have a fan? Those are a couple separate questions, actually.

You did not even mention what kind of slicer you are using, and of course that influences the stuff. But I assume Slic3r?

It used to be support material from slic3r sucked real bad, but it's quite robust now. I like it alot, but it sometimes needs more smoothing.

^_^

Using support material.

null@example.com (Rocketman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:09:06 +0000

I don't usually enable support material but did as an experiment with my latest item to see how it turns out. It looked just as bad as if there was nothing there after riping it away. What has everyone found to be the best settings for support? And when setting the angle for support would a higher degrees number make it less conservative when using support?