#Help with support material

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grim sun
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how would i make support material thinner and easier to remove? i'm struggling so hard, i see in yt videos it should just snap off

woven garden
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Quick questions are okay in #3dprinting but with a question like this, it usually involves asking several questions which would clog the chat

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Anyways, what material and support settings are you currently using?

grim sun
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touching buildplate only, pla

woven garden
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That's not enough

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Screenshot the settings for me

grim sun
woven garden
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Oh

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Is there advance settings you can open?

grim sun
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these are advanced settings

woven garden
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Oh I see now

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One moment

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The settings are not as customizable with Cura however if I am reading this right then I will ask what options do you have for the top interface layers?

grim sun
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i am confused

woven garden
grim sun
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3 (heavy)

woven garden
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I see that...

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What are the options?

grim sun
woven garden
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Which slicer is this too?

grim sun
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prusaslicer

woven garden
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Is it Prusa?

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Alright

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Also, can you describe more about the issues of the support? Like struggling to get off the print or the build plate or?

grim sun
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off the print

woven garden
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Do you have a print that you can print quickly that will use support?

grim sun
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no but i can find one

woven garden
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Alright

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I want to perform some tests

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Can probably do a 20x20x20 cube and just lift it off the build plate a little

grim sun
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ooh yeah

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i'll just use an xyz cube

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idk how i can lift it above the bed in prusa LOL

woven garden
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We want an accurate test though so whatever you think you can use that will be accurate

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I use Cura so I am not sure

grim sun
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do you have any reccomendations? for a print

woven garden
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Best part of calibrating your machine: TESTING!

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I am currently doing it with my new Solvo 06. Printing a cube at 180mm/s since 120mm/s worked well for a benchy

grim sun
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alright

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what settings am i printing this with

woven garden
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Oh, apparently I am printing another benchy lol

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Right

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So

grim sun
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this is what its generating

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woven garden
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Set:
Top Interface Layers to Light
Bottom Interface Layers to Heavy

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Your top interface layers now is set to heavy which makes it denser and I assume that makes it harder to take off.

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We need to test each one at a time so we know what to keep and change.

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It is a tedious process but will make your life easier in the long run

grim sun
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i messed with the settings a lil

woven garden
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huh

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Don't

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We are running tests to get the normal support you use dialed in. If you switch to tree then it ruins the whole test

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Your first print with supports was the baseline

grim sun
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ik ik

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just seeing how trees work out :)

woven garden
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Very well

grim sun
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okay

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those support settings worked out great

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and not to mention the tree supports just made everything so much easier to remove

woven garden
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Tree supports are great for most things but not for everything

grim sun
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yeah ill test normal supports tomorrow

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