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jasu

To generate custom support for a difficult model it would be great to have a fast way to look underneath the model. Support columns are often impossible to place in a sophisticated model because other structures are in front blocking access. Currently, the only way to do this for example for a prote...

jasu

Hi Cutterpillar, I have not used Prime Pillar but I believes it's mostly use for printers that extrude multiple filaments through the same nozzle (see this tutorial ). We attachment problems for HIPS on our Flashforge glass bed for both nozzles. It's slightly better on the Ultimaker. For some reason...

jasu

We've been struggling to get support material to work for many days now. So, I thought I'd query the collective experience of Simplify3D to find new things to try. We print our models mostly in PLA because it doesn't shrink like ABS and we don't need the temperature resistance. PVA looks promising b...

jasu

My lack of knowledge. Thanks, Carl. Ok, so I will set the infill length to zero, since if I don't these small tubes break easily.

jasu

If you set infill to 100%, you'd expect all structures to be completely compact but that is not the case.

Inspecting the print preview below, you can see that most tubes of this protein structure are fill while the middle one isn't.

This is clearly wrong and needs to be remedied.

jasu

If you just need support that's easy to remove, and don't need soluble support then another combination I like is printing PETG on PLA support. Very interesting! So, in your experience at the same settings like distance, support infill,.. PETG and PLA bond less than say PLA on PLA presumably becaus...

jasu

I just I thought I'd share how to set up a 2nd material for support since it took me quite a while to figure out. I have model to be printed and want to generate all support using the 2nd nozzle and possible a different material. You cannot go via the Dual extrusion wizard since that requires 2 STLs...

jasu

+1 This would be a very useful feature. We are interested in the same thing - protein ribbon structures. And we had similar problems to what's been pointed out above. PVA dissolves much better than HIPS. It's very hygroscopic though. Storage in a plastic bag with the air sucked out is best. HIPS is ...

jasu

Hey folks, I think I have a solution to this. From my data, it was a linear fit (r2 = .98). I posted about it on r/3Dprinting. Hope this helps! https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/48i8j2/simplify3d_print_time_prediciton_solution/ Hi Serious, Would you be willing to share your data and whic...

jasu

kiwisam wrote:Here are a few figures from recent prints. Go figure!!!

Hi Sam,

How about adding your data to this collection?
http://1drv.ms/22oE1p1

All the best

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Re: best support material (PVA, HIPS, simply PLA, PETG)?

best support material (PVA, HIPS, simply PLA, PETG)?

Re: BUG: 100% infill not consistent

100% infill not consistent

Re: Dissolvable interface between the print and supports

How to specify a 2nd material/nozzle for support

Re: Dissolvable interface between the print and supports

Re: Print time estimates way off.

Re: Estimated VS Actual print time