PPLDC3
Posts: 12
Joined: Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:14 pm

Tip: Checkered Support Material

If you're interested in getting support material that looks like this:
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Take a closer look at your Support Infill Angles setting.

Instead of just putting in each angle once, you can actually input duplicate angles and write out a pattern that the slicer will just repeat. Even with just a 1-degree difference, the software will stagger the support material at a new position.

So currently my Support Infill Angles are:
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Every 10 layers, the support starting location will hop back and forth, creating support material that I've found is pretty easy to take apart if you have a thicker nozzle (I don't seem to need to do this on my .35 printer, but it's made things easier on my .5).
Memnarch1113
Posts: 14
Joined: Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:19 pm

Re: Tip: Checkered Support Material

Handy! Thanks a lot for the tip.

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