Armor9
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Custom Support Shapes

In 5.0 where are these and how to I find them?
S3D-Jason
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Re: Custom Support Shapes

You can see the feature in more detail at 1:35 of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx34QWm4F5U

Right click on the model and choose Change Model Type.
Armor9
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Re: Custom Support Shapes

So those supports have to be part of the model itself? It is not an option that we can have supports just be added?
wirlybird
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Re: Custom Support Shapes

Unfortunately I don't see this being all that useful.

I think what many would like to see is tree supports. Look at the tree supports in Flashprint for a great example.
arhi
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Re: Custom Support Shapes

wirlybird wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:48 pm Unfortunately I don't see this being all that useful.

I think what many would like to see is tree supports. Look at the tree supports in Flashprint for a great example.
tree supports would be awesome but this actually is very useful, load your STL in meshmixer, generate support in meshmixer (analyze/overhangs/generate support) then you can import that support in the s3d and voila :)

check for e.g. https://youtu.be/OXFKVmMwXCQ
gcodestat integrates with Simplify3D and allow you to
Calculate print time accurately (acceleration, max speed, junction deviation all taken into consideration)
Embed M117 codes into G-Code
Upload your G-Code directly to Octoprint
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