Is it possible to achieve better quality for prints with support material on Slic3r?

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Is it possible to achieve better quality for prints with support material on Slic3r?

Originally shared by Jarek Szczepański

Cheated by Slic3r! Grrr… Support without “interface layers” on the right. On the left with 3 solid layers - slightly better but still crappy

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Nope. That’s as good as it gets with Slic3r

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I remember the top/bottom infill being better with the slic3r versions <1.0 so I’ll be trying an older version once my parts get in.

Cura has been getting me better results so far as slicing is concerned, BUT I’m not a fan of the limited manual controls. So, I had been slicing in Cura and printing with Repetier up until my printer broke last week. :-[

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Slic3r seems to make really poor support no matter what I try, so your not alone. I usually just use CAD software to make the model easier to print.

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You have been using the latest, experimental versions of slic3r, right? They’ve added more support options lately.

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@ThantiK nope, stable 1.0.1

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Then I suggest trying out some of the new support generation.