Looking for some help with generating more support material. Slic3r generated the one in blue, but I need something more like the one in white.
Every time I try to print the part under the tip of the beak pulls off the bed. Not even a raft helps, as the raft doesn’t extend to the beak-tip.
When I’ve found the slicer-generated supports are not of my liking, I’ll import the model first into Meshmixer and allow it to perform automatically generated supports. Those can be selectively removed and others added as needed/desired. Depending on the results, you may not need slicer-generated supports, or those that are created will be more in line with your requirements.
Thanks guys, I’ll give those a try.
You need to setup the overhang threshold to something greater than 45 degree. Zero means only flat will be supported. 90 means that even vertical walls will have the supports. Cura is good but the support is very heavy and sometimes hard to remove.
Where did you get the model from?
Thingiverse, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:185653
I would second Cura or Meshmixer. Cura is my default but I use Meshmixer when Cura doesn’t cut it.
Hooray! A lot of fiddling with Cura solved my support problem.
The next problem will be removing the support when it’s done, but that’s an issue for future Paddy.
Thank you everyone, you guys are legends.
Do you have a picture of how the support looks?
I don’t, sorry. I can re-slice it, but I’ve broken it all away.