I have 3D printer for more than a year. From day one, I was watching and following your instructions. During last year I have printed tons of minis and they all look great thanks to your instructions and all the little tricks you showed to us. To show my appreciation, I just got late pledge for The Lost Adventures. You are gift to the community. Thank you Danny.
I've been tinkering and honing in on settings I like through experimentation for years, but you've just leapfrogged over all of that fumbling and it just works now. You've earned my sub!
TIME STAMPS: 1:04 - Setting Snapshots 1:52 - Support Overhangs 4:39 - Support Pattern 5:15 - Support Density 6:07 - Support Brim 6:24 - Support Z Distance 7:06 - Support Interface 9:22 - (When to use) Rafts 10:02 - Orienting & Layer View 11:06 - Tree Supports? 12:34 - Filament Choice Matters 13:21 - Bonus Setting (Getting rid of stringing in supports) 14:05 - Thank you to Andrew & Dennis
I just wanted to comment to mention that at least currently, Dikale is not selling the PLA filament that is in this video. Clicking the link will take you to a PLA+ filament, which is significantly stronger and more difficult to remove supports. I made the mistake and I'm trying to adjust settings now to try and improve print quality. Would you happen to have any advice as far as PLA+ or other sturdier filaments go? Thanks for he help and great video!
My man! I was having the worst anxiety about printing because I couldn't get my support settings right and it was a nightmare to remove the supports post print: ruining my prints and taking forever. After watching this video, using these settings, and now understanding more what was going wrong, I was able to print a curvy, spiky dragon tail and it looks magnificent! I've just been staring at it in awe. Thanks so much for putting your content up! Much love, brother!
This has been incredibly helpful! As someone who is a 3D printing novice, this was exactly the type of video I needed to make my prints more successful. Thanks!
Jesus Christ! What is this magic? These settings have increased my print quality by miles, and make it so much easier to remove the far-less support. Much appreciated dude.
Thank you. I’ve just started printing my minis for my table top game. I’m still learning Cura and you nailed what I’m doing with supports. I can’t wait to implement what I’ve learn from this video! Thank you so much!
I got a glass plate for my ender 3 and I love it because it sticks so well that I don't need rafts nearly as much, nor do I need to use glue sticks anymore. You have great tips thank you so much!
Hey man, you've helped me a lot this past few year. Thanks for that. One thing I figured out for minis is that if you remove the base, you reduce the printing time of 2:50 to 1:00 hour for 32mm characters. And than you can print the bases at 2mm layer high in a 3 min/base ratio. Than, just superglue then together. You probably already know this, but I've never seen you mention it. Might help others. Cheers
I did a google search for printing supports in Cura from the last month, and this video was right at the top. While I didn't put it in my search, it was for printing D&D minis, so this video was perfect. Great explanations! Instant subscribe.
If anyone else is wondering why they can't lift their models off of the buildplate like at 9:05, it's in Cura's preferences > general, "automatically drop models to the buildplate". Turn that one off. I had the same problems as Danny, and I was looking for a solution. This is probably it!
I don't print minis at all but this was a fantastic video for just learning more about supports in general. These settings apply to even functional prints that need support. Thanks!
Day two of owning an Ender 3 pro and half of what you said I didn't understand but I will come back and watch again to test out these settings. Thank you for taking the time to do this video.
Support interface is definitely the game changer. My printer sucks at cooling and if I don't use support interface it definitely comes out as a mess every time. Another tip if you want a great bottom side finish and don't mind it being slightly harder to remove: set support z distance to about .1 to .15, it'll peel off with application of pliers so maybe not the best for thin fragile models but the surface finish is damn near that of the top side
I agree with you regarding making z distance lower with one caveat: with Hatchbox and Esun it was like an impregnable fortress and extremely difficult (even with pliers). For bigger prints, it is definitely more doable. Thanks for sharing!
I'm printing some miniatures for using with Gloomhaven. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to look ok. Printing with the standard support was impossible to get out of the miniature. Thanks to your presets I was able to print. Going to watch the video later to understand even more about the how and what, but I'm glad I could just get it printing now!
Dikale PLA is great! It was one of the first PLAs that I tried and it's always worked great for me. I've had way less issue with Dikale than I have with less "budget" PLA.
Dude amazing! My friends and family got me a ender 3 v2 for my Bday since I got back into dming for D&D and been struggling with settings. This video has helped me immensely since I got back into it, thank you 🙏
Finally a somewhat “in-depth” support guide and explanation! I have looked for UP TO DATE support video that explain the current Cura options for a while since my experiences have been inconsistent when properly generating supports. It would be nice if you did a video about your best tree support settings even though you stated you hardly use them. I wish Cura allowed for custom supports like mesh mixer when using tree supports. Thanks again for the info!
Did my first print today with your suggestions. It was just a simple wing but it came out so nice and the supports just basically fell off. Thanks so much for everything you do for the community.
Nice! I mainly only use tree supports and it’s almost always worked. If it looks weird in layer view. Rotate it 1 degree and regenerate the tree. That usually fixes any gaps not supporting the model.
jake morley no sry man. I’ve been down with a chest cold. I’ll message it to you tonight. Make sure you updated to cura 4 as the tree settings are different
Just wow! I thought my support settings where pretty good, but the combination of Line Pattern with Roof/Floor is amazing. Allways had problems with support placement-> everywhere, now i can get it off clean. And the Retraction setting for support, i just never noticed. Very helpful, thx.
Thanks for this! I have been using the old Siepie profile for a couple months now. One thing that annoyed me was the clicky sound of the nozzle dragging across supports. Every now and then that would lead to support snapping. I've just printed out my first mini with these settings and I didn't hear any of that clicking at all. The resulting quality is great and the time spent on support removal makes me want to print out entire armies now.
Excellent video, thanks :) Exept the support Z distance. You have to know that if you set the layer height of your model at 0,2 for example, you can not set the Z distance to 0,25. It won't have any effect, it's written on the help tip the value is rounded at a multiple value of layer height. So for a 0,2 layer height you can set the Z distance to 0,2 0,4 0,6 etc.... all the motor step of the model will be at 0,2 on Z so there won't be a step at 0,05 to ajust your support à 0,25 :). The only way to have 0,25 or 0,26 Z support distance is to have 0,25 or 0,26 layer height for your model :)
I missed that, but it makes sense! So with minis I'm doing 0.3 and larger I'm doing 0.2. Consistent with my general range. That's probably because those settings given originally used a layer height of 0.125 or something of the sort. Thanks for sharing and helping us all learn! Cheers!
Danny, Thank you sooo much for this information. I'm new to 3D printing and have shied away from printing many miniatures because of the difficulty I was having removing the supports. I'd say more but I must go print some minis and try out these settings!
Just found your channel. I bought an ender3 and i am struggling with the minis so far. I am goona try out your settings and all of your advices ! Thank you so much :)
Thank you so much! I have been having so much trouble with supports. I couldn't remove them without tearing my goblin archer's bow off, or my dire wolf's legs off. (He is now Snickers the Legless Wolf.) These settings actually made it possible to get functioning minis. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thanks for visiting my channel, Jessy. Never thought I'd see the day I'd get a comment from ya, feeling pretty honored right now. You're channel is my go-to prop channel, brother. Big hug, man!
I just wanted to say thank you for this video. After adjusting my Cura settings I was finally able to print a miniature and not have issues removing the supports.
I found I've had a lot more success with tree supports (after playing around I've found a tree support angle of 60 has worked really well) on larger minis, while the lines/support interface are my go to for the normal player sized minis.
I use to watch this sort of content before buying an Ender 3, but now that I have one, Danny's channel is full of good support for solving common headaches with printing; so it's useful and entertaining even if your focus isn't all on minis.
Thanks for sharing! I will try. Normally I use Meshmixer overhangs, a sort of tree supports but minimizing the contact surface points and material. Very easy to remove.
I want you to know that all this time later this video is still helping people and I'll definitely point my brother to your channel when he takes up FDM 3d printing next month Edit: I found this video because I ruined a tortle barbarian because of massive over supporting.
Thank you for this. The "everywhere" setting is ridiculous. It puts supports where you can't even get at them on my current model, yet affects the appearance. I just tried your settings above and it shaved 24 hours off my print. We'll see how it comes out. Oh and finally found someone doing minis with PLA not resin, definitely helpful.
An often-overlooked option is to use _both_ tree supports and traditional supports. You can rely on the tree supports for most things, and only use traditional supports for really high-angle overhangs like >80 degrees. The tree structures will overlap the towers, and can help prevent them falling over, too.
Wanted to thank you for this. I’m using an Ender 3 and I design rings. Currently working on a shadow band for an engagement ring with lots of twists and turns, and having to print the model after each adjustment until I get it just right. Without these settings, I’d never be able to remove the supports without breaking the model. It’d be pretty costly to send this to casting if I couldn’t double check my work
that was just one of the most useful 3D printing videos ever, thanks and keep updating it in this format (would be nice to see it about other slicers too in case you use any other)
This may be asking too much, but would you do add printing profiles for the Monoprice Mini Pro? It’s awesome that your website has the profiles for the Ender 3. Thanks for all you’re doing for the community
I so needed this video man, can't thank you enough. One thing you can test is using the orientation solver on Meshmixer and then go to Cura for the final support creation.
Let me clarify what I mean by this. - I have meshmixer setup so it will export an STL to Cura when I press Print - I import the model in meshmixer - Go to analysis -> orientation - have all my settings cranked up to 100 - overhang angle here is [90 -
Such an informative video!! So well explained!! Thank you so much! Can't wait to print my first minis :) Will def watch some of your other videos first XD
Thank you! 5 years later I came across your video and it's a game changer! I am able to print 2cm miniature dog and it all came up perfectly (for a 0.4mm nozzle FDM)! The only change I made is to remove the support roof as it left too much mark. Do you have updates of the settings you would like to share?
I love you called out hero forge. People ask me to print their stl files and they have mesh holes and the details are really undersized and tend to break easier.
Fingers crossed this helps... been super limited by the prints I could actually do before for our table. Hopefully this information will be a game changer! (pun intended)
Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos, my printer is on the way , and I can't wait! I know I will be going over and over your videos to help me print.
Awesome video! Even more than usual! A suggestion: it would be a easier to follow if you limited the footnotes while talking, it's a bit hard to read and listen at the same time. Thanks for your contribution to the community!
Thank you so much for this video! I usually have to deal with supports that are so absurdly hard to remove that i even consider getting a dremel just for it, lol For really big prints, it even added like 50% printing time on top (Even with low density) Was using triangles and ZigZag until now. Consider me converted to the "Lines Support gang" :D
Thanks for this, I didn't know some of this settings were there. I usually do not use cura's supports for my printing. I like to bring my stl into MatterControl by MatterHackers and use the supports there. I get much better control and can delete individual sections and thereby have variable support density. Now that cura let's you do custom supports I have been starting to do some more playing but I really like watching your videos, I nearly always learn something new or at least have something I suspected confirmed, keep up the great work
i'm coming to this video pretty late...I have been trying to print a hero forge mini for a week on my Bambu A1. The only successful print was Tree without limit. But as you said, arms can pop off and i lost a bow one time. I'll be curious to see when I get home if the Bambu Slicer has Line supports. That might work!
Thank you for this very informative and confidence inspiring video. increased my print quality by a large margin. keep up the good work and keep sharing your experience
Question for Danny: have you changed how you do your supports now that its 18 months later (cura 4.8) or do you still use the same principles from this video? And thanks for producing such informative videos! Has helped me, and obviously others, improve our printing skills!
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Thanks for the support!
It's 4 years later. Does this all apply or have things change?
Anyone?
A moment of silence for my Tiefling Rangers left horn. I never knew you weren't support lol
bro i feel you. i love my tiefling characters. they never turn out quite right ;-;
I have 3D printer for more than a year. From day one, I was watching and following your instructions. During last year I have printed tons of minis and they all look great thanks to your instructions and all the little tricks you showed to us. To show my appreciation, I just got late pledge for The Lost Adventures. You are gift to the community.
Thank you Danny.
DANNY!!!! THANK YOU!!!! you just increased my printing mini knowledge 200% Thank You, thank You, Thank You!!!
You're welcome my friend, cheers!
I've been tinkering and honing in on settings I like through experimentation for years, but you've just leapfrogged over all of that fumbling and it just works now. You've earned my sub!
You are a lifesaver! I was able to successfully print my first miniature with clean details and no overhang issues. Thank you so much!
TIME STAMPS:
1:04 - Setting Snapshots
1:52 - Support Overhangs
4:39 - Support Pattern
5:15 - Support Density
6:07 - Support Brim
6:24 - Support Z Distance
7:06 - Support Interface
9:22 - (When to use) Rafts
10:02 - Orienting & Layer View
11:06 - Tree Supports?
12:34 - Filament Choice Matters
13:21 - Bonus Setting (Getting rid of stringing in supports)
14:05 - Thank you to Andrew & Dennis
Heyyyy you added timestamps !!!
Have you made a vid on where to find good STL. Also love your vids as someone very new to printing.
any chance you can put your starting points all in one place in writing?
I just wanted to comment to mention that at least currently, Dikale is not selling the PLA filament that is in this video. Clicking the link will take you to a PLA+ filament, which is significantly stronger and more difficult to remove supports. I made the mistake and I'm trying to adjust settings now to try and improve print quality. Would you happen to have any advice as far as PLA+ or other sturdier filaments go? Thanks for he help and great video!
@@NIGHTMARE-zy7tq cults 3d, you have to make an account but they have great free and paid stls
I've been looking for someone with the advanced settings actually written out for the longest time, thank you so much!!
i was having trouble with supports being hard to remove. i followed settings from this video and they worked great! thanks so much for this video!
My man! I was having the worst anxiety about printing because I couldn't get my support settings right and it was a nightmare to remove the supports post print: ruining my prints and taking forever. After watching this video, using these settings, and now understanding more what was going wrong, I was able to print a curvy, spiky dragon tail and it looks magnificent! I've just been staring at it in awe. Thanks so much for putting your content up! Much love, brother!
This has been incredibly helpful! As someone who is a 3D printing novice, this was exactly the type of video I needed to make my prints more successful. Thanks!
Jesus Christ! What is this magic? These settings have increased my print quality by miles, and make it so much easier to remove the far-less support. Much appreciated dude.
I just wanted to say thank you I just tried the setting and they worked wonderfully
Thank you. I’ve just started printing my minis for my table top game. I’m still learning Cura and you nailed what I’m doing with supports. I can’t wait to implement what I’ve learn from this video! Thank you so much!
Thank you for these videos. My perfect profile I spent a couple months refining was completely lost in the 4.7 update. You're my savior right now.
I got a glass plate for my ender 3 and I love it because it sticks so well that I don't need rafts nearly as much, nor do I need to use glue sticks anymore. You have great tips thank you so much!
Hey man, you've helped me a lot this past few year. Thanks for that. One thing I figured out for minis is that if you remove the base, you reduce the printing time of 2:50 to 1:00 hour for 32mm characters. And than you can print the bases at 2mm layer high in a 3 min/base ratio. Than, just superglue then together. You probably already know this, but I've never seen you mention it. Might help others. Cheers
I did a google search for printing supports in Cura from the last month, and this video was right at the top. While I didn't put it in my search, it was for printing D&D minis, so this video was perfect. Great explanations! Instant subscribe.
If anyone else is wondering why they can't lift their models off of the buildplate like at 9:05, it's in Cura's preferences > general, "automatically drop models to the buildplate". Turn that one off. I had the same problems as Danny, and I was looking for a solution. This is probably it!
You're right - I mention it specifically in my Supports 101 video but I forgot it here! Good catch. Thank you Robbert!
THANK YOU!!!
I don't print minis at all but this was a fantastic video for just learning more about supports in general. These settings apply to even functional prints that need support. Thanks!
Finaly a detailed (old but still perfect -> because settings of Cura changed a little bit) video! Thanks for all!
Day two of owning an Ender 3 pro and half of what you said I didn't understand but I will come back and watch again to test out these settings. Thank you for taking the time to do this video.
Support interface is definitely the game changer. My printer sucks at cooling and if I don't use support interface it definitely comes out as a mess every time.
Another tip if you want a great bottom side finish and don't mind it being slightly harder to remove: set support z distance to about .1 to .15, it'll peel off with application of pliers so maybe not the best for thin fragile models but the surface finish is damn near that of the top side
I agree with you regarding making z distance lower with one caveat: with Hatchbox and Esun it was like an impregnable fortress and extremely difficult (even with pliers). For bigger prints, it is definitely more doable. Thanks for sharing!
I came here hoping to find a way to improve the bottom side finish. Thanks!
I'm printing some miniatures for using with Gloomhaven. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to look ok.
Printing with the standard support was impossible to get out of the miniature. Thanks to your presets I was able to print. Going to watch the video later to understand even more about the how and what, but I'm glad I could just get it printing now!
Dikale PLA is great! It was one of the first PLAs that I tried and it's always worked great for me. I've had way less issue with Dikale than I have with less "budget" PLA.
Dude amazing! My friends and family got me a ender 3 v2 for my Bday since I got back into dming for D&D and been struggling with settings. This video has helped me immensely since I got back into it, thank you 🙏
thank you!!! Supports are the hardest thing i have run into along with retraction
You are definitely a hero! Can DMs get inspiration? I grant you inspiration!
That video is AWESOME. Thank you for this in depth view on supports. Had a hard time printing a HF mini this week and I guess this will help me a lot!
I hope it does! Thanks for your kind words. Let me know how it goes!
Finally a somewhat “in-depth” support guide and explanation! I have looked for UP TO DATE support video that explain the current Cura options for a while since my experiences have been inconsistent when properly generating supports.
It would be nice if you did a video about your best tree support settings even though you stated you hardly use them. I wish Cura allowed for custom supports like mesh mixer when using tree supports.
Thanks again for the info!
Did my first print today with your suggestions. It was just a simple wing but it came out so nice and the supports just basically fell off. Thanks so much for everything you do for the community.
Nice! I mainly only use tree supports and it’s almost always worked. If it looks weird in layer view. Rotate it 1 degree and regenerate the tree. That usually fixes any gaps not supporting the model.
Are you using just stock tree settings?
jake morley no. I’ll upload my specs when I get home.
@@RollforDamageRFD That would be awesome! Could you message me when you do please?
@@RollforDamageRFD any update?
jake morley no sry man. I’ve been down with a chest cold. I’ll message it to you tonight. Make sure you updated to cura 4 as the tree settings are different
I changed how I do supports based on that post too. It's been a game changer for my mini printing. Thanks for the video, great job!
One of the best video about support that I've ever seen...hats off!
Just wow! I thought my support settings where pretty good, but the combination of Line Pattern with Roof/Floor is amazing. Allways had problems with support placement-> everywhere, now i can get it off clean. And the Retraction setting for support, i just never noticed. Very helpful, thx.
Thanks for this! I have been using the old Siepie profile for a couple months now. One thing that annoyed me was the clicky sound of the nozzle dragging across supports. Every now and then that would lead to support snapping. I've just printed out my first mini with these settings and I didn't hear any of that clicking at all. The resulting quality is great and the time spent on support removal makes me want to print out entire armies now.
Thanks for sharing your settings! I printed my very first dragon and the overhangs were perfect!
Excellent video, thanks :) Exept the support Z distance. You have to know that if you set the layer height of your model at 0,2 for example, you can not set the Z distance to 0,25. It won't have any effect, it's written on the help tip the value is rounded at a multiple value of layer height. So for a 0,2 layer height you can set the Z distance to 0,2 0,4 0,6 etc.... all the motor step of the model will be at 0,2 on Z so there won't be a step at 0,05 to ajust your support à 0,25 :). The only way to have 0,25 or 0,26 Z support distance is to have 0,25 or 0,26 layer height for your model :)
I missed that, but it makes sense! So with minis I'm doing 0.3 and larger I'm doing 0.2. Consistent with my general range. That's probably because those settings given originally used a layer height of 0.125 or something of the sort. Thanks for sharing and helping us all learn! Cheers!
Danny, Thank you sooo much for this information. I'm new to 3D printing and have shied away from printing many miniatures because of the difficulty I was having removing the supports. I'd say more but I must go print some minis and try out these settings!
Just found your channel. I bought an ender3 and i am struggling with the minis so far. I am goona try out your settings and all of your advices ! Thank you so much :)
Thank you so much! I have been having so much trouble with supports. I couldn't remove them without tearing my goblin archer's bow off, or my dire wolf's legs off. (He is now Snickers the Legless Wolf.) These settings actually made it possible to get functioning minis. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Awesome video man! Just your channel! Loving the content! Printing up some minis right now and def will be checking out some of your videos!
Thanks for visiting my channel, Jessy. Never thought I'd see the day I'd get a comment from ya, feeling pretty honored right now. You're channel is my go-to prop channel, brother. Big hug, man!
I just wanted to say thank you for this video. After adjusting my Cura settings I was finally able to print a miniature and not have issues removing the supports.
Dude, thanks again for all the effort you put into these videos. I will be coming back to this video, time and time again.
new to printing minis just been having issues yesterday i broke a foot off my print removing supports .. got your setting set and giving it a try
Just got my printer. Getting ready to set it up for Christmas and this video is great. Thanks!
Awesome Video...Your channel is one of the reasons I got into 3d printing at all!
I found I've had a lot more success with tree supports (after playing around I've found a tree support angle of 60 has worked really well) on larger minis, while the lines/support interface are my go to for the normal player sized minis.
I didn't even know you could change the support pattern. Damn those hidden settings. Thanks for making this!
thank you, I it took a awhile but now I can spend less time tearing apart my builds. Just a little more on thinking about painting them :)
I do not own a 3d printer, but i find this videos so entertaining. I hope u make a video of Zombie dragon or shadow dragon print and paint!
Thank you for the comment, support, ans suggestions, my friend!
I use to watch this sort of content before buying an Ender 3, but now that I have one, Danny's channel is full of good support for solving common headaches with printing; so it's useful and entertaining even if your focus isn't all on minis.
Thanks a lot. I have a printer coming in to Trevor soon and it's slicer is based on Cura.
Thanks for sharing! I will try. Normally I use Meshmixer overhangs, a sort of tree supports but minimizing the contact surface points and material. Very easy to remove.
Thanks man. Wanna try your advise. Been struggling with ugly bottom after support removal.
I want you to know that all this time later this video is still helping people and I'll definitely point my brother to your channel when he takes up FDM 3d printing next month
Edit: I found this video because I ruined a tortle barbarian because of massive over supporting.
Thank you for this. The "everywhere" setting is ridiculous. It puts supports where you can't even get at them on my current model, yet affects the appearance. I just tried your settings above and it shaved 24 hours off my print. We'll see how it comes out. Oh and finally found someone doing minis with PLA not resin, definitely helpful.
this is one of my favorite videos on the internet. seriously, thank you
An often-overlooked option is to use _both_ tree supports and traditional supports. You can rely on the tree supports for most things, and only use traditional supports for really high-angle overhangs like >80 degrees. The tree structures will overlap the towers, and can help prevent them falling over, too.
Great settings for Cura they really worked for my minis, Thanks!
Wanted to thank you for this. I’m using an Ender 3 and I design rings. Currently working on a shadow band for an engagement ring with lots of twists and turns, and having to print the model after each adjustment until I get it just right. Without these settings, I’d never be able to remove the supports without breaking the model. It’d be pretty costly to send this to casting if I couldn’t double check my work
You've been a huge help for me. I just got an Ender 3 for printing minis. Thank you!
Liked for the rotation trick to get those supports in the right place, and subbed for the positive and friendly vibes. Seriously great vid keep it up.
These are the best supports I’ve ever used by far.
That Samus looks great!
great summary and breakdown! Cura has defiantly come a long way in support options.
that was just one of the most useful 3D printing videos ever, thanks and keep updating it in this format (would be nice to see it about other slicers too in case you use any other)
Great video, just started to 3d print my own stuff, was having issues with the supports but this helped alot. Thanks!
Are you using the newest ultimakerCura? Seen some settings in there not covered in the video, did you just leave them default?
Danny you are a godsend. Will you be updating the profiles on your website to include these settings?
Just got my first FDM printer, still very relevant information, thanks.
Subscribing to your channel has been one of the best decisions I've made EVER! Thanks for these videos!
Thanks for the info! Where did you find that Samus model? I kinda want that lol
Thank you very much for your continuous effort, I really appreciate all the work you do, here is one more happy child! Thank you!
This may be asking too much, but would you do add printing profiles for the Monoprice Mini Pro? It’s awesome that your website has the profiles for the Ender 3. Thanks for all you’re doing for the community
This is the video i was looking for. Thank you!
I hope it helps! Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for the support tips! Time to delve back into Cura!
You're welcome, Joseph! Good luck!
Awesome video! I have a i3 mega I definitely need to tweak my supports in cura. Thank you for the video!
You're welcome! Thank you for your comment!
Great video Danny! Super informative & chill. Now I just need to get a printer...
I so needed this video man, can't thank you enough.
One thing you can test is using the orientation solver on Meshmixer and then go to Cura for the final support creation.
Let me clarify what I mean by this.
- I have meshmixer setup so it will export an STL to Cura when I press Print
- I import the model in meshmixer
- Go to analysis -> orientation
- have all my settings cranked up to 100
- overhang angle here is [90 -
Saving up for an ender 3 and doing as much learning before hand. Thank you for the info. Subbed!
This is such an underrated youtube channel. Thanks for putting these out!
Such an informative video!! So well explained!! Thank you so much!
Can't wait to print my first minis :)
Will def watch some of your other videos first XD
Thank you! 5 years later I came across your video and it's a game changer! I am able to print 2cm miniature dog and it all came up perfectly (for a 0.4mm nozzle FDM)! The only change I made is to remove the support roof as it left too much mark. Do you have updates of the settings you would like to share?
I love you called out hero forge. People ask me to print their stl files and they have mesh holes and the details are really undersized and tend to break easier.
The community thanks you! This really is great work!
Fingers crossed this helps... been super limited by the prints I could actually do before for our table. Hopefully this information will be a game changer! (pun intended)
:) Hope it helps, Caitlin! I want nothing more than for you to not feel as limited for your table. Cheers!
Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos, my printer is on the way , and I can't wait! I know I will be going over and over your videos to help me print.
This video is really helpful and informative and fills me with more confidence for the next time I have to print with supports, thank you so much!!!!
support stringing I find helps maintain stability of the supports, especially for thin, tall supports.
Awesome video! Even more than usual! A suggestion: it would be a easier to follow if you limited the footnotes while talking, it's a bit hard to read and listen at the same time. Thanks for your contribution to the community!
Thank you so much for this video!
I usually have to deal with supports that are so absurdly hard to remove that i even consider getting a dremel just for it, lol
For really big prints, it even added like 50% printing time on top (Even with low density)
Was using triangles and ZigZag until now. Consider me converted to the "Lines Support gang" :D
Danny, I really dig your channel, and I'm thrilled that it is growing. You should have tons of subscribers.
Thank you!!!! These settings have helped me (finally!)successfully print miniatures!
Thanks for this, I didn't know some of this settings were there. I usually do not use cura's supports for my printing. I like to bring my stl into MatterControl by MatterHackers and use the supports there. I get much better control and can delete individual sections and thereby have variable support density. Now that cura let's you do custom supports I have been starting to do some more playing but I really like watching your videos, I nearly always learn something new or at least have something I suspected confirmed, keep up the great work
Best video on supports I've seen to date! Well done.
Hey man, you just earned my subscribe. SUCH A HELPFUL VIDEO! Thank you so much!
i'm coming to this video pretty late...I have been trying to print a hero forge mini for a week on my Bambu A1. The only successful print was Tree without limit. But as you said, arms can pop off and i lost a bow one time. I'll be curious to see when I get home if the Bambu Slicer has Line supports. That might work!
Thank you for this video. I have a stock Creality cr10v2, and am struggling so much with Heroforge Minis
Thank you for this very informative and confidence inspiring video. increased my print quality by a large margin. keep up the good work and keep sharing your experience
Question for Danny: have you changed how you do your supports now that its 18 months later (cura 4.8) or do you still use the same principles from this video?
And thanks for producing such informative videos! Has helped me, and obviously others, improve our printing skills!
Another good video, I will be giving line supports a test myself now. : )
Thanks, Richard! Let me know how it goes.