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Unresolved "Branchy" Supports

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by Terry Reilley, Mar 7, 2016.

  1. Terry Reilley

    Terry Reilley Member

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    Hi gang!

    Printing with Hatchbox ABS at 230 and getting really ugly supports in MatterControl here. Here's a photo of the supports. They should be nice clean lines but are horror movie trees instead!

    IMG_1917.jpg

    Support settings:

    Standard 45 degrees
    Pattern Spacing - 3mm
    Infill Angle - 45 degrees
    Interface Layers - 1
    X & Y Distance - 0.7 mm
    Z Gap - 0.22 mm
    Support Everywhere is Yes

    Thoughts? It hasn't always done this and I haven't printed anything in PLA that needed support in a while, so not sure if this issue is with the ABS or not.


    Thanks,
    Terry
     
    #1 Terry Reilley, Mar 7, 2016
  2. mark tomlinson

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    http://www.matterhackers.com/forum

    Robo distributes MatterControl, but does not write it or directly support it.
    You should ask this in the MatterControl forum.

    As stated before in other threads here -- support material generation and use is rather hit-or-miss in the free slicers.
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Mar 7, 2016
  3. Terry Reilley

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    OK thanks - I will contact them and see what they have to say.
     
    #3 Terry Reilley, Mar 7, 2016

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