Better Organic Supports for your 3D Prints

I just saw @MakersMuse video on his support settings, so I thought I'd share my favorite Organic Support settings for my larger prints + a setting that I cant stop using!

Files used in this video
Batman Cowl by Yosh Studios

Cyberpunk Bust by Eastman

Oni Mask by MOAIWAY

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[jaymeU]

Just printed a 36 hr print with these settings and the supports came off like a champ!! Dude you rock.

[mattlott]

For those who print in ABS/ASA. another super helpful tip for easily removable supports is to crank up the fan on support interfaces. Those filaments need less cooling for better layer adhesion, so when you want less adhesion for supports, turn up the cooling. Orca has a specific setting for "Support Interface Fan Speed". I would imagine other slicers have that as well.

[alseid]

WORD OF WARNING: DO NOT use the "Make Overhangs printable" setting if you're printing something with parts that you'll have to assemble later. It can change the geometry of the parts that have to fit together, which will, therefore, no longer fit together.
It happened to me, don't let it happen to you.

[SirSpence]

Worth noting that the "make overhangs printable" is a setting that was added to Orcaslicer in the last couple of versions. It took several months of development.

[jasonjulian]

I sliced a storage box with latch and lid today in Orca Slicer.. It had one perimeter of an overhang that was either going to fail or need 7 hours worth of supports generated around the entire print.

"Modify overhang to make them printable" saved me. It literally removed this one extrusion of an overhang and then bam! No supports needed at all.

Being a former Cura Kool-aid enthusiast, Orca Slicer has me now. It's so good, and slicing time is souch faster than in Cura.

[jabberwocktechnologies]

"branch diameter angle" can also be used to make sure the tree supports are anchored down properly. If you increase it, the branches start out thicker by the bed and then become thin like they normally are near the model.

[mogsta]

I appreciate that you explained the settings your changing! My flimsy tree supports have been getting knocked off half way up, and I want to remedy this. I'd love to see a video of EVERY tree support setting explained - there's so much to know!

[FilamentStories]

Great settings tips, thanks for the tips on how to maximize tree supports. The printable overhangs option is so powerful, hopefully it will make it to all the sliders soon!

[MakersMuse]

So good! I'll try these tweaks out - especially bumping up the branch diameter. The modify geometry stuff is wild but I'd be scared of ruin part accuracy.

[PLrcr]

I use those settings especially the branch diameter but another one to use if you just want the branches to withstand a tall trunk add a wall to the branch in the "Tree branch wall loop" and will turn your custom branches into the strong preset or even stronger depending on how many loops you add (strong has 2 by default).

[MMuraseofSandvich]

I was just thinking, "aww, but what if I want organic supports?" And Uncle Jessy said, "I got u fam."😊

This is why this community is awesome.

[pmo]

I am so glad that I found this video. I was struggling with a part where the tree fused to my print and had to print that one part all over again saved me a lot of headaches. You rock!!!!

[benjenkins]

5:21 - Bambu Slicer has a setting under Supports called "Remove Small Overhangs". It sounds like this is their implementation of "Make Overhang printable" to some extent.

[TheAaronPerry]

Just got an A1 yesterday and this helps a TON!!! Thank you. We did some fun prints last night and OMG were some of the trees almost impossible to get off and we actually broke off a tooth of a skull trying to get em off. Can't wait to test out this info!!!

[Fvh]

I used your setting on my supports today and was amazing, they stayed stuck to the bed when I pulled my print off. Ended up with a prefect print.

[Garage]

My main thought on the Makers Muse video as well was that you could accomplish similar results using organic supports by tweaking the settings. They are very versatile, but can take a lot of tuning. By varying the settings you can also dramatically increase or decrease print time.

[gkcgthh]

Of course these come out on the last couple hours of my longest print to date these would have been helpful to make it less stressfull! Thought i was going to loose my print and was definitely understanding where makers muse was coming from

[luminairstrife]

Tried using the 'make overhangs printable' setting on something that had needed hollow areas inside and it filled it completely and made it solid, something to look out for.

[pipdesignshop]

All the support settings videos! I just watched the MakersMuse video and I'm excited to have more information out here to get better prints!

[WhereNerdyisCool]

I’m not a Prusa Slicer user and use Cura 5.4/5.5 a lot. You’re right about support z distance. With larger nozzles and thicker layers, you definitely want to experiment with that setting (Support Interface). I also reduce support density to 2 or 3%. Much as people should run temp towers and flow cubes to dial in settings, I do support test prints since different brand materials can behave differently. So for my prints using a 0.8 or 1.0 mm nozzle, with 0.30 layer height, there’s isn’t a real golden rule on what’s best. Print safe and experiment with your settings 🤓