Custom Manual Supports in Cura Slicer 4.3

Chuck shows you how to place Custom Manual Supports in Cura Slicer 4.3. Manual supports are very handy as they use less plastic, print faster and gives you support only where you need it. There is a plugin that allows you to place supports where you want and Chuck shows you where to find it and how to use it in this week's Filament Friday.

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[uswirelesss]

Thanks for the video. Exactly what I was looking to learn.

[sharynwillis]

Things have changed in 4 years, Custom Supports is not in the drop down list on Marketplace, but the rest of the clip was very clear, well shown and spoken

[Ibian]

I printed this exact figure the other day with tree supports. Worked perfectly, easy to remove, and all with the click of a single button. Tree supports are magical.

[trosser]

All of your Cura videos are great for the person new to 3d printing. Thanks, they have helped out a lot.

[GreenSlugg]

I bought one of your kits from Amazon. The tools are working well for me! I've only used a few so far, but they are making things a lot easier. Thank you for these videos!

[KarlDonovan]

After messing with the support blocker and generally getting tied up in a knot, I thought there must be a better way. CHEP will know and he did! My learning curve seems to be a steep one and you keep digging me out of trouble. It makes the whole hobby much more enjoyable.

[EKUL]

Considering you only wanted supports where it was printing freely in the air another option would have been to change the "Support Overhang Angle" you can see you have yours set to the default 45 degrees. Setting this higher to should have been an option you should have at least shown.

[jeffreylebowski]

Hey, instead of using 80% support infill all the way up, you can:
- Enable Support Interface
- Support Interface Density 80% - 100%
- Support Interface Lines

That will print the support structure with lower infill (20% if you set it) and increase the density at the interface up to 100% - if you select lines as your interface pattern it will just be a solid layer.
Saves material and supports just as well and better, that the method of the video.

[leesuschrist]

This is way easier than I thought it was going to be. Thanks for explaining so clear and actually jumping into the subject of the video instead of talking about nothing for the first 5 minutes.

[thejonesyman]

Helpful as always Chuck! I thought I had to actually draw the support, I didn't realize I just needed to touch it where it needed to go! Also, you mention doing the cleanup, I'd love to see a video on how you do your cleanups. Thanks again!

[dragonstyneenterprises]

Excellent job chuck. You handled a touchy subject with style and finesse.

[guilhermealmada]

This dude is THA MAN. I haven't even finished watching the video and learned a lot about cura and 3D printing (newbie here). Good job and thanks for the help!

[charlesgallegos]

I really appreciate you doing these videos and how you do them by explaining, I'm still new to 3D printing scene but I've learned a lot while watching your videos I really appreciate your time thank you.

[lukeblundell]

Been using these for years, they can really help out providing you play around with them and learn how they work - vids like this are great.

It missed a few options that are available but it's great to see the option getting out there; thanks Chep! 👍🏻

[ronholder]

I have printed enough now that I have a good idea what will need support and what won't, and with your tutorial and this add-on, now I can choose the exact placement and size of supports. I installed the plugin and tried it out right away, and waited for the print job to finish, it worked to perfection, just as you showed in your print. This may be the most useful episode you've ever done, at least for me. I recommend that people print the MICRO all-in-one printer test that shows what overhang angles your printer can do cleanly, and if you have an Ender 3 like I do, definitely upgrade the part cooling duct, I went with the latest version of the Hero Me design with stock fans.

[davestomper]

Wow thanks for spending time on this subject and explaining it so well. Also I was happy to see how much filament you saved with this method 4 Meters Awesome.I have been using Cura for years never clicked or messed with the mysterious icons under scaling. I hope everyone reading this and there families are healthy and safe.
Have a great day.
Dave

[hijomojo]

I recently found this is actually possible natively in Cura 4.3 (not sure about previous versions). Add a support block as usual, and in the Per Model Settings with the block selected, choose "Modify settings for overlap" and hit "Select Settings" then add "Generate Support" and any other special settings you might want to add. From here I think it's exactly the same as the process shown in this video. The support options you can add there is only about half the normal list at the moment (support pattern is a pretty important one which is missing), so, like in this video, tick Generate Support in the main print settings, adjust accordingly, then untick it again and the setting still applies to the block/s you placed.

There's also another option for the Support Block Per Model Mesh Type, which is "Print as Support" which treats the entire block as a support, enabling you to do stuff like manually building a tower, or encasing your model in support (if for some strange reason you need to).

I've only been using Cura for 3 weeks and have been watching a few of your videos whilst trying to get good prints out of our new Ender 3. I actually figured this process out after watching "3 Cura Slicer Setting Tricks For Beginners" to learn how to change the infill density at different locations.

[GGGG-snji]

Your the man! Thank u much for this video. This saved me a bunch of time not having to research and read a novel for a such a simple thing. U probably did both read it and then decide to make a video for us grasshoppers. I appreciate you☆☆☆☆☆

[RomainDepin]

ahahah... you save my life! last night I stayed up late because I was manually creating supports on Tinkerkad, for one of the models I want to print without all the unnecessary supports... ahahah... i should have check Youtube at first place! now I know it will be even better printed ans save more filament! Thanks Chep!

[Baryonyx_Walkeri_]

I recently started 3D printing and was wondering how to optimise supports, then I find this. I never would have found out about this great feature on my own. Thanks a lot for this simple but effective video to highlight that feature!