Easy To Remove Supports In Cura

It the world of 3D Printing, nobody likes to use supports. We'll try hard to orient our parts on the bed or even design models so that we limit the use of supports. But sometimes, there is just no way around it. Supports are a necessary evil. In this video I'll show you how to use the settings in Cura to make supports easier to remove and reduce some of that added print time.

[AdrianoCasemiro]

These little pearls of wisdom are such a treasure to us newbies. I used tree support for the first time today, after watching your video. I'm used to using normal support and lowering the interface density down to 5% or even less. Those tree supports aren't going to eliminate the traditional way, but it's another nice tool at our disposal.

[niteman]

When I come back to 3d printing I need to make sure to come back to you channel. I hope the algorithm looks favorably on you and gets you the recognition you deserve.

[TheKirk]

I’m really glad I found your channel. You’re doing a real service to the community.

[PaulNelson]

Great video, and very timely for me. I’m pretty new to 3D printing and I just finished a 20+ hour print this morning with a lot of supports. I really struggled to remove them, and was thinking that there must be a better way to do this. A couple of hours later your video popped up in my feed. Thank you!

[bettydaltonnewbold]

Thank you so very much. These support settings have been driving me crazy, and I'm so thankful you took the time to experiment and show us the differences the settings make. Cheers.

[MrBaskins]

solid video with no bull or fluff to pad video length. good tips for all levels of experience

[chainmailleguy]

Thanks for helping make the understanding of supports easier. I have been testing them for months and they are a pain.

[bowieinc]

Great video. Good to see you showing the deburring tool. It was a game changer for me when I discovered it years ago when I first started printing. I’ve actually never changed the blade. It got better for this task as it dulled a little over time.

[scubasteve]

Using your tips, I changed a 12 hour print to less than 8! Good info!!!

[PartyofTwoU]

Great channel man. Finally somebody that just gets to the point and doesn't mess around. Got a sub from Party of Two!

[Enjoymentboy]

This was very helpful however I do find it odd that so many people seem to be overly focused on print times but ignore how much filament will be used. I'm fairly new to 3D printing and I'm kind of cheap so I look to reduce my costs where I can. Not only can these settings help speed up the prints but they can also use less materials. I've found many times support use can increase filament usage by more than 50%. That's not insignificant. But I was glad to see that I have been messing around with the same support settings you showed here. That tells me I am on the right track. :)

[gkelly]

Wow that made a huge difference in support removal, definitely going to keep this in mind!

[BitSlow]

Saw the "x" support interface and smirked a bit.
- Support pattern: Zig Zag
-Support Wall Line Count: 1 - makes it easy to grab with needle nose pliers and remove.
- Density: 15%
-Support interfaces: OFF

Comes off nice and easy for me with little effort. If I'm doing a print that I know is going to take 12 hours, I'm not gonna notice or care much about time save. Especially when I'm printing while at work.

[Mario-nhrv]

Thanks for the help, I now have a better understanding of "support Settings". It was a great video and easily understand.

[frits]

After finishing the your clip iam happy to see you didn't hurt 🤕
Also a newbie in this hobby so i am glad to see you explain tis.
Can you also share your new settings as a picture or a list so i can use them to .🤗

[thesadpander]

I just wanted to thank you for this video. Saved me a bunch of time, and was quite effective on using Tree. Appreciate it.

[sherriemuldoon]

Thank you so much! I'm a newbie and I was really struggling with the supports. Your video was very informative and helpful. Your camera angles are great, I was able to see everything clearly. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your videos.

[Bebopvicious]

Cura 5.1 made tree supports much better. The normal supports were always bad and custom supports were a necessity.

Only problem i have had recently is that sometimes the tree support will come loose from the bed and cause a print fail.

[donfurukawa]

Great video, thank you. I'm curious, and maybe it was to demonstrate on a big overhand, but on your first model why didn't you just invert the model so the greatest overhangs are mitigated? I really like the way you go into the slicer previews to explain solutions.

[SnarkySolarGuy]

This is really helpful! The issue I have is when I pull the supports off there is a support pattern that is still stuck to the print that is very hard to remove. It also hides a lot of detail if I am able to remove it. I guess I just need to keep playing with the settings.