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Overhangs without supports #7928

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zelk12 opened this issue Jan 5, 2025 · 1 comment
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Overhangs without supports #7928

zelk12 opened this issue Jan 5, 2025 · 1 comment
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zelk12 commented Jan 5, 2025

Is there an existing issue for this feature request?

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Is your feature request related to a problem?

Supports are now built even for items that can be printed without using supports.

Which printers will be beneficial to this feature?

All

Describe the solution you'd like

Note: This refers to tree-based organic supports.

Customisable system for detecting printable overhangs. In case an overhang is considered printable, exclude this element from the construction of supports.

One of the simplest ways is to check the distance to walls and other supporting elements, a parameter that allows you to set a minimum allowable distance.

There is already a system for detecting overhangs based on angles, you could add a similar system, but take the angle change as a step, or something similar.

Also the overall system for placing supports could be optimised, when placing supports, I'm not sure how supports are placed now, but I've noticed that they go around corners, in this case it could be made to place supports in corners to improve the quality of their printing.

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@zelk12 zelk12 added the enhancement New feature or request label Jan 5, 2025
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Can you explain how this differs from support "threshold angle"?

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