Support

Symmetrical Support

Identify symmetrical planes of the model and manually add symetrical supports based on the chosen reference plane.

Merge Support

Automatically merge all applicable supports within selection.

Suspend Detection

Detect the suspended area of the selected 3D model, and display suggested areas that need supports at the current part orientation.

Left-Side Tool Bar

Under the Support interface, the Left-Side Tool Bar would change accordingly.

Selecting specific areas with these tools allows adding, deleting, and editings supports applied on the areas.

Take the Rectangle tool as an example.

• Add
  By selecting the area and clicking the "+ All" or "+ Platform" button, users can apply auto-support only to that area.
  

  

• Delete
  Deletable supports within selection would turn to red under Delete Mode.
  

  

• Edit
  Editable supports within selection would turn to green under Edit Mode.
  

  

Support Types

The Support Type Panel at the bottom of the Viewport provides various support types to meets user needs.

Default

This is the most commonly used support type, self-adaptive according customized support settings.

Vertical

The top segment of this type of support is parallel to the normal line of the attached surface and perpendicular to the attached surface.

Upright

The top segment of this type of support is perpendicular to the build plate.

Connection

This is for single-segment supports connecting the model and another support's middle segment. Both ends of this type of support can be attached to another support element.

Two Points Connection

This is for two-segment supports connecting the model and another support's middle segment.

Small Pillar

This is a type of thin support connecting the model and another support's middle segment or connecting two points on the surfaces of a model.

Branch

This type of support's top segment would connect to the model, and the bottom segment would branch into two segments and connect to two adjacent supports' middle segment.

Contour

This will generate supports with top segments connecting to the model at the same elevation contour.

Tree-like

This option is for tree-like supports.

Support Operation

Multi-select Supports

Hold Ctrl to select multiple support parts of the same type allows modifying their parameters in batch.