Print Support Help
Hi everyone,
Very unskilled with 3d printing. I'm currently trying to print a key shaped bottle opener and I'm having a lot of issues with it. I just switched to using prusa slicer. I have a mega zero 2, .4 nozzle with polymaker pla pro. I'm having some support issues I believe and I could really use some suggestions. I've tried using organic as well as grid but I think the area that's giving me the most trouble is due to insufficient support. Could anyone take a lot at this and provide some suggestions/troubleshooting so I can knock this out properly?
RE: Print Support Help
That's a design as close to bad as it gets for FDM printing. I wouldn't have hopes for supports here. Assuming the key is symmetric along the long axis, I'd cut it in half in the slicer so you have two parts that have flat surfaces and don't require supports at all. Yes, you'll have to glue them together but I think what you're going to get is way better than trying to make supports work here. Unless your printer can do multi-material in which you might want to use a different material as supports.
Formerly known on this forum as @fuchsr -- until all hell broke loose with the forum software...
Where did you get the file? It's not well designed for 3D printing so the orientation on the print sheet may be critical.
Please save your project as a .3mf file
Files > Save Project as
Zip the .3mf and post it here. It will contain both your part and your settings for us to diagnose.
And in the meanwhile, dry your filament.
Cheerio,