[Fermé] MM for support material use - what's the status?  

MM for support material use - what's the status?

Hi all,

I am moving from pure mechanical design to more organic sculpting, which would benefit a lot from support material printing. From what I read in this forum, it is difficult to get an overall picture on how reliably (if at all) printing with a support material (like PVA, BVOH or breakaway) would be possible. I don't mean if it is theoretically possible to do so (which I guess it is) or if you manage a print after weeks of experimenting with the profiles, but - is it possible to "just print". Load STL file in slicer, put gcode on SD card and have a finished print in a majority of cases. So I'd really appreciate your feedback - is the MM version still very much experimental? Or is it not quite foolproof but usable if you know what to do?

I had a MK2S and am now waiting for the MK3. I would describe the state of the MK2S as quite good if you know what you are doing. Some combinations of material and profiles (like silver PLA and "normal" Slic3r PE) work pretty good with amazing quality, others will generate a huge mess. Also I'd say it requires some amount of technical understanding - nothing for someone with two left hands.

From reading this forum, I have the impression that the MM unit is far from being at the same level. But who knows? Maybe only a few people with problems write here and the majority of users just prints? What do you think?

- Martin