Create your own breakout supports  

Create your own breakout supports

Recently I needed to support a high thin object suspended above the base.

The standard support layer from PrusaSlicer was just too large and difficult to remove so I created a simple support which could be easily broken away, works perfectly.

Here's the code for two thin (0.5mm) supports with cut outs at both top and bottom. I've also attached the full file (which is for holding cutlery without the use of one's fingers.) Enjoy.

difference (){
union(){
translate ([-2.8,22,0])rotate ([0,0,90])cube([60,.5,51]);
translate ([-2.8,-18,2])rotate ([0,0,90])cube([22,.5,49]);}

union(){
color ("red")translate ([-3.8,70,0]) cube ([2,1,2]);
for (i=[0:-4:-17])color ("red")translate ([-3.8,i,50.51]) cube ([2,2,.5]);
for (i=[0:-4:-17]) color ("red")translate ([-3.8,i,2]) cube ([2,2,.5]);
for (i=[24:4:81]) color ("red")translate ([-3.8,i,50.51]) cube ([2,2,.5]);
for (i=[24:4:70]) color ("red")translate ([-3.8,i,2]) cube ([2,2,.5]);