Different types of supports (Normal or Tree).What are supports and why do we use them?.If you don’t want to have to go through all the trial and error that we did in order to find the Ideal Settings for creating high-quality prints on your Ender 3, then definitely check out our own Cura Profiles tailored specifically for the Ender 3 Printer Series (You can get all of them for just $7). Additionally, I’ll also go through a few extra settings that should not be left unmodified. In the next sections, I’ll go through each one of these and discuss in detail what they are good for, and the heuristics you can use to change them. I will go into much further detail, but if you are in a hurry, these are good support settings to get you started on an Ender 3 Pro/v2: set the support structure to “ Normal“, support placement to “Touching Buildplate”, Overhang Angle between 45º-60º, Support Density to 20%, Support Z Distance to 0.2mm, and Support X/Y Distance to 0.6mm. With a well-tuned slicer profile, the results can be stunning and with little post-processing effort. But there are some situations where supports are unavoidable or that they improve the final print quality. Supports are usually avoided because they use up more material, lengthen your print time, and can be difficult to remove.

Generally, it would be best to design a part to account for that limitation but there are supports when it isn’t possible. In 3D printing each new layer needs something underneath to stick to, it may be either the bed or a previous layer.

Simplify 3d supports dont touch model