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Ahh ha - thank you. I actually use the "make overhang printable" function in cura - set that sucker at 50 degrees and it makes the base behave quite nicely and also lessens the complexity quite a bit. Wife hasn't noticed it in previous samples so I'm just going to let that ride - If she cared I'm sure she would have told me 🙂 Plus, it's at the bottom of the model, so, makes for a more sturdy base for freestanding. One of my most favorite settings in cura - coming from a primarily flashforge owner in the past but started with cura a bit ago -- it's nice to re-familiarize myself, just need to sift out the cruft and find the settings that I need. For instance in the flash forge world "Spiralize" is "Vase mode". There's quite a few I just need to find out the equivalents for. This is fantastic though -- I'll export the STL from this file and add a 45 degree spout for drainage - there will be live succulents in these with cactus soil, so that'll be necessary - but this puts me on a great path! Also - noted on the corvette fund. I had to mow lawns for my first car, but as they always say - just because you had too doesn't mean your kids do -- right? Make 'em live better than you did. Or so I've heard. Thanks much folks.

This is fantastic! Thank you!!! Now I Have to get to printing 25 of these for baby shower gifts. Dad is burning some midnight oil with this and the nursery updates!

Looks great! Yeah I had printed this with the holes in the nose / eyes and it looks a bit off -- I'm not seeing a model that they posted though?

@MariMakes Very cool! Any ideas on how to remove the top layers at the top of the skull? That was the tricky part I was mentioning before. If I go ahead and remove the top layers, the areas where the nose is (there are top layers there) get omitted and the nose is then hollow.

Hey @MariMakes! I've attached my 3mf file. I think you'll see what I'm attempting to do - the support that is needed is inside the model due to the infill being 0%. However I got close and this *should* print, it'd be best to know how to add those supports (by the nose and by the eyes) for future prints. The issue Im facing now is since I want the walls to be thicker than what is offered in "spiralize" (and there is no setting for multiple walls or any support for top layers outside last layers of the model) I had to get creative but now I still have the top layers printing which I'm attempting to remove). Maybe there's a setting in cura dug deep somewhere but I'm not sure how to get it to do what I need outside of creating a hollowed out part by default? @GregValiant Sorry for the delay -- was painting the walls for the nursery! SkullPot.3mf

Hey Greg! Thank you for the help! I've enabled those and am seeing different support structures rendered, however not inside the model where my custom supports (previous screenshot) are intended to be rendered. Check my screenshots for some help and clarification. Settings: Model with these settings: Mind my reluctance to post my 3mf, as I'm sure it will very quickly rectify my issue -- I paid for this model, however 🙂 My wife appreciates the help! These are the table-top succulent planter holders for our baby shower. Many thanks!

Hi there -- I was hoping that cura supported this out of the box with the custom support additon. As you can see, cura renders custom supports in my hollow model, however and very unfortunately, it does not actually add them inside, it only adds the supports on the outside of my model. This really should be added... Sliced: