Thanks, it was some of your photos that convinced me to try out the Ultimaker 2, it's also where I first came across Meshmixer. I found a video about the supports and have been fiddling with the feature since, glad to hear I'm not the only one frustrated with the strange UI.
Those keyboard shortcuts always get me, the ones in Meshmixer were also a bit tricky.
Your blog post was really helpful! I am totally going to try and put Ultimaker 2 through its paces when it gets here, and now I have great place to start when it comes to the more intricate prints I have planned. Do you plan on printing out some of the items from your post, like the dragon. I have some horizontal type overhangs I have made support structures for in both Cura and Meshmixer, and am curious to see the differences in print quality and the ease of removal.
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Welcome, and thanks for the post: I'll be interested to see how you get on when your printer arrives.
There's a rather nice (and quite new) manual for Cura, here:
https://www.ultimaker.com/spree/uploads/38/original/Cura_User-Manual_v1.0.pdf
That confirms that the shortcut for panning is shift-right-click. :-)
20 micron layer height is rather small - although maybe necessary for the sort of fine threads that you're playing with. In theory the printer can go that fine, but prints will take a very long time. For most things, 60 microns is about as fine as your usually need to go, and you can often get away with 100-200 micron layer heights, and still get nice results.
I've been playing with Meshmixer today too - I wrote a http://www.extrudable.me/2013/12/28/meshmixer-2-0-best-newcomer-in-a-supporting-role/ about its support-generation capabilities that you might find interesting.
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