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It's because Support > Support X/Y Distance is high enough that the radius of the support is higher than the radius of the part below, but not higher than than the radius of the part below + its support distance, so it won't print below where it is because it would be too close to the part below.
The best fix is probably to increase Support > Support Horizontal Expansion to 1.4mm (not a scientific calculation, just played with the number until I got the result I wanted) or higher, this way it will expand so it's large enough to go around the lower part:
This will keep a decent distance around the lower part so you definitely wouldn't have to clean it up:
You could also lower Support X/Y Distance (and Minimum Support X/Y Distance) to 0.2mm:
but this will get the support very close to the part below:
And about trees: works fine for me, but every Cura installation is its own beast. Try upgrading to 5.7, there have been tree improvements in the last few releases.
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Slashee_the_Cow 269
It's because Support > Support X/Y Distance is high enough that the radius of the support is higher than the radius of the part below, but not higher than than the radius of the part below + its support distance, so it won't print below where it is because it would be too close to the part below.
The best fix is probably to increase Support > Support Horizontal Expansion to 1.4mm (not a scientific calculation, just played with the number until I got the result I wanted) or higher, this way it will expand so it's large enough to go around the lower part:
This will keep a decent distance around the lower part so you definitely wouldn't have to clean it up:
You could also lower Support X/Y Distance (and Minimum Support X/Y Distance) to 0.2mm:
but this will get the support very close to the part below:
And about trees: works fine for me, but every Cura installation is its own beast. Try upgrading to 5.7, there have been tree improvements in the last few releases.
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@Slashee_the_Cow, this is perfect! Thank you for the detailed response.
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