Support needed for supports

[pr19939]

Hi,
I have a pendant and I tried the supports as below and failed miserably. Only a few of the supports were printed and nothing else. Can you please help me in adding support for this?

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Thanks
Venky

[norig@rogers.com]

Hi Venky

Try tilting the pendant a little.
And I would make the supports thicker.
Make the top 0.5 mm.
The middle 0.75 mm.
And incise the penetration to 50.
Good luck, hope it works.

[Robert Howle]

Larger supports and avoid the horizontal surface in the middle of the pendant.

Send me file and I will do a layout for you.

howlere@gmail.com


Robert Howle

[akgold]

Cone size is too small
make them at least 50% but I would do them at 75%
I would angle the supports the opposite direction or strait up and like Robert I would be using at least .5top to bottom
where is it failing? Are they failing at the point of contact to the pendant? If so that is the problem.
Angling is not a bad Idea either may about 15% but not much.

[pr19939]

@Norig: Thanks for your suggestions. I will give that a try.
@Robert: I have sent you the files and can't thank enough for your kindness.
@akgold: Thanks for the detailed explanation on the measurements. Yes, they are failing at the contact point. All I was able to print was the supports. Nothing on the model printed.

I am away for the weekend and will be able to print on Monday. I will share the outcome with you all.

Thanks
Venky

[pr19939]

All,
I have been down with the flu and just got back to printing yesterday. I changed the layout as follows

1. Inclined model by 15 degrees.
2. Increased top support radius from 0.4 to 0.6 and increased cone from 25% to 50%. Increased penetration to 50.
3. Increased mid support to 0.7

The final print was awesome. The customer did not even give me a opportunity to take a picture of it

[Robert Howle]

Congrats. Sorry I did not send layout, but u got it done yourself. Busy with Christmas. 20 hr. days.

Robert Howle

[akgold]

Good to know congrats

[pr19939]

@Robert: No problem at all. It was a very good learning experience.

Thanks all for your support