EASIER Support Settings for 3D Printed Miniatures (Printing The Game #11)

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

🎉Hey ya'll! We have a D&D Book + STL Kickstarter coming on Aug 3rd! Check it out here: 3dpt.me/uncharted-yt Thanks for the support!

[@asdfjoe123]

It's 4 years later. Does this all apply or have things change?

[@asdfjoe123]

Anyone?

[@doomstadt2371]

A moment of silence for my Tiefling Rangers left horn. I never knew you weren't support lol

[@sirgabiru5823]

bro i feel you. i love my tiefling characters. they never turn out quite right ;-;

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

TIME STAMPS: 1:04 - Setting Snapshots 1:52 - Support Overhangs 4:39 - Support Pattern 5:15 - Support Density 6:07 - Support Brim 6:24 - Support Z Distance 7:06 - Support Interface 9:22 - (When to use) Rafts 10:02 - Orienting & Layer View 11:06 - Tree Supports? 12:34 - Filament Choice Matters 13:21 - Bonus Setting (Getting rid of stringing in supports) 14:05 - Thank you to Andrew & Dennis

[@MrBizteck]

Heyyyy you added timestamps !!!

[@NIGHTMARE-zy7tq]

Have you made a vid on where to find good STL. Also love your vids as someone very new to printing.

[@jeffkazooless8983]

any chance you can put your starting points all in one place in writing?

[@ryanb.7751]

I just wanted to comment to mention that at least currently, Dikale is not selling the PLA filament that is in this video. Clicking the link will take you to a PLA+ filament, which is significantly stronger and more difficult to remove supports. I made the mistake and I'm trying to adjust settings now to try and improve print quality. Would you happen to have any advice as far as PLA+ or other sturdier filaments go? Thanks for he help and great video!

[@raindennis5517]

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[@Chahta]

I have 3D printer for more than a year. From day one, I was watching and following your instructions. During last year I have printed tons of minis and they all look great thanks to your instructions and all the little tricks you showed to us. To show my appreciation, I just got late pledge for The Lost Adventures. You are gift to the community. Thank you Danny.

[@adambourkeproduction]

DANNY!!!! THANK YOU!!!! you just increased my printing mini knowledge 200% Thank You, thank You, Thank You!!!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

You're welcome my friend, cheers!

[@RobbertKooiman]

If anyone else is wondering why they can't lift their models off of the buildplate like at 9:05, it's in Cura's preferences > general, "automatically drop models to the buildplate". Turn that one off. I had the same problems as Danny, and I was looking for a solution. This is probably it!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

You're right - I mention it specifically in my Supports 101 video but I forgot it here! Good catch. Thank you Robbert!

[@Shadowkiwi]

THANK YOU!!!

[@BradGreer]

I've been tinkering and honing in on settings I like through experimentation for years, but you've just leapfrogged over all of that fumbling and it just works now. You've earned my sub!

[@Singewulf]

You are a lifesaver! I was able to successfully print my first miniature with clean details and no overhang issues. Thank you so much!

[@TheBenLux]

I've been looking for someone with the advanced settings actually written out for the longest time, thank you so much!!

[@johngreene1308]

i was having trouble with supports being hard to remove. i followed settings from this video and they worked great! thanks so much for this video!

[@dbenciveni]

Hey man, you've helped me a lot this past few year. Thanks for that. One thing I figured out for minis is that if you remove the base, you reduce the printing time of 2:50 to 1:00 hour for 32mm characters. And than you can print the bases at 2mm layer high in a 3 min/base ratio. Than, just superglue then together. You probably already know this, but I've never seen you mention it. Might help others. Cheers

[@drewbradley6732]

My man! I was having the worst anxiety about printing because I couldn't get my support settings right and it was a nightmare to remove the supports post print: ruining my prints and taking forever. After watching this video, using these settings, and now understanding more what was going wrong, I was able to print a curvy, spiky dragon tail and it looks magnificent! I've just been staring at it in awe. Thanks so much for putting your content up! Much love, brother!

[@monsterink2053]

I just wanted to say thank you I just tried the setting and they worked wonderfully

[@kateberry7133]

This has been incredibly helpful! As someone who is a 3D printing novice, this was exactly the type of video I needed to make my prints more successful. Thanks!

[@NortonYJunior]

Thank you. I’ve just started printing my minis for my table top game. I’m still learning Cura and you nailed what I’m doing with supports. I can’t wait to implement what I’ve learn from this video! Thank you so much!

[@RidanisaurusRid]

Jesus Christ! What is this magic? These settings have increased my print quality by miles, and make it so much easier to remove the far-less support. Much appreciated dude.

[@UncleJessy]

Awesome video man! Just your channel! Loving the content! Printing up some minis right now and def will be checking out some of your videos!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

Thanks for visiting my channel, Jessy. Never thought I'd see the day I'd get a comment from ya, feeling pretty honored right now. You're channel is my go-to prop channel, brother. Big hug, man!

[@jamescryer2356]

Thank you for these videos. My perfect profile I spent a couple months refining was completely lost in the 4.7 update. You're my savior right now.

[@CS-zx3sv]

I got a glass plate for my ender 3 and I love it because it sticks so well that I don't need rafts nearly as much, nor do I need to use glue sticks anymore. You have great tips thank you so much!

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

You are definitely a hero! Can DMs get inspiration? I grant you inspiration!

[@DerMega]

That video is AWESOME. Thank you for this in depth view on supports. Had a hard time printing a HF mini this week and I guess this will help me a lot!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

I hope it does! Thanks for your kind words. Let me know how it goes!

[@davidedc2613]

One of the best video about support that I've ever seen...hats off!

[@RollforDamageRFD]

Nice! I mainly only use tree supports and it’s almost always worked. If it looks weird in layer view. Rotate it 1 degree and regenerate the tree. That usually fixes any gaps not supporting the model.

[@jakemorley53]

Are you using just stock tree settings?

[@RollforDamageRFD]

jake morley no. I’ll upload my specs when I get home.

[@jakemorley53]

@@RollforDamageRFD That would be awesome! Could you message me when you do please?

[@jakemorley53]

@@RollforDamageRFD any update?

[@RollforDamageRFD]

jake morley no sry man. I’ve been down with a chest cold. I’ll message it to you tonight. Make sure you updated to cura 4 as the tree settings are different

[@MattLathrum]

I did a google search for printing supports in Cura from the last month, and this video was right at the top. While I didn't put it in my search, it was for printing D&D minis, so this video was perfect. Great explanations! Instant subscribe.

[@te1381]

Day two of owning an Ender 3 pro and half of what you said I didn't understand but I will come back and watch again to test out these settings. Thank you for taking the time to do this video.

[@waynejordan3168]

Dude, thanks again for all the effort you put into these videos. I will be coming back to this video, time and time again.

[@FotisBourisPs]

Finaly a detailed (old but still perfect -> because settings of Cura changed a little bit) video! Thanks for all!

[@robertdonahue3776]

so i wanted to try printing with the lines supports as suggested, however cura seems to still have the lines made into blocks, how do i stop cura from connecting the support lines into blocks, please help i've been over all the settings and cant find where to fix the issue

[@creatieffjj]

i doubt you're still struggling with this, but just in case someone else also struggles with this (like me): It seems to be an option called: Support wall line count, default this is one, but you should set is to zero, then it doesn't 'box' the lines

[@laartwork]

@@creatieffjj great timing as I just watched this video

[@robertdonahue3776]

@@creatieffjj Thank you very much for your reply, I did figure it out after a few days. Then I had another problem, Cura wouldn't let me change the zig zag pattern to lines. The option disappeared from the settings. I went through preferences and found where you check box to enable that but with it check boxed it didn't show up still. That is all been dealt with since I updated to the lastest version. Thank you very much for replying to my ask for help. I appreciate it very much.

[@xureality]

Support interface is definitely the game changer. My printer sucks at cooling and if I don't use support interface it definitely comes out as a mess every time. Another tip if you want a great bottom side finish and don't mind it being slightly harder to remove: set support z distance to about .1 to .15, it'll peel off with application of pliers so maybe not the best for thin fragile models but the surface finish is damn near that of the top side

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

I agree with you regarding making z distance lower with one caveat: with Hatchbox and Esun it was like an impregnable fortress and extremely difficult (even with pliers). For bigger prints, it is definitely more doable. Thanks for sharing!

[@Thracus3]

I came here hoping to find a way to improve the bottom side finish. Thanks!

[@WhiteStripesWS6]

I don't print minis at all but this was a fantastic video for just learning more about supports in general. These settings apply to even functional prints that need support. Thanks!

[@mseepman1]

Awesome Video...Your channel is one of the reasons I got into 3d printing at all!

[@naytron210]

Liked for the rotation trick to get those supports in the right place, and subbed for the positive and friendly vibes. Seriously great vid keep it up.

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

Hi everyone! Sorry about the rough voice - was sick at the time of recording. I'm looking forward to hearing how these settings work from you all. Were they better? Worse? The Same?

[@TheSevenUpMan]

Danny, for Tree Supports to really work, you need to put Support Density (under Supports) to 0 and then disable Supports altogether, then enable Tree Supports. Thsi way, TS will print only a one-line-thick shell that's easy to remove. Do try this out, you should see the effect in Layer View immediately!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

@@TheSevenUpMan I did disable supports, but I didn't put support density to 0. You got it though - I'm gonna give this a shot! Any caveats or things to look out for so I don't fail and give up again? :D

[@TheSevenUpMan]

The Support Brim feature was a real gamechanger for me - it works with traditional supports as well as with tree Supports. I got the advice to set Maximum Resolution to 0.005mm, though I'm not sure what it really does. Ah, and I increased Tree Support Branch Distance to 0.2mm because otherwise the supports were much closer to the model, making them a pain to remove. You also might want to increase Tree Support Branch Angle to some 50°, because lower values meant for me that Cura started branches out of thin air, making them fail during print. But that's about it. Looking forward to hear from your results! :-)

[@bepnewt]

I printed the Shadow Dragon head and tail and had a lot support material sticking to the model. I just modified my profile with your settings in this video and am reprinting the head. I'll let you know how it turns out. The extra material left on the tail is on the bottom so I'm not real worried about it. This is just for table-top quality fun. Many thanks for your videos - explaining the WHY is as important as telling the WHAT. You do a great job of that. Between you and Tom(?) @ Fat Dragon sharing knowledge, I'm printing great minis.

[@bepnewt]

Amazing results. I can't even tell the pieces used supports. Thanks so much.

[@Genesis26k]

Excellent video, thanks :) Exept the support Z distance. You have to know that if you set the layer height of your model at 0,2 for example, you can not set the Z distance to 0,25. It won't have any effect, it's written on the help tip the value is rounded at a multiple value of layer height. So for a 0,2 layer height you can set the Z distance to 0,2 0,4 0,6 etc.... all the motor step of the model will be at 0,2 on Z so there won't be a step at 0,05 to ajust your support à 0,25 :). The only way to have 0,25 or 0,26 Z support distance is to have 0,25 or 0,26 layer height for your model :)

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

I missed that, but it makes sense! So with minis I'm doing 0.3 and larger I'm doing 0.2. Consistent with my general range. That's probably because those settings given originally used a layer height of 0.125 or something of the sort. Thanks for sharing and helping us all learn! Cheers!

[@aguywithlaptopand3dprinter]

how do you make line support in 4:46?..mine always have square like shape

[@austinworkman5663]

I also have this problem

[@Dirt33breaks]

@@austinworkman5663 me too my supports are always generated as a thick wall rather than small boxes or lines.

[@yeahnahsorry3433]

I figured it out, there is a setting called 'support wall line count', change it from 1 to 0.

[@aguywithlaptopand3dprinter]

@@yeahnahsorry3433 you sir deserve a medal

[@biondosauro4756]

I do not own a 3d printer, but i find this videos so entertaining. I hope u make a video of Zombie dragon or shadow dragon print and paint!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

Thank you for the comment, support, ans suggestions, my friend!

[@AngryRamboShow]

I use to watch this sort of content before buying an Ender 3, but now that I have one, Danny's channel is full of good support for solving common headaches with printing; so it's useful and entertaining even if your focus isn't all on minis.

[@WhiteSparkie]

Thanks for sharing your settings! I printed my very first dragon and the overhangs were perfect!

[@mifen5023]

I changed how I do supports based on that post too. It's been a game changer for my mini printing. Thanks for the video, great job!

[@notmyname8865]

Finally a somewhat “in-depth” support guide and explanation! I have looked for UP TO DATE support video that explain the current Cura options for a while since my experiences have been inconsistent when properly generating supports. It would be nice if you did a video about your best tree support settings even though you stated you hardly use them. I wish Cura allowed for custom supports like mesh mixer when using tree supports. Thanks again for the info!

[@slhx8956]

thank you!!! Supports are the hardest thing i have run into along with retraction

[@crisgizzi6537]

Dikale PLA is great! It was one of the first PLAs that I tried and it's always worked great for me. I've had way less issue with Dikale than I have with less "budget" PLA.

[@PetersTreasury]

I'm printing some miniatures for using with Gloomhaven. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to look ok. Printing with the standard support was impossible to get out of the miniature. Thanks to your presets I was able to print. Going to watch the video later to understand even more about the how and what, but I'm glad I could just get it printing now!

[@juliadandy6019]

Such an informative video!! So well explained!! Thank you so much! Can't wait to print my first minis :) Will def watch some of your other videos first XD

[@oh_itsd4v39]

Dude amazing! My friends and family got me a ender 3 v2 for my Bday since I got back into dming for D&D and been struggling with settings. This video has helped me immensely since I got back into it, thank you 🙏

[@patspeth57]

Danny, Thank you sooo much for this information. I'm new to 3D printing and have shied away from printing many miniatures because of the difficulty I was having removing the supports. I'd say more but I must go print some minis and try out these settings!

[@Adamskitheshirtless1]

Great video, just started to 3d print my own stuff, was having issues with the supports but this helped alot. Thanks!

[@itllBuffGaming]

Are you using the newest ultimakerCura? Seen some settings in there not covered in the video, did you just leave them default?

[@pedrohenriqueboscofi]

that was just one of the most useful 3D printing videos ever, thanks and keep updating it in this format (would be nice to see it about other slicers too in case you use any other)

[@kevinl1664]

this is one of my favorite videos on the internet. seriously, thank you

[@TBKzord]

I found I've had a lot more success with tree supports (after playing around I've found a tree support angle of 60 has worked really well) on larger minis, while the lines/support interface are my go to for the normal player sized minis.

[@WalterCrumbcake]

Thanks for this! I have been using the old Siepie profile for a couple months now. One thing that annoyed me was the clicky sound of the nozzle dragging across supports. Every now and then that would lead to support snapping. I've just printed out my first mini with these settings and I didn't hear any of that clicking at all. The resulting quality is great and the time spent on support removal makes me want to print out entire armies now.

[@duttdits]

I want you to know that all this time later this video is still helping people and I'll definitely point my brother to your channel when he takes up FDM 3d printing next month Edit: I found this video because I ruined a tortle barbarian because of massive over supporting.

[@OrelseMusic]

Just found your channel. I bought an ender3 and i am struggling with the minis so far. I am goona try out your settings and all of your advices ! Thank you so much :)

[@GoobertownHobbies]

Great video Danny! Super informative & chill. Now I just need to get a printer...

[@mikepercival7424]

Did my first print today with your suggestions. It was just a simple wing but it came out so nice and the supports just basically fell off. Thanks so much for everything you do for the community.

[@BeckmanCoulter2013]

Great settings for Cura they really worked for my minis, Thanks!

[@joeszymanski3540]

That Samus looks great!

[@mattropol]

Just wow! I thought my support settings where pretty good, but the combination of Line Pattern with Roof/Floor is amazing. Allways had problems with support placement-> everywhere, now i can get it off clean. And the Retraction setting for support, i just never noticed. Very helpful, thx.

[@mihaimadalin]

This is the video i was looking for. Thank you!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

I hope it helps! Thanks for the comment!

[@AngryRamboShow]

Danny, I really dig your channel, and I'm thrilled that it is growing. You should have tons of subscribers.

[@oficialsmith7534]

Thank you very much for your continuous effort, I really appreciate all the work you do, here is one more happy child! Thank you!

[@Ranmitita]

Subscribing to your channel has been one of the best decisions I've made EVER! Thanks for these videos!

[@JD96893]

The community thanks you! This really is great work!

[@FizzyElf002]

You've been a huge help for me. I just got an Ender 3 for printing minis. Thank you!

[@tinaprice4948]

Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos, my printer is on the way , and I can't wait! I know I will be going over and over your videos to help me print.

[@TheWeakenedWarrior]

Just got my printer. Getting ready to set it up for Christmas and this video is great. Thanks!

[@PVG3DPrints]

Best video on supports I've seen to date! Well done.

[@tomlindahl3592]

Thanks Danny, love these videos - really educational and helpful, with examples and stuff. Keep it up, you're a great service to the community man!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Tom! I hope it's helpful to your printing my friend. Cheers!

[@3DJapan]

Thanks a lot. I have a printer coming in to Trevor soon and it's slicer is based on Cura.

[@GreySectoid]

Just got my first FDM printer, still very relevant information, thanks.

[@wowkalfas1977]

yet another great video , thank you for the work you do for the community

[@Myminifactory]

This video is really helpful and informative and fills me with more confidence for the next time I have to print with supports, thank you so much!!!!

[@ddrguitarpunk]

Wanted to thank you for this. I’m using an Ender 3 and I design rings. Currently working on a shadow band for an engagement ring with lots of twists and turns, and having to print the model after each adjustment until I get it just right. Without these settings, I’d never be able to remove the supports without breaking the model. It’d be pretty costly to send this to casting if I couldn’t double check my work

[@AbsalonPrieto]

This is such an underrated youtube channel. Thanks for putting these out!

[@maercoen8624]

I just wanted to say thank you for this video. After adjusting my Cura settings I was finally able to print a miniature and not have issues removing the supports.

[@LootGoblinTV]

Awesome video! I have a i3 mega I definitely need to tweak my supports in cura. Thank you for the video!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

You're welcome! Thank you for your comment!

[@breadboi3837]

thank you, I it took a awhile but now I can spend less time tearing apart my builds. Just a little more on thinking about painting them :)

[@kyleberthiaume5894]

Thank you!!!! These settings have helped me (finally!)successfully print miniatures!

[@hobbes2555]

Saving up for an ender 3 and doing as much learning before hand. Thank you for the info. Subbed!

[@Zacknafin]

great summary and breakdown! Cura has defiantly come a long way in support options.

[@evilbunnee6508]

Hey man, you just earned my subscribe. SUCH A HELPFUL VIDEO! Thank you so much!

[@Ericscreativeside]

Thanks! Your videos keep getting better, I appreciate all the extra insight you have been adding lately. Keep up the great work.

[@teecee7475]

Very informative and helpful video, thank you very much.

[@oasntet]

An often-overlooked option is to use _both_ tree supports and traditional supports. You can rely on the tree supports for most things, and only use traditional supports for really high-angle overhangs like >80 degrees. The tree structures will overlap the towers, and can help prevent them falling over, too.

[@lucabennati360]

Thanks for sharing! I will try. Normally I use Meshmixer overhangs, a sort of tree supports but minimizing the contact surface points and material. Very easy to remove.

[@ComicCaper2]

Thank you for this. The "everywhere" setting is ridiculous. It puts supports where you can't even get at them on my current model, yet affects the appearance. I just tried your settings above and it shaved 24 hours off my print. We'll see how it comes out. Oh and finally found someone doing minis with PLA not resin, definitely helpful.

[@phatdad9750]

new to printing minis just been having issues yesterday i broke a foot off my print removing supports .. got your setting set and giving it a try

[@sebasoft]

I so needed this video man, can't thank you enough. One thing you can test is using the orientation solver on Meshmixer and then go to Cura for the final support creation.

[@sebasoft]

Let me clarify what I mean by this. - I have meshmixer setup so it will export an STL to Cura when I press Print - I import the model in meshmixer - Go to analysis -> orientation - have all my settings cranked up to 100 - overhang angle here is [90 -

[@AnaMardoll]

Thank you so much! I have been having so much trouble with supports. I couldn't remove them without tearing my goblin archer's bow off, or my dire wolf's legs off. (He is now Snickers the Legless Wolf.) These settings actually made it possible to get functioning minis. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@jordanwagg7266]

Man, thank you so much for this. This changed my mini printing life! Supports were killing my minis before this! Definite Subscribe, gonna have to watch the rest of your videos!

[@DocPicklez]

Dude.... this is such an amazing video. Thank you so much

[@AndyChristianLoyola]

Thanks man. Wanna try your advise. Been struggling with ugly bottom after support removal.

[@JosephK42]

Thank you for the support tips! Time to delve back into Cura!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

You're welcome, Joseph! Good luck!

[@JB-il8cw]

I love you called out hero forge. People ask me to print their stl files and they have mesh holes and the details are really undersized and tend to break easier.

[@RedstarkitsGaming]

Another good video, I will be giving line supports a test myself now. : )

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

Thanks, Richard! Let me know how it goes.

[@J0shuaGam3r]

Great video Danny, I'm going to give these settings a shot!

[@AAAAAAHH]

Thank you for this very informative and confidence inspiring video. increased my print quality by a large margin. keep up the good work and keep sharing your experience

[@tinypopura]

I didn't even know you could change the support pattern. Damn those hidden settings. Thanks for making this!

[@joepilimai4604]

So timely. Thank you. Just what I needed.

[@michaelbrobbel8753]

Thanks for this, I didn't know some of this settings were there. I usually do not use cura's supports for my printing. I like to bring my stl into MatterControl by MatterHackers and use the supports there. I get much better control and can delete individual sections and thereby have variable support density. Now that cura let's you do custom supports I have been starting to do some more playing but I really like watching your videos, I nearly always learn something new or at least have something I suspected confirmed, keep up the great work

[@symphony10]

You are back awesome!!