Good Auto Supports Lychee Slicer Tutorials, how to get the best prints possible

[@dravenboquet9498]

Do you only use your one custom light support? I'de also like to ask how this method is holding up for you 3 months later. I gave your method a good couple tries, out of my 6 attempts I have gotten 5 successful prints. Albeit I think I supported too little.

[@IPrint3dMinis]

Yes, and no...while I use that light support a lot. Some occasions I go heavier, while other times even lighter still. Recently had a pair of fairy wings that are so thin you can see light shine through them. Supporting those required using the smallest tip I have ever used a 0.05. It worked, but it was like a needle tip. Albeit just right for the object. I think it really just goes back to what ever you are printing. I would also say 5 out of 6 is good. So, that's great. Hope the rest are all successful. Thanks for watching.

[@TableFlipFoundry]

Hey! Great video! My team and I discovered the layer specific island scans a few years back and I published a very similar workflow for (what I call) "Semi-Auto supports" for minis in one of my videos. I think it's a really good entry level option for users who want to try to kitbash, use eldritch foundry or the such, or for users buying from smaller artists who cant afford to pay for professional presupports! That said, you can take the technique even a step further. Little known fact, Real island scan not only takes layer height into account, but also XY pixel size! If you want to be even more particular or carve out even finer details, you can scan using 2 different pixel sizes too! Like the original Saturn has a 50um XY res and the Saturn 2 has a 28um. This is taking it to a level most probably don't need, but for the obsessive people out there, this is a trick to taking things further. Good on you man for getting out there and teaching others! We need more people in our community who are putting in the work to educate and share their knowledge! You got a new subscriber :D

[@IPrint3dMinis]

Thanks for sharing that. Really great info. Really appreciate the sub, and the kind words as well. I love teaching, we do comic cons, and expos, and i meet so many people who say they got a printer only to never give a good solid try because they had a fail or two. I hope my videos help them get pas that. Also, thanks for the sub, I am fan, so that means a lot.

[@TableFlipFoundry]

@@IPrint3dMinis Right?? I remember being so incredibly frustrated. I'd have just as likely thrown my printer from the roof as to continue to just fail over and over. I think the better educated out community can be, the more people we will have in the hobby, the more people the more these companies will invest in new tech and resins. Its good for everyone! Keep it up man!

[@pierluigimarchi8108]

Sound intresring!!how to go down that way? Just configure differenti printers?

[@IPrint3dMinis]

@@pierluigimarchi8108 Configure alternate resin profiles, I mean you can add a printer if you want. I just create multiple profiles at different layer heights.

[@Mike-tc2rl]

The future is AI-placed supports. Lychee needs to get on this while they can still be the front-runner. Whoever does this well first will have a huge advantage in the marketplace. Most of my time printing is spent placing supports, with the 2nd largest annoyance being trying to remove them without damaging the model. Nothing will save users more time. I would select any slicer that does this well using AI over any other slicer that does not. It would make printing MUCH more enjoyable, and would significantly increase the amount of printing that I do.

[@IPrint3dMinis]

That sounds like a great concept. Would love to see it put to use.

[@privat9605]

I only have Small Object Bracing, Tall Object Bracing, Strong Bracing and Default Bracing in my Support Bracing Presets. Where'd you get the others, like "Small Strong Object" from? I also have Lychee Pro

[@IPrint3dMinis]

Sorry I did not explain that in this video, Small Strong Object is a preset I created. You can create custom bracings in the newest edition of Lychee Pro.

[@privat9605]

@@IPrint3dMinis Do you mind sharing your settings for these presets?

[@IPrint3dMinis]

@@privat9605 I will do one better, I will do a video follow-up explaining how to create them. It will be up in a week or so at most, the Small Strong Object is like the Small Object bracings, but I am using thicker braces by a little bit, it's not too drastic of a change.

[@pierluigimarchi8108]

Is there a specific reason to go from small to bigger layer?

[@IPrint3dMinis]

You don't have to start at 20um, you can go backwards. I usually print at 35um or 50um so I start with 20 and go up.