Get the Best Resin Support Placement With UVTools!

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

*Update Notice* The list of issues that UVTools detects with a model is no longer automatically displayed. To see the list of islands and resin traps you'll need to select the "Issues" button. This is the button with the Biohazard Symbol at the top left of the screen.

[@Martoriass]

Nice guide! The reason you don't spot the islands on the same layer is because uvtools start counting at layer 0 and lychee at one, so layer 116 in uvtools is 117 in lychee.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

You are exactly right. The creator actually just told me the same thing. I really should have put that together myself, but I've never said I'm the smartest person in the room. 😂 Thanks for the positive feedback!

[@FalloutProto]

Thank you!

[@MrRoyalfalconer]

Excellent, spot on advice for anyone new to the 3d printing hobby.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

One of the main goals for my channel is to make 3D printing more accessible to everyone. So, I'm really glad to hear that you think this video accomplishes that goal. Thanks for the feedback! 😊

[@Comphetic]

I've watched this video like 5 times. Very informative and helped me get my first successful print with my own supports. tysm

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

These are the kind of comments I love to see! I'm so glad my video helped you improve your 3D printing skills! 😊

[@andreantonow254]

First of all, thank you for the video! It's very detailed and it helped me a lot during my prints. I have a couple of questions tho. For example, I slice the model in my slicer (chitubox) and then open it in UvTools and hunt for islands. So, in one window I will have UVTools oppened and Chitubox in another, going after the layers. When you mention to repair the files. I save the sliced model again and press Ctrl+F5 to reload the STL in UVTools. Press repair and save. That model, will not be able to be oppened in Chitubox, right? So In order to print it I will need to use the USB stick. Right? What do you think about making a video of the complete proccess? Like, get the model, slice, fix islands, repair, print and paint? It would be awesome.

[@SergeCruso]

I love your no "gill" frill and informative videos! This setup is game changing!

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

Oh man I need that to be a category everywhere I upload videos... "Chill no grill informative." 😂 Really glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the positive feedback!

[@cfriedalek]

The apparent difference in layer number for island ID between UVTools and Lychee is because UVTools starts it's layer count at zero whereas Lychee starts at 1. Therefore layer 116 in UVTools is layer 117 in Lychee exactly as you eventually discovered. So add one to the UVT number and go straight there. Anyway nice video. Cheers.

[@highwaymen1237]

Your UVtools videos are great! Your are a very good presenter. Please do more videos and cover all the features of UV tools. Thank you.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

I really appreciate that a lot thank you! I absolutely will be doing more UVTools videos because there are just so many amazing features!

[@highwaymen1237]

@@SlicePrintRoleplay I have watched some of your other videos and they all are very good. Good luck with your Channel.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

@@highwaymen1237 thanks so much for the encouragement! 💚

[@IdolsHextech]

It's worth mentioning that in your video your file opens with the 'issues' tab open, which isn't the default. So if someone is struggling to find the islands list, click on the second symbol in the top left. Also, saving the UVtools processed file meant I could no longer open it up in Chitubox to add the supports

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

That's a super important call out. Thanks for that! This video is a few years old. At the time the default for UVTools was to open into the issues tab. However, that's changed with newer versions.

[@markferrick10]

thanks for the video. Enjoy seeing folks work flow using UVTools. Helps me (and beginners ) understand what to worry about and what not to.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

That's great to hear as it was definitely my goal for the video. Thank you for the feedback!

[@renny9879]

Thanks for another helpful video my friend. This time I've decided it's only fair to subscribe as I've found your videos valuable to a relative technophobe printer like myself. Keep it up.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

I really appreciate the support and positive feedback! 💚

[@hothmobile100]

This video is so helpful! Please make more videos. Especially if you have a Saturn 2.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

I'm glad to hear you found it so helpful! I'll definitely be doing more videos on UVTools.... I do not have a Saturn 2... Yet. 😊

[@alvaroguerra2882]

I have it and I will try this program also

[@whatsagrinder]

this program seems like a must. why is not in chitubox or other resin slicers? just pay the man for rights or usage, put it in.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

@@whatsagrinder yeah it seems like a no brainer. My guess is that some companies have approached the creator but they've turned them down. They want to program to remain free and totally accessible to everyone. I'll ask the creator next time I reach out to them. I do know that you can integrate UVTools with Lychee slicer but I've not tested that process yet.

[@fluxcapacitor]

Thanks a lot for this. I imagine that when you decide to remove islands based on a pixel count (here: "remove islands that are 2 pixels or smaller"), this heavily depends on the size of these pixels, doesn't it? Because a high-definition screen with 18µm pixel is not at all the same that a screen that has 50µm pixels.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

@@fluxcapacitor that's an interesting question. At the time this video was made there wasn't such a wide range of screen resolutions/pixel sizes. I'll have to look into this question a bit before I answer. 🤔

[@fluxcapacitor]

@@SlicePrintRoleplay Please do and take your time. I appreciate that you're thinking about it.

[@TwoYaks]

This was a very useful video, thank you!

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

I'm very glad to hear that!

[@brotherbing405]

thanks, very useful info in a no nonsense delivery 🙂 youve got a new sub!

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

Much appreciated thank you!

[@ИванИванов-щ9я2п]

Thank you so much for your hard work! Very valuable information. Please tell me where you can change the language of the program to another one? Thank you!)

[@live3dprintspt920]

Thanks, I only used UV tools to check if the screenshot will appear all on the printer screen 😅 omg what have I been missing? 😢 I check layer by layer in chitubox, sometimes for hours. I will try this one later today for sure

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

Oh yeah this will be a huge time saver for you!

[@abaanbdert1147]

Thank you so much, it was a great video - very useful and important!

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

You are very welcome, I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@nhacvangchannel4479]

Beautiful video enjoyed watching stay connected 💗💗

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kylea1245]

Wonderful video. Thank you

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

You are very welcome. 😊

[@thegamethemovie9605]

Not expressly stated, but I assume this works for presupported models as well (not just models to which I add supports).

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

It absolutely does! I intentionally avoided using a pre-supported model because I didn't want to make enemies. 😅

[@JoshuaRilliet]

Bonjour et merci pour cette vidéo, je viens de recevoir ma première imprimante résine et j'apprends tout ce que je peux avant de me lancer réellement et ce logiciel semble être un bon complément aux slicer qui sont parfois un peu trop laxistes sur les supports.

[@breakinmedia]

Would love to see a video on Vehicles & tanks

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

It's funny you should say that. I'm actually working on a calibration video that will show you have to make your own vehicle models. 😊

[@breakinmedia]

@@SlicePrintRoleplay Nice one look forward to that then :) cheers

[@Crusader158]

Instead of manually looking through 1000s of layers could I use the repair layers and issues button and get a similar results as looking for the islands individually?

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

The way this software fixes islands is by either attaching island pixels to ones near by or by removing them. So if you have an island made of multiple layers that doesn't have supports near it, then you may run into issues repairing those types of island automatically. But you can certainly try it!

[@Crusader158]

@@SlicePrintRoleplay thanks again for the response so quick. I actually ran through up to about 250 layers manually and then just hit the button. Its printing right now and will let you know how it turns out. Have you determined a minimum pixel count you will even bother with? I’ve noticed those around even 10 or so are kind of a pain to add supports sometimes and I just skip them.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

@@Crusader158 you are very welcome. I try to respond to all the comments on my videos. Yes please let me know how it that print turns out. As far minimum pixel size, that's totally up to you. If you want to set up values to remove islands of 10 pixels or less than definitely try it and see how it goes.

[@Crusader158]

@@SlicePrintRoleplay I may give it a try. I think those little floaters that we can’t see on n the slicer has definitely ruined a few prints as far as quality. I kept having some odd spots on some prints show up where extra resin bonded. I’m guessing this was the culprit

[@Crusader158]

@@SlicePrintRoleplay print came out fine. Just had some slight warping on the base of the mini I was printing, but don’t think that was from something I missed in uvtools. Wish I could send you a pic of it.

[@cwj138]

I like this video, it is informative even if I will not use this technique, I just eyeball the model and orientate it at an angle that it looks like it should be okay then let it rip. My poor FEP.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

I'm a big advocate for each person doing whatever works best for them. In the end all that matters is that you are happy with the results you're getting. I'm glad you enjoyed the video all the same. 😊

[@JohnSmith-rt5yq]

When i use uvtools i cant remove my supports.... when i dont, supports come off just fine. Whats the issue, why is uvtools making support connects harder or more connected?

[@vinanderson2535]

Thanks

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

You are very welcome.

[@edwinbarreto58]

So UVtools requires a slicer to make the repairs?

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking if UVTools can repair sliced files that have islands? The answer is, yes. UVTools takes a sliced file and can edit, repair, and change it in a number of ways. However, it can only use sliced files. You can't makes those some changes to a base STL file. But I don't know why you'd want to. Let me know if that answers your question.

[@jackwingnutt]

What happenes if you push the repair button in uv tools? Does it not automatically add supports? Have you tested how they print when fix in uv tools?

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

So at the 2:50 mark I explain the different settings you can adjust that will determine how UVTools repairs the issues it's identified. Once you hit the repair button UV Tools will repair the model in accordance with those settings and how you've adjusted them. I've had great results when having UVTools repair islands using the process I go over in the video.

[@sn4k3PT]

Repair islands will not auto add supports, it will attempt to merge with nearby blobs given your settings, it will only work with nearby stuff, far islands it will not touch it and require manual intervention

[@CommandantLennon]

At the suggestion of you and many others, I've tried to use UV tools, only for the preview in my slicer program to become pixelated to all hell after exporting the model. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to deal with this?

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

I've not encountered or heard of this issue until today. You are the second person to have this issue. I would take a screenshot of what you're seeing and post it in the UVTools Facebook group. Or open a bug report on Github. If I learn more about this video I'll post a video about the issue/how to resolve it.

[@scifimodelshop]

I noticed Lychee has the island search and add supports to the model does that not work?

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

It's not bad, but also not perfect. It will miss islands.

[@vividpsychosis8222]

Why is the auto orient and support adding all the supports to the front of the model. Isn’t that like the worst place?

[@mangadicto]

Hi, I have a question about UVTools, i repair and correct all issues and save as ctb. Then i open the result file in chitubox but model appears pixeled and not pulished as original, is that alrigth?

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

Are you using the same or similar settings to the defaults in UVTools? It's possible there is an issue, but it's more likely that the preview in your slicer isn't displaying correctly. I'd try a print like that as a test and see what the results are.

[@mangadicto]

@@SlicePrintRoleplay Ok, thanks i'll try and see what happend, by the way the settings in UVTools are by default

[@ClarkeFamilyGaming]

Awesome content. +1 like and new sub here.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

Thanks so much for the positive feedback and support! 💚

[@TheOldLynx77]

Like your video, but you are loosing to mutch time putting Supports on the Slicer. You could add those precious Supports directly using UVtools :-) (sorry the poor english portuguese fan here)

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

You are 100% correct. However, I haven't had enough time to test that process and I don't like to explain something unless I understand it well... Definitely something for an "Advance" video. Thanks for the awesome feedback! 😊

[@TheSundanceKid-s9f]

Shockingly mild-mannered for a Pervish tutorial.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

@@TheSundanceKid-s9f mild-mannered by day but freaky at night... That's when the character sheets and dice come out to play. 😊

[@vividpsychosis8222]

Why don’t we just repair in UV tools once’s it recognizes them? Why are we repairing it ourselves, I thought that was the point outside of just identifying them

[@ToaChronix]

man why can't slicers just do this instead of making me install a separate program to fix their mistakes

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

@@ToaChronix most do have an island detection function. It's just not usually super reliable. You can integrate UVTools with Lychee but I've not tested that myself. So I can't really speak to its functionality.... But yes it's really frustrating that slicers can't do even half of what UVTools can.

[@hyperionhelios190]

The more I learn about UVtools, the more I am heartbroken that it doesn't support new chitu.

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

I can definitely understand that. Once more data for it is available I believe the Creator of UVTools will work on adding it.

[@tjslater2006]

@@SlicePrintRoleplay support for encrypted chitu is there, I believe readonly (unless that's changed recently) so could still do most of this workload with it. Great video and thanks for spending the time to share it!

[@SlicePrintRoleplay]

@@tjslater2006 oh that's great to hear! It's a start at least.