Pre-Supported Minis Are Happening!
Hello friends. So after some trial and error I've decided to give this a go. I've been hesitant on this in the past given everyone has different printers, slicers and materials. But, if they work for you and save you time I'll give it a shot. Currently in the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus folder you'll see there is now an stl file for most of the minis that has supports already set up. But before you jump with joy lets all keep some things in mind:
Resin only - While resin machines come in all shapes and sizes, FDM machines are even more diverse and the settings for each are so numerous there is no way to make supports that would work for everyone. With resin supports things are a little more uniform and these files should work for most machines. I'm sorry to my FDM friends. I know they can be a challenge.
What works for you might not work for me - I have given some of these files test prints and so far they've came out good. But what works for my machine might not work on yours. Feel free to check out the Discord channel on SLA help and see what folks use for their settings and experiment if you can. I'd love to test run every file but I just don't have the room for 2000+ test prints.
I really hope these help. Given there are 2000+ files it will take me some time before every file has a pre-suppported stl, but I do appreciate your patience. And in the end this will only be for creatures that can fit on a normal Photon sized plate, so Huge sized creatures on up will still need to be printed with big FDM machines.
From here onward whenever I create a new file, if it fits it'll get a pre-supported stl. I'm starting from Letter A and working my way down in the Google Drive, though this will obviously take a very long time before its all done. Take care folks and please feel free to try some of these out. I'd feedback either here or on the Discord ( https://discord.gg/ftKD3Eu ). Thanks!
Comments (15)
Thanks. Those come off so easy. I'm half sawing off the ones I make.
What program do you use for supports? What are you settings? Those are great, thanks.
Prusa Slicer. For the original Prusa SL1. Under Print Settings in supports I have these numbers going straignt down the line: 0.4 , 0.4 , 3 , 1 , 3, Zig-Zag , 3, 1, 1, 5, 45, 10, 10, 100% and 1
You have no Idea how much this helps me,altought I am getting better at putting up supports I am still a rookie and Keep messing the prints. This is awesome!
Would you also do baseless versions for everything with 4 or more legs for easier support removal?
No that would take an incredibly long time to do on top of this. I offer the Blender files for this reason. Select the base, delete it, then export it as a new stl file and you're set :)
That's another impressive undertaking. I wish you well in this effort.
Placing supports for resin is an art and takes alot of time. I feel that you'll need some help if your planning on going back threw your catalog.
Thanks! Are you using chitubox for this?
No I'm using Prusa Slicer. Chitubox crashes Windows File Explorer on my machine.
Thanks so much! This will save so much time!
Awesome job. Maybe ypur fans can help out and provide their supported files back to you to speed things up? Setup a process in which every file is tested by 3 independent fans and once the supported file receives 3 positive votes it is added to the collection? Just thinking out loud here as I know it can take a considerable amount of time adding supports and make everything work perfectly.
That's not a bad idea. I'm taking feedback into consideration in the Discord now.
Phooooweeee that’s gonna be a HUGE job to do your whole catalogue!!! You’re a champion for begin I g the endeavour!!!
Thanks friend :)