Wow, thank you so much for this video, I'll try this right away. I've been struggling with a specific print for weeks, but this would help a lot 😁

This is a nice addition to the rest of Chuck's videos on supports and the various ways to use them effectively. The cylindrical plugin supports can also be set as cutting meshes so you can hide parts of the model you may not want to print. I use that feature a lot when I'm testing large practical prints and only want to print a specific part of the model. Thanks again for all the useful tips and information.

I don't use supports a lot and lately when I have, I refer back to this video to remind me how to do the custom supports. Frequent viewer, fan, and subscriber! Thank you!

Invaluable. Especially the reminder to not select the support button when using custom supports. That one has been stumping me for a few prints now.

When I go back and look at my Cura settings, I don't see a single improvement that wasn't because of Chuck. So thank you, Chuck. Your work is incredibly valuable.

Great video. I look forward to each Friday for your helpful hints. I've learned more from you and your experience than anywhere else. Please keep it up.

OMG. Why has this not always been available? What a common sense idea!! Thank you for the info Chep!

Moving the supports is Epic. Nice work Chuck.

With tree you need to use 'build plat only' under support placement. Then it wont go on the model, it will only place supports directly on the build plate. The tree would have been 10 min faster.

Really amazing plugins, Chuck! 😃 Thanks a lot!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

If I am not mistaken , there was an option for the tree support without touching the print...

I use trees supports for everything but this looks handy.

Hey Chuck! I thought you might be interested a easy trick I learned this week for getting better bridging on almost any print by just changing one slicer setting. In cura, set "Top/Bottom Line Directions" to "[60,105,150,15]". This will rotate the top/bottom layers by 15 degrees, which can significantly shorten long bridges, and make supports less necessary or even sometimes allow them to be omitted if both sides are already supported. (This works because most models are designed with either 90 or 45 degree angles)

Thank you for the support / update.

Cool video! I guess I need to check for updated plugins more often. I can see where these custom supports in the updated version can be extremely beneficial for some of my prints!

Couldn't you use the Cura option Support->Support Placement->Touching Buildplate to use tree supports that won't touch the model?

Fantastic, Chuck! Thank you so kindly for the tips. You've introduced whole sections of Cura I didn't even know existed! I feel ashamed as I have been playing with this program for over a year (part-time).

That's super helpful. Now I'm just hoping someone will make a plugin like "paint on supports" and then I think all the bases will be covered.

I started watching your videos today and I learned a ton of things about Cura! Thanks!!!

always a pleasure to see your videos. Thank you.

Thanks Chuck. I just used this to print support feet for my Ender 3v2. The first print left a lot of support material on the print. customizing the support fixed the quality of the print

Thanks for highlighting these features in Cura. I really need to make the switch from 15.4. I just haven't had the confidence or time to switch over my custom settings for my printrbot simple metal.

Exactly what I was looking for

This is the kind of support I’ve always needed

I installed this plug-in and found myself using it very very sparingly it's extremely situationally useful but when you do have that one print that benefits from it it makes it worth having it installed

Woa. Had no idea Cura had these supports! I'd typically build those offset supports on my own within the CAD, but it's pretty neat to see these.

Wow! Great tip Chuck. I needed this last week and this would have saved me so much time...Cheers

I didn't even know about the tree supports, must have missed that one. These are great!

Great update/expanding of the support possibilities Thanks for sharing :-)

Very useful. I was surprised those long bridges worked with only a little support in the middle. I rarely need custom supports but on the few occasions where it was necessary I just designed my own in FreeCAD. However I understand that this method works for everyone without the need for CAD editing (e.g. people printing from ready-made STLs etc.)

Thank you for this video!!! I am printing a Spider-Man mask for a customer and I need to print it hollow. This will save me a ton of time. I will let you know how much when the project is finished.

Great Video again. In this video in a few seconds literally I found what I was looking for. which was how to move and reposition custom supports. I am playing around with the different types. One thing you cover which is great and important to know is don't tick the check box in setting for the main support and you let people know that the settings will still be applied to the custom supports. This is information that other video don't cover but is VERY HELPful. I tried using a standard support fill in CURA 5.0 and there was absolutely no way to remove the supports. When I tried standard supports in Cura 4.x CURA places supports that are like a thin wall. These were very easy to remove. Actually I am trying to reproduce that type of support. I hope CURA 5.0 Redues how the standard supports work.

have merry christmas chep and happy new year

Great tip! Will try on my next print 👍🏼

Thanks Chip excelent video like always!!!

Just downloaded these and I’m ready to try them out!

You have just saved me sooo much trouble. THANK YOU!!!!

Super useful. Wish I had found this video sooner.

This is cool, I had no idea about this addon, I like it a lot, thanks for the info!

Thanks. Your videos are very clear and precise. 👍 Well done.

Why not use "put supports on buuldplate only" along with tree supports?

Thanks a lot for this video. It helped a lot!

hopeful similar features come to prusa/superslicer in the future. I just cannot get comfortable in cura's UI, it feels like it's fighting me lol

That is incredibly useful, thank you Chuck!

what a great informativevideo thankyou from a felow printer

Very nive video. Thank you very much!!!

Great vid extremely helpful. Thanks.

Wow! Thank you so much for this. Really helpful!

I just love getting 3d printing tips from Silvester Stallone 😅

This is exactly the sort of think I needed thanks mate appreciate the video

HOLY Crap this is what I"ve been looking for ...

Nice video. I find I do really good with tree supports if I add an extra wall. For some reason , on some prints, it gets a little flimsy with just one.

The "Bridge" option is a really helpful function. But if your 3d object is a bit taller, the bridge is getting really huge. There should be an option available to edit the width of the legs to keep the bridge support as small as possibel. If you make the legs of the bridge-support smaller, the supported area is getting smaller as well.

I really hope this comes to more slicers like prusaslicer. This is dope.

Great tip on custom supports! Now if only we could change the infill percentage of them. I gather they take the same infill from the Main setting.

Thanks so much for this. I'm new to all of this and this has been a massive help.

That's pretty slick.

I often find that tree supports overdoes it. Maybe it's because of settings that I don't quite understand. If not, they need one where it is Tree Supports to Defined points. Let me click where I want supports & have it generate the necessary branching.

Thanks, very useful info!

why is this guy print bed always so clean

CHEP, thanks for the informative video! Do you have a video teaching how to adjust settings in CURA to be able to print a bridge that long with only one support in the middle? My filament simply falls down and the entire print fails.

Thank you for reminding me I had this LOL

And another great video.. thankyou for sharing..

Thanks very much for this video. Helps a lot!

awesome video thank you

Really helpful, thanks 👍

thanks for sharing!

Could use tree only touching buildplate for similar results and potentially less waste

I like these options. I will have to try this. Thanks. I am wondering what the X pattern is for the few layers before touching the print. I've never seen that. What setting is that? I'm having trouble with Nylon and Carbon Fiber Nylon supports adhering to the part way too much, maybe that would help?

can I use a 0.6mm nozzle with the setup that I would have to change thank you very much the setup you are doing is really very very good and it works 100% thank you again

I think you oriented wrong the cross support. I would get each arm of the cross under the square (or corner of the model) so when the hotend moves in other direction, that stress point have support. It takes more plastic, but I think it makes a better job. You could see as the hotend bridging from one point to another on a straight path (with the cross oriented as an x) or the hottend bridging and making an square turn in the middle of the path (with the cross oriented like +). Loved the video, thanks.

Something I found by accident. When placing your custom support you can scale small model way up. Place your support then scale it back down. The support scales also. Makes easier to place supports on small features

I would flip the bridge so its flat on the bed with no overhangs but I get the demo

It looks like the latest version of Cura doesn't have the "Type" option with the plugin. Unless I am just blind or missed an additional plugin. I only have the 6 initial shapes, even though the plugin description lists the ability to choose.

👍 Thank-You! 👍

It looks like the pillar and the arch-buttress do not generate the support interface. I just noticed that on the pillar support under a thumb(s) in a model I have been trying endlessly to print. In my case I have it and Tree support turned on. Tree support would not support the thumb(s) (the support showed up as dangling in thin air). However, I have tried it without tree supports (supports turned off) and it doesn't create the interface. And the same thing with tree supports turned on. This was in Cura 4.13.1

its been years since i have used cura because i switched to ideamaker, but now i have verison 4.13.1 and i want to try and perfect my prints and give cura another go. I will be wathcing your videos on custom supports and how to make better prints. i have a tevo tornado and a home built prusa I3 i built myself haha

Do you have plans to offer a profile for the CR6-SE? I know the Ender3 profiles work well for that machine, HOWEVER, it reduces my available printing bed when I use the Ender 3 profiles for the CR6SE

Hello Chuck I did everything you said but the supports did not print out and the model was stringy around the print. but the support shows in cura please help. Awesome video and helpful advice keep it up.

Thanks, but how to get radial support lines pattern for simple lid with 4 mm width flange for example

I've got to try this, thanks. But, I've been using tree supports for most of my stuff, but since I upgraded to Cura 4.12.1, they aren't coming out right. I get gaps in the support bodies, and sometimes, one or more of the supports are completely missing. Once, it didn't start printing the support until it was about an inch off the bed. Any ideas (anyone) what might be causing this, or how to fix it?

I wish I could get the "it just works" of superslicer with the modularity of cura.

Great video. Thanks buddy. 👍

Is it possible to pause the print at the top of the support, then coat it with something that makes it easier to break off the print later on?

How do you get these to not stick to the model so badly that you have to pull them off with pliers. Using tree supports what settings should I be using

This is great! Subbed.

What is the distance between the gap from the support and the outer leg of the bridge? It looks like gravity should have pulled down the bridge with a large gap in between like that.

It would be cool if people could use different supports within the same models. Sometimes I notice that tree supports are best for the outer surface, but internal geometry just works much better with zigzag or lines. If I could somwhow use both support types on the same model, it would be amazing And is there a video by you on how to optimally dial in supports? I often print models where the removal of the internal supports is very hard and I don’t know to to make this easier on myself

Do you have a video or resource on how to set a print at a 45 degree angle and use tree supports?

Hey, how to make so you get this infill like design at the top of the support? Im having trouble where the side with supports looks really bad and isnt melted together at all

Thanks Chep. 👍🏻

That. Is. Awesome.

Not sure if you've done this or not but im trying to make a small bottle but having trouble with the the bottom of the thread they are coming out with what looks like loops. how do you 3D print a nice clean thread?

Question.... If I use one of those custom supports, how do I adjust the infill design and % of material? is that going to be still adjusted in the "Supports" box even though it's not checked or in another location?

Hi CHEP, I'm having problems with Make Overhang Printable settings, I want to disable it on some places using the mesh overlap option but doesn't work, I've tried also enabling on some parts but also not working, do you have a workaround?

great chuck very helpful!

I need help with custom supports. Cheap when you clicked to add the custom supports it covered the entire red area and dropped to the build plate. When I use it, it just puts a square or cylinder where I click at a default dimension not dropping to the build plate. How do I fix this issue?

What's your settings that make the XXXX interfacing between the stacked support and the final model? I haven't seen that.

cheers Chep.. The Arch Buttress IS Great BUT How can u make the top of the support Wider?

Watching your video and it's been a great help. A question I have is how do you get the support interface to be the "x" or cross?