Generating too much support material

K8200 3D Printer K8200 - Issues while printing
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Hi all,
I use this forum a lot and I have to say that the advice I get from here is amazing. I love my k8200 and have printed tonnes of items on it, usually every day.
However when I print an item that needs support (quite often) it can be very hard to remove sometimes, usually needing me to ram a screwdriver into the material to break it free from the print.
Is there a way to stop it doing this and also what settings are best for using the minimal amount of plastic without resorting in a less quality print?

At the moment the print can sometimes be ruined by the support material not coming apart from the actual print causing a bit of a mess.

any help would be great.

Kind Regards
Ross Wilkes

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Hi Ross,

Support is not the best feature in Slic3r.

What works best for me is setting the overhang threshold to more or less 25° so it doesn’t put support everywhere. Setting pattern spacing and angle can minimize the amount of material used.
Interface layers and pattern spacing don’t work for me.

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Ok. I’ll give it a try later today to see if that helps.

Thanks.
Ross

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worked brilliantly, thanks for your help with this.

Kind Regards
Ross Wilkes