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Looking at it my gut feeling is to print it vertically. Literally rotated 90 backwards so the critters are crawling upwards. It’ll be a longer print but I think it’ll be the best orientation from a quick glance

Load it in Prusaslicer and right click, then optimize orientation. Add supports with settings of 3mm 100% and then export “entire build plate including supports to STL”

Then load on chitubox and slice

Thanks, I don't have Prusaslicer, but I'll give that a go. I'd just finished supporting the vertical print suggestion from above as you posted this. This is what it's currently looking like. I'll try this I think, see how it goes. I can see at least on e spot where the support is going to fuse to an arm, and I don't even want to look at the all that red underneath the armour plates! http://share.leefletcher.co.uk/8zWzuV

Lee Fletcher I’ve found a lot of the time, unless it is a free floating island, it shouldn’t hurt too much to not be supported. SLA can handle a LOT Of overhang with the right angles

That's me downloaded Prusaslicer, oriented, and exported back into Chitu. Looks to be slightly more rotated to mine (hard to see though, there's so much going on). Will print this plate as is, see which one comes out the best ;) I'm pretty sure it'll be Prusaslicer!

Thanks gents!

Lee Fletcher post some pictures, I’m curious about the result

Wana see them results as well

Jarrod Richards ok results time! So they both printed well, but the Prusa auto supports were a nightmare to remove. They were embedded right into the swarm. And I broke a claw off getting them off.

Mine were ok, and following The 3dprintpro support g uide on YouTube, they were so easy to remove. However, it TOTALLY over supported the base, so there’ll be a fair bit of filing and sanding to get that levelled off.

I think a combo of them both is the best way. The orientation didn’t seem to matter as much as the thicker supports on the Prusa version. Images to follow...

Prusa front - you can see a claw broken off on one of the wee guys on the top right.

Prusa back...I left some of the random supports internally to show how annoying they have been to get out! Clippers, long nose pliers etc.

Mine printed ok on top, and no lost claws or nasty supports to remove. However, I made a mess of the base underneath.

Mine vertical alignment from the back...no horrible supports! ?

I think they both came out great. I’ve got the claw for the other guys, so once they’re cured properly I’ll just glue it on and no harm done. ?

Lee Fletcher interesting results here.

First question, did you clean before removing supports, or the other way around? I usually clean well with IPA first and my supports peel right off.

I’m curious how it will print if you do it with the base flat on the build plate and no supports..

Yeah these had just had an IPA bath, supports removed after that, but they need further cleaning. The Prusa supports seem to be a lot thicker than mine so most weren't pulling off easily. I had to clip probably 90% of them, and some were really hard to reach. Perhaps I got the settings wrong. It was my first time using it :P I will keep learning though!

Lee Fletcher did you set the settings to 3mm/76%?

Jarrod Richards 3mm 100% I think it was.

Lee Fletcher the 3mm is important. That’s what makes for ease or removal.
The % is the density. If you use 76% you’ll get less of a spiderweb of supports

Jarrod Richards perfect thanks ?

Lee Fletcher I almost exclusively use this method.. haven’t failed me yet. Other than that, I have presupported minis that I print as well

Jarrod Richards I’ve just upgraded my Artisan Guild patreon to pre-supported. It is amazing! The guy who does the supports is the guy whose YouTube channel I’ve learnt supporting from, so it’s spot on. I have to say it’s so much easier to just drag the pre-supported stls into Chitubox. All I have to worry about is fitting them all in ?

Lee Fletcher those supports are crazy. If you don’t have your resin settings 100% spot on they can fail spectacularly. That being said, when they do work they are a thing of beauty

All different cuts ?
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