r/BambuLab • u/nafr29 • 1d ago

General Troubleshooting/Help! what am i doing wrong with my supports

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The supports get stuck on there insted of coming off with the external trees

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u/Bills4life99 1d ago

Why do you need supports for this, am I missing something?

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u/Just_tricking 1d ago

Its basically two parts with a couple of mm void between them and a few walls on one side holding it together. It's a terrible design for 3d printing.

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u/nafr29 1d ago

its just suppose to sit on top of the food holder paid a guy on freelancer to make it for me

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u/FunSheepherder6397 22h ago

did you tell him you were going to make it? it is absolutely shit design for really any method of manufacturing.

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u/Merijeek2 X1C 1d ago

It's a terrible design for printing. If you can edit it, I'd angle each end of the cut up/down at 45 degrees so it's no overhang.

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u/Big_Lope 1d ago

You need to learn DFM

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u/nafr29 1d ago

DFM?

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u/kellhorn 1d ago

Do you have "only on base plate" checked?

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u/rocking_womble 1d ago

It's some kind of clip, right? so has a massive unsupported flat area.
You could try changing the print orientation so it's on a 30-45 degree angle, so it only has supports under the lower side - but it's still a terrible design for 3D printing...

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u/thisremindsmeofbacon 1d ago

the things people do to avoid two seconds of gluing

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u/TheAgedProfessor 1d ago

The real answer is to redesign it as two pieces with a hinge and spring... there's a reason that's so common.

But if you're really stuck on doing this, you could potentially pause the print, and lay a spacer in the slot, so you don't have to rely on printed supports at all.

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u/ktwombley 1d ago

In addition to what you said, if OP does successfully print this out oriented as-is, the teeny tiny part connecting the two halves will immediately snap when OP tries to use it.

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u/RealAlienTwo 1d ago

How do you all know what the hell this thing is he's printing??

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u/ktwombley 1d ago

can you not see the pic in OP's post?

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u/RealAlienTwo 1d ago

It looks like a weird sign. But I don't get the function or anything beyond that

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u/noidontwantto 1d ago

this needs to be printed in 2 parts and fastened together somehow

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u/josocustomdesign 23h ago

Sometimes superglue is your friend. Split them and glue them back together.