That is my most common use case for PVA support.

May 03, Cura Tree Support: All You Need to Know. by Pranav Gharge. Updated May 3, Advertisement. Tree supports are efficient and tidy. Find out why the Cura tree support setting is our new favorite 3D printing trick. Best Support Settings to Remove Supports (Cura) A very important factor in making support materials easier to remove is your slicer settings.

This will determine how thick your support is, the infill density of the support, and in turn how easy it will be to remove these supports. You want to change the following settings under ‘Support’:Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins. Personally, I use Meshmixer to make supports for minis, since the tree-style supports are easier to remove.

It also helps to have some fine sharp flush-cutters to cut stuff away too. May 19, Support structure. Ultimaker Cura offers two techniques to generate support called 'Normal' and 'Tree'. The 'Normal' support generates supports directly below your 3D model and is used in all Ultimaker printing profiles.

As an alternative, 'Tree' support creates branches that grow around your 3D Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.