MAKE SIMPLE POSTS TO SUPPORT YOUR PRINTS

Overview:

This is a very simple module that I use to quickly make little support beams from point A to point B, kind of like the ones in Meshmixer.

Meshmixer has been terrible for me lately so I decided to do support manually for some easy prints.

Give it two points and it makes a cylindrical post between them with cones on the ends.

Module Usage:

support( bot_pt , top_pt , dia = 0.6 , tip_dia = 0.36 , tip_h = 0.3 , base = 0 , base_h = 2 )

Provide bottom point coordinates and the top point coordinates as vectors. Everything else is optional, but kinda specific to my 0.3mm nozzle size and general preferences.

support([1,2,0],[1,2,5]); // this makes a vertical 5mm post at point [1,2,0]

You can change the height of the conical tips by assigning a tip_h value. Default is 0.3, which is three 0.1mm layers.

support(bot_pt,top_pt, tip_h = 0.8, ... );

You can change the diameter of these tips by assigning a tip_dia value. Default is 0.36 because that is just larger than my printer's 0.3mm nozzle

You can change the diameter of the beam by assigning a dia value. Default is 0.6.

If you want the bottom of the beam to be supported by a "pedestal" type base (a wider cylinder), assigning a value for the pedestal diameter to the variable 'base'

support(bot_pt, top_pt, base = 3, ...);

Base height defaults to 2 but can be changed by assigning a value to base_h