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Support tool

Easy Support

Auto-generates supports whose tips touch the model with 4Γ— less contact area, so they snap off clean and leave almost no scar. Loads .3mf/.stl, exports .3mf + .stl.

Open Easy Support β†’
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Viewer + editor

3D Browser

Drag-and-drop viewer for STL, 3MF, OBJ, PLY, glTF with slicer-style mouse (left orbit, middle-drag pan, wheel zoom). Plus lightweight editing: push/pull a face, detach a part at its narrowest neck, and a surface-relative ruler.

Open 3D Browser β†’

How the Easy Support algorithm works

The pain with supports isn't building them β€” it's removing them without gouging the print. Contact strength scales with contact area, so shrinking each tip's footprint makes the whole support peel away with a fingernail.

1
Find overhangs

Every down-facing face steeper than the overhang threshold (45Β° by default) is flagged.

2
Drop pillars

Points are spread on a grid and ray-cast straight down to land on the model or the plate.

3
Slim the tips

Each pillar tapers from a wide, stable base to a slim contact tip β€” Β½ the diameter β†’ ΒΌ the area.

4
Export

Model + supports are written back to a printable .3mf (or .stl) you drop into any slicer.

Contact reduction is measured, not assumed β€” the tool reports the achieved ratio (π·rtipΒ² vs. a standard flat tip) live. Two modes: Generate new easy-remove supports on any file, or Modify existing β€” pinch the contact band of supports already present as separate objects in a multi-body .3mf.

3D Browser + editor features

Bundled sample: 2x2_ver1.3mf preloads automatically. Try the β–² Test overhang built-in model in the Easy Support tool to see supports generate instantly.

Client-side only Β· Source on GitHub Β· Page 37 Β· Bo's Engineering Curriculum