Developed a FDM Support Tool
Hi everyone! I bought a 3D printer a while ago and started printing a lot of action figures. I noticed some people were using resin-style supports on FDM prints, but I didn't find the process very practical: you had to generate the supports in one software, then adapt them for FDM with a Blender plugin, and so on. So I decided to make something similar but more streamlined (I'll admit I built it with some help from AI).
Since I'm used to working in 3ds Max, I made these tools as a 3ds Max plugin, and I'd like to share them to get your feedback. Here's a short video showing how it works: one tool aligns the object to the build plate, similar to the one in Bambu Studio but with some extra info, and the other generates the supports.
Any suggestions are welcome! I'll be polishing the tool this week. Today I did this first test, printing with a 0.2 mm nozzle on the A1 mini at a 0.08 mm layer height. The supports came off relatively easily, and the support contact dots were easy to clean up with a precision hobby knife.
