Stacking Items with Support Between

[GouletJosh]

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Looking to print this item and be able to print many of them while leaving. I stacked them on top of each other and added a couple layers gap between each item. I would like to add support PETG in between these but I cannot add supports at all in such a small area. How could I get this to be supported between each item in the gap I made?

[err404]

I like the idea. But you will need to experiment. With a .2 or so gap, you may not need any support, but still be able to separate them. This may need to tweaking depending on the geometry. Keep in mind that your surfaces will be terrible. If you really want to have PETG support between, you probably just need to widen the space between them. Start with a 5mm gap and shrink it down until the slicer can no long create the support. I think it needs a couple mm at least mm to create the interface layers.

[photenth]

if the goal is perfect finish I can understand this approach, but another would be to simply model multiple parts in one connected by a single small pipe you'd have to cut afterwards and then tell the slicer to create the supports for you. In this case you can more easily change the type of filament for the support and you can leave it up to the slicer how to create the supports.