How To: Minimize Supports for 3D Prints

When using supports to create your more complex 3D prints, it helps to keep the support material to a minimum. This helps post-processing go faster, and it takes out all the pain of clean-up you might normally experience. Learn how to orient your prints to increase the efficiency of your supports, and check out the links below to get even more information on how to succeed with PVA and other support materials.

Get more information, read the article and watch the first video in a small series on how to succeed with support materials here:


Learn all about Ionic Hybrid Support material for use with advanced materials like NylonX and NylonG here:


You can find the second part of our Succeed with Support materials article here:


Learn how to succeed with PVA support material here:


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