Skeinforge Week: Support Material Crosshatch
Most printers don’t have support material yet, but skeinforge can create a fibrous, comparatively-loose mesh of plastic strands for later (often laborious) removal. This is usually more trouble than it’s worth, but I’ve had it work out well on one or two builds in the past. (The above Snorks-inspired tower came out pretty dandy once I’d scraped all those plastic hairs out.)
The BitsFromBytes Skeinforge Wiki links a discussion thread where some examples of the Support Material Crosshatch is used, to give you some idea what it can do. (Another reason I mention this is that it can be on in default, and for most prints you want it OFF.)
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Unfold Said,
November 19, 2009 @ 2:11 am
When using support I rather turn off the cross hatch option. Crosshatch generates an interweaved supprot structure that is more difficult to remove because it is one single block. If you leave cross hatch of every layer of support has the same zig zag pattern resembling a raft pattern. This creates a support structure consisting of thin walls or fins that are very easy to break away one by one.
Marcus Wolschon Said,
January 24, 2010 @ 5:23 am
The wiki-link should be:
http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/wiki/index.php?title=Skeinforge_Raft#Support_Cross_Hatch
Printing with supports – more than one way to skein a cat - MakerBot Industries Said,
October 15, 2010 @ 9:13 am
[...] will create a fibrous sort of netting around your object upon which other parts can be printed. Allan Ecker’s Thingiverse blog post on skeinforge crosshatch support covers this feature in [...]