Z Distance Support Examples

Had a random idea to make a plate of test models to feel the difference in removal and see the effects of different levels of support Z distance, both top and bottom. So I drew up a shape that includes some extra geometry as compared to some of the others out there, including rounded edges, thin floating parts, as well as a square and round hole. The intent is to pull these off the plate then sit and try to pull the supports off. Use this as a means to judge how difficult they are to remove and the quality of the supported area that they leave behind. There's nine on each plate, one with a 0.0 distance and then eight with values ranging from 0.10 to 0.24 in 0.02 increments.Plate 1 “Normal Supports” generates classic boxy supports, Plate 2 “Tree Supports” generates tree supports. Each model has only three values forced to it, the type of support and then top and bottom Z distance as it's labelled.You can change global values if you'd like, like normal supports using either g