Supports in CANVAS

Upload and place model(s).

Select the input drive you would like to use for the supports on the Support Extruder setting. For single-color prints, if you'd like the same filament to be used for both your model and support, make sure that the same input drive is selected.

Go to the Settings screen and expand the Supports tab. Since we are only using Drive 1 for this print and want to use the same filament for supports, we are also selecting Drive 1 as a support extruder.

For non-soluble supports it's suggested to use a coarse support density so that they can be removed easier.

For multi-color prints, we suggest selecting an input drive for the supports that would help reduce the number of transitions in a single layer to reduce filament waste.

Go to the Preview screen and click the "Slice" button to preview. Here you can see that the same filament will be used throughout the print.

Upload and place model(s).

Click on the input drive that you would like to load the soluble filament into. Click Add New Material. If you have already created a Soluble material profile, simply click on it to select it for this drive, and skip to step 5.

If you are adding a new material, give this material a name for easy reference, make sure the filament diameter is 1.75 mm, and select the soluble material you are using (PVA, HIPS, etc) and click the Save Material button.

When you view the color swatch for this input drive, make sure that the Material Profile you created is selected.

Go to the Settings screen and expand the Supports tab. You will find the Supports setting. Select the input drive for the soluble filament used in step 3.

Go to the Preview screen and click the "Slice" button to preview the different tool indexes. Here you can see the two different input drives used, where PLA will be loaded into Drive 1 and Soluble material will be loaded into Drive 2.

Upload and place model(s).

Click on the input drive that you would like to load the soluble filament into. Click "Add New Material." If you have already created a Soluble material profile, simply click on it to select it for this drive, and skip to step 5.

If you are adding a new material, give this material a name for easy reference, make sure the filament diameter is 1.75 mm, and select the soluble material you are using (PVA, HIPS, etc) and click the Save Material button.

When you view the color swatch for this input drive, make sure that the Material Profile you created is selected.

Go to the Settings screen and expand the Supports tab.

On the "Dense support interfaces" setting, select the same input drive you are using for the soluble filament created in step 3. Under the "Supports" setting, select the drive you are using for PLA.

Go to the Preview screen and click the "Slice" button to preview the different tool indexes. Here you can see where the soluble interfaces are placed between the main supports and the part.

Upload and place model(s).

Click on the Settings button > Enable Supports > Support Method: Custom > Configure Custom Supports. Remember to select the input drive that you would like to use for support material.

You will now be taken to the Custom Supports View. From here, you have more options for the model as to where you would like supports to be generated. You may use one of the following methods to create custom supports.

With the support tool on and using the facet or sphere tool, paint the model where you would like supports to be generated. Each painted region will generate supports vertically. With the tool off you may erase painted regions.

Click on the 'More' options (three ellipses) to auto-generate the supports. Please note that if you painted supports previously, they will be cleared if you auto-generate. Enter a maximum overhang angle that supports will be auto-generated for. 45° should work fine for most printers.

When you auto-generate any part of the model matching this angle will have a support created underneath it. If you select from build plate only, only faces of the model directly above the bed will have supports generated.