The image to the right should give you a
pretty good idea of what the part looks like from the
side. You can easily see the support material as
well as the layer lines that will be at a 30 degree
angle when the little cube is laid flat.
Support material is generated in such a way
that there is just enough of it there to handle the
actual print layer that it will be supporting. In my
example, the support material has a 2.5mm
spacing between the walls of support material and
it uses an infill angle of 45 degrees.
The printed part will usually separate from the support material fairly easily – however,
some material will be left behind if you're using a raft. Cleaning up the left over support material
is a simple and straightforward task.
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