To generate supports on individual clusters

Applies to 2022.0 Update and later

Fill a cluster with support structures through the cluster's context menu

Note: These steps assume you have loaded a part, launched the support module on it, and you have defined at least one cluster.
  1. Right-click a cluster to summon its context menu.
  2. Select one of the available options.
Context Menu Option Primer

Create bar support on cluster

Fills the cluster area with bar supports using the values stored in the set currently selected in context view > Edit > Manual defaults.

Create polyline support on cluster

Fills the cluster area with polyline supports using the values stored in the set currently selected in context view > Edit > Manual defaults.

Create volume support on cluster

Fills the cluster area with volume supports using the values stored in the set currently selected in context view > Edit > Manual defaults.

Call action on cluster

Provides a list of available support scripts that contain actions which you can then run on a cluster. Also, the scripts are listed with their cluster-applicable actions only, and any actions not applicable to a cluster are omitted.

This allows you to manually apply a support action with the settings stored in the script, but with the cluster detection settings currently defined on the Analysis tab, while the action's own cluster detection settings are ignored.

Mark cluster manual

Changes the mouse pointer into a circular brush to select or deselect triangles to define a cluster yourself. It does not add any supports by itself.

2D mode of cluster

Provides an additional bottom-up view of the part in a 2D editor that allows placing and manipulating supports.