Delete supports

Applies to 2026.0 Update and later

Deletes individual support geometry based on type and placement in Z

Parameter Description Notes
Description

Holds a text label for the action that remains visible even when the action parameters are collapsed in the script tab

Color

Sets a display color for the support elements generated by this action

Cannot be reverted once changed, only explicitly set to a new color

Ignored for this action

Support type

This action works only one type of support at a time. Use separate instances of this action to process other types.

Bar, Polyline, Volume

Z range

Enable or disable filtering by Z range above build platform

Above Z value, Below Z value

Apply Z range to

Only those support elements are selected for modification that fall into this Z range above build platform either fully or at least partly

Entire entity, Upper end, Lower end

Height

Enable or disable filtering by vertical extension independent from absolute Z values

Minimum bounding box height, Maximum bounding box height

Limit selection of support elements by their vertical extension

Volume

Disable filtering based on volume completely or choose between open and closed or solid supports

Minimum support volume, Minimum support volume

Limit selection of closed or solid support elements by their volume

Unavailable when filtering is disabled or set to Open supports

Connected support handling

Supports consisting of multiple connected elements, like bars in bouquets, can either count as a whole for this filtering or have their individual elements count separately. For example, keep a long solid-bar stem and convert only the shorter branches to thin bars with single-pass cross-type cross-sections.

Depends on selection of Support type

Two conforming shadow volumes generated by the same Volumes on areas action. Then Modify supports was used to change the display color those volumes that failed the removability check. Delete supports could be used in the same way to delete those volumes.