Generating Lattice Supports

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Meshmixer, free, multi-platform will generate tree-like supports on STL files imported to the program. Once created, you can export the entire model or only the supports.

The model below is designed to be printed flat-side down, but I rotated it to use as an example here. In the Analysis, Overhangs selection, there are many parameters to change. The default settings turned the model into an unworkable mass/mess, but once some of the dimensions were reduced, it became less massy/messy.