Support style
The exact shape of the support within its type: for normal, columns on a grid or hugging the overhang; for tree, slim, strong, hybrid or organic branches.
How it works
“Default” lets the slicer choose, and it chooses well: “Grid” for normal support and, for tree, “Tree Hybrid” if there's a soluble interface or adaptive layer height, and “Tree Organic” in every other case.
For normal support, the style decides whether the columns form a regular, more stable grid (“Grid”), or hug the outline of the overhang to save plastic and mark the part less (“Snug”). For tree support, it decides how much the branches merge and thicken: “Tree Slim” saves the most, “Tree Strong” holds more, “Tree Hybrid” puts normal columns under large flat overhangs, and “Tree Organic” makes smooth, curved branches that are easy to remove.
When to change it
- Almost always: “Default”.
- A normal support that bumps into thin parts of the model or spreads too wide: “Snug”.
- A tall, heavy figure that wobbles on its branches: “Tree Strong”.
- A light figure where you want to use little plastic: “Tree Slim”.
Typical values
| Value | What for |
|---|---|
| Default | The slicer chooses; defaultdefault |
| Grid / Snug | Normal support only |
| Tree Slim / Strong / Hybrid / Organic | Tree support only |
Watch out for
- A tree style with the normal type (or the other way around) does nothing: each style only works with its own type.
- “Tree Organic” doesn't support adaptive layer height; if you turn that on, the slicer switches to “Tree Hybrid”.
- A stronger style is harder to remove: think about how you'll snap it off before choosing it.
Goes well with
What Bambu Studio saysits help card, quoted
What Bambu Studio says
Style and shape of the support. For normal support, projecting the supports into a regular grid will create more stable supports (default), while snug support towers will save material and reduce object scarring. For tree support, slim style will merge branches more aggressively and save a lot of material, strong style will make larger and stronger support structure and use more materials, while hybrid style is the combination of slim tree and normal support with normal nodes under large flat overhangs. Organic style will produce more organic shaped tree structure and less interfaces which makes it easer to be removed. The default style is organic tree for most cases, and hybrid tree if adaptive layer height or soluble interface is enabled.
Bambu Studio tooltip for this setting · AGPL-3.0
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In your profile0.20mm Standard @BBL A1 · Default
In Bambu Studio, the profile 0.20mm Standard @BBL A1 sets it toDefault
In other slicers
- Orca Slicer
- StyleSupport
- PrusaSlicer
- StyleSupport material › Options for support material and raftIt only has three styles: Grid, Snug and Organic.
- Cura
- No clear equivalent.
Names taken from each program's code (Orca Slicer 2.4.2, PrusaSlicer 2.9.6, Cura 5.13.0). Credits