How Tree Support Generation Actually Works (And Why Yours Are Wasting Filament)

Last week I published SupportSage, a tool that analyzes STL geometry and generates optimized supports. The response was immediate: "Tree supports already exist in Cura and PrusaSlicer — what's different about yours?" Fair question. The answer is: existing tools use rule-based tree generation. SupportSage uses geometry-aware optimization. Let me show you exactly what that means, with the actual code. The Problem with Existing Tree Supports Both Cura and PrusaSlicer have "organic" or "tree" suppor