# Quicker way to add manual supports

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/quicker-way-to-add-manual-supports/22123>\
**Category:** Feature Requests & Ideas\
**Created:** [January 31, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/quicker-way-to-add-manual-supports/22123 "2019-01-31T22:20:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![horton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@horton](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/horton)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/quicker-way-to-add-manual-supports/22123/1 "2019-01-31T22:20:52Z")

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In some prints where there are lots of places I don’t want supports, I’ve found it’s sometimes quicker to manually add them rather than manually deleting them from the places I don’t want them. I just had a quick thought about a method of adding support points: instead of clicking once per point, how about drawing a line or radius, and then choosing the density of points along that line. Preform would add the points, and I see it shaving some significant time off the print layout.

Just a brainstorm 🙂

dw

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**Author:** ![JohnHue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@JohnHue](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/JohnHue)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/quicker-way-to-add-manual-supports/22123/2 "2019-02-01T10:55:51Z")

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I would love to be able to trace a line, and have preform place points alternatively on one side of the line and then the other, alternating between each point. I do this when I have a lot of supports along the same line to augment the rigidity of the support structure.