# Texture and print issues

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/texture-and-print-issues/18565>\
**Category:** Support & Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [April 30, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/texture-and-print-issues/18565 "2018-04-30T17:54:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AirStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@AirStar](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/AirStar)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/texture-and-print-issues/18565/1 "2018-04-30T17:54:03Z")

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This is my third day printing parts and I have not had one successful print. Half of the parts are falling off the supports about halfway through and they all have little bumps from where the supports contact. There are a few that are coming out of the printer somewhat warped. I am using the default settings on preform so I am at a loss as to what the issue is.

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**Author:** ![Zachary\_Brackin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4da419/32.png) [@Zachary\_Brackin](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Zachary_Brackin)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/texture-and-print-issues/18565/2 "2018-05-01T15:35:31Z")

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You’ll need to post some pictures so that people can help. Most likely you don’t have the part oriented in the most ideal way and you don’t have a good layout of support points.

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**Author:** ![TrevorDriscoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@TrevorDriscoll](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/TrevorDriscoll)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/texture-and-print-issues/18565/3 "2018-05-01T20:17:06Z")

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I would suggest checking out [this article on Orientation](https://support.formlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000018124-Model-Orientation) to make sure that the parts are well oriented for their geometry.

It sounds to me like you may have your parts printing flat on supports, it’s always best to print things at a compound angle. Hope that helps!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/texture-and-print-issues/18565/4 "2018-05-15T20:17:19Z")

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