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This is only relevant to process development for production. If you are making a 1 off, be conservative. If the part fails you are going to spend more time cleaning up and diagnosing the problem than if you had used a little extra support.
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3moSupport reduction is such a fine art. Everyone wants to do it, but they are so conservative as over-reduction can lead to failed builds. Having a simulation tool to reduce the support optimization process is a huge gain for the industry :) Good work.