Support next to perfectly vertical wall

[mehran-Bgh]

Application version
cura v:4.1.0

Platform
windows 10

Printer
it's a custom printer. it's irrelevant to the issue.

Reproduction steps
I just was testing the software and the G-code it generates.
import an STL which was a regular triangle. the stl :
Part1.stl.zip

check the parameters (the generate support structure was activated)

Actual results
I check the preview and find out that a weird support structure has been generated.

I check the G-code file as well and some unnecessary G-codes for support were there.

;TYPE:SUPPORT
G1 F1500 E177.50627
G1 F1800 X108.355 Y94.777 E177.52269
G1 F1500 E171.02269

here is the 3mf file
CFFFP_Part1.3mf.zip

Expected results
this model didn't need any support structure but it was generated.

Additional information
however, this issue will solve if we uncheck the support generating checkbox but creating unnecessary support while generating support is activated is insane.

[Ghostkeeper]

Yup, can reproduce with the default settings of Custom FFF Printer (making it 200x200mm wide so that this model fits in it by default). The model is really simple, just 6 vertices and 8 triangles.

[mehran-Bgh]

what's the reason then? does it seem rational to you?

[Ghostkeeper]

No, it's very weird and shouldn't be there. I have no idea why it chose to create support for that particular corner. Definitely a bug.

[nallath]

For our reference CURA-6955

[yohanson]

Reproduces in 4.4.0-BETA (Linux).
Weird support generation depends on overhang angle setting.

Can be somewhat worked around by setting 50° or more.

[Ghostkeeper]

As far as I'm concerned this ticket is not about "there is support in weird places", which is a very broad topic concerning dozens of algorithms and thousands of lines of code. The problem here is only concerned with the case of support being generated alongside a perfectly vertical wall. So I'll change the title to prevent this issue from becoming a collection of all support issues out there.

[Ghostkeeper]

This was fixed by Ultimaker/CuraEngine#1214, which will be included with Cura 4.7.

[marhub]

This issue still persists in cura 4.8.0

[Ghostkeeper]

@marhub There is a similar issue related to support towers being generated but then being removed due to X/Y distance, which is what you're seeing there. Please refer to #7487.