Why the files ship unsupported (for now)
“Pre-supported” is the most abused word on STL storefronts. Here is what it will mean when this archive says it — and what you get in the meantime.
The claim that costs nothing to make
Anyone can auto-generate supports, export, and type “pre-supported” into a listing. The result prints — sometimes. Real pre-supporting means an orientation chosen per part, contact points placed off the display surfaces, tested on an actual printer, and re-tested after every geometry update. It is slow, unglamorous work, and it is the only version of the claim worth paying for.
What the packages contain today
Unsupported STLs plus a documented orientation note per part: the angle, which faces to keep clean, where supports are safe, and where the geometry already avoids islands. With those notes, any current slicer’s support generator gets you a clean print — you spend two minutes placing supports instead of an evening diagnosing failures.
What happens next
Pre-supported variants are on the bench. They ship when they have survived real test prints — and every specimen page will say which printer and resin that happened on, because a claim without its evidence is marketing. When they land, they land as a free update: every purchaser gets an email with a fresh link, no repurchase, no upgrade fee.
That is also the archive’s general policy on claims: the product page states what has been verified and what is still pending, before you pay. You can check what that looks like on Specimen TF//001 today.