<p>Each color has a special meaning:</p>
<ul>
<li>turquoise: Support (in your case <strong>Build Plate Adhesion</strong>)</li>
<li>Red: Shell</li>
<li>Green: Inner Wall</li>
<li>Yellow: Top / Bottom</li>
</ul>
<p>And so on ; you can see them if you click on <strong>&quot;Color Scheme: Line Type&quot;</strong> on the <strong>Preview Interface</strong>, and select what you want to see.</p>
<p>The <strong>turquoise</strong> is your support for bed adhesion (see the <strong>Build Plate adhesion</strong> tree on your <strong>Print Settings</strong> interface), the <strong>red</strong> one is your <strong>shell</strong>.</p>
<p>Nothing is wrong, please read the doc, it could be useful sometimes ...</p>

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<p>I am just using Cura for the first time.</p>
<p>This is what my model looks like in Fusion 360:
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<p>Here is a close-up look:</p>
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<p>And this is what Cura creates for me.</p>
<p>I assume the turquoise area is a support structure.
Why does it do that?</p>
<p>Also, I don't understand why it marks the edges as red. I assume this means that there is problem.</p>
<p>Thank you!
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Why does Cura create this turquoise support structure?
tmighty
# Why does Cura create this turquoise support structure?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-17)

I am just using Cura for the first time.

This is what my model looks like in Fusion 360:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/p1tMc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/p1tMc.png)

Here is a close-up look:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rDZ7B.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rDZ7B.png)

And this is what Cura creates for me.

I assume the turquoise area is a support structure.
Why does it do that?

Also, I don't understand why it marks the edges as red. I assume this means that there is problem.

Thank you!
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/NvaN5.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/NvaN5.png)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/pTv1f.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/pTv1f.png)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-17. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Each color has a special meaning:

* turquoise: Support (in your case **Build Plate Adhesion**)
* Red: Shell
* Green: Inner Wall
* Yellow: Top / Bottom

And so on ; you can see them if you click on **"Color Scheme: Line Type"** on the **Preview Interface**, and select what you want to see.

The **turquoise** is your support for bed adhesion (see the **Build Plate adhesion** tree on your **Print Settings** interface), the **red** one is your **shell**.

Nothing is wrong, please read the doc, it could be useful sometimes ...


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