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Slicer couldn't generate the correct gcode for this part

Posted by ChiaT

ChiaT

Slicer couldn't generate the correct gcode for this part
April 25, 2013 06:26PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 7

Hey Guys!

So I need to print a part for someone. It is some kind of z-axis stabilizer. (see attached stl and gcode)
[www.dropbox.com] ... part.gcode
[www.dropbox.com]

For some reason, the slicer couldn't make one of the hole, and the printed part has half a hole on it...
[i.imgur.com]

What kind of problem is this?

I did kind of solve it by reorienting the part, but I would like to know if there is a way to solve this problem.

I am using 0.9.8

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rsilvers

Re: Slicer couldn't generate the correct gcode for this part
April 26, 2013 01:34AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 186

I loaded it into Solidworks, resaved it as an STL, and Solidworks said that it cannot save it as an STL because the geometry type is not STL compatible. I think there is something wrong with your STL file.

By the way, Slic3r 0.99 also showed 1/2 a lower cutout.

[www.matter-replicator.com]

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james glanville

Re: Slicer couldn't generate the correct gcode for this part
April 26, 2013 06:43AM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 332

What's happened is the STL is non-manifold (so not an unambigous 3d shape), so slic3r can't know what to do with it. You can run broken stls through cloud.netfabb.com to clean them up.

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ChiaT

Re: Slicer couldn't generate the correct gcode for this part
April 26, 2013 11:52AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 7

WOW!! Thanks james glanville smiling smiley