<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/12078/having-problems-printing-a-certain-file/ Tue, 18 Aug 2015 01:35:30 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103742/#p103742 If you're into mechanical/functional parts (where dimensions are important) a constructive modeller is best (e.g. a full-blown CAD program). People usually write these off as "too complicated and too expensive", which has up until recently been largely true.

If you need to make enclosures for things, or make multiple parts that fit/work together, then you may need to be able to do assemblies - which is already more than Cubify Invent (there is Cubify Design, which does this for $200 - I have no experience with this software, but it seems like it could be pretty appropriate for the job).

Before you go spend money though, there are finally some usable free CAD options to try out:
* Autodesk Fusion 360 (STL import + export) - similar to autocad inventor
* OnShape (STL export only) - similar to solidworks, very new, more features appearing nearly weekly...

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2015 01:35:30 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103742/#p103742 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103731/#p103731 May want to look at the cubify  products . Invent and sculpt are geared for design to be printed.

Invent is $49 sculpt $149    sculpt will import stl file I do not think invent will.

http://cubify.com/products/software?gcl … Hwod-0ALFw
IIRC either offerers a 14 day free trial.
Tin

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:12:23 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103731/#p103731 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103727/#p103727 Thank everyone for the help! I will give this all another try later today. Much appreciated

jagowilson wrote:

Your STL appears to be using some other measurement than millimeters. When I tried to import it into Repetier Host, it was so small nothing showed up. When I imported it into Simplify3D, it warned me it was using inches rather than millimeters. I exported it from Simplify3D and was able to import it into Repetier Host and Simplify3D with no warnings or errors. I also ran it through the online model repair service.

Let me know if this works for you. I didn't try to slice it.

Link (too big to attach so I used a file upload service I found on Google): http://www.filedropper.com/tasm2-flatframess3dexport

Thanks I will try it out later today.

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:46:58 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103727/#p103727 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103725/#p103725 Your STL appears to be using some other measurement than millimeters. When I tried to import it into Repetier Host, it was so small nothing showed up. When I imported it into Simplify3D, it warned me it was using inches rather than millimeters. I exported it from Simplify3D and was able to import it into Repetier Host and Simplify3D with no warnings or errors. I also ran it through the online model repair service.

Let me know if this works for you. I didn't try to slice it.

Link (too big to attach so I used a file upload service I found on Google): http://www.filedropper.com/tasm2-flatframess3dexport

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:46:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103725/#p103725 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103696/#p103696 This said, I've never once had a STL file come out of Solidworks that didn't slice straight off the bat.
I think it's bodgy export programs (I think Sketchup is still a culprit!) that are causing this headache!

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:39:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103696/#p103696 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103691/#p103691 yes happens lots. if netfab wont fix then I set files aside for later attempts. got thousands to deal with lol. view them in netfab b4 slicing even if netfab dont show errors but has some red spots it likely wont slice as usable due to holes/gaps/missing parts

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:25:00 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103691/#p103691 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103688/#p103688 Try running the STL file through this: https://netfabb.azurewebsites.net/
See if the slicer behaves differently with the processed model (some slicers baulk at models with small invisible problems).

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:27:24 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103688/#p103688 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103685/#p103685 n2ri wrote:

I dont download unknown zip files

Fair enough. Here the full thread
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=208912

But if you don't like going to unknown links, you don't have to. I mainly wanted to know if anyone ever had similar problems. Where the 3d model seemed ok in slicer but the gcode was messed up when you view it in layers.
Others have printed it with success, so maybe it's slic3r?

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:07:26 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103685/#p103685 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103676/#p103676 I dont download unknown zip files

]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2015 21:17:07 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103676/#p103676 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103663/#p103663 jagowilson wrote:

no file attached m8

Oh idk why it didn't upload. But here's the link directly

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_sNvg … sp=sharing

]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:36:34 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103663/#p103663 <![CDATA[Re: Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103643/#p103643 no file attached m8

]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2015 02:10:00 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103643/#p103643 <![CDATA[Having problems printing a certain file...]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103640/#p103640 Greetings,
So I have been trying for a few days now to print a pair of Spider-man eye frames but it just wont print right.
Others have printed this successfully so Im positive im doing something wrong or missing something. I cant really ask them since most of them are inactive on the forums i got the file from.

Idk if its something happening when I convert it to gcode. But even in slic3r there seems to be gaps or something not right. I also get errors in Netfab when I load it and cut it in half.

Any idea what it could be? I uploaded the file. I have to up the scale in slic3r by 2250% idk if thats a problem or not

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2015 22:42:31 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103640/#p103640