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Topic: Slic3r Help

I am trying to slice this component for a prototype machine and cannot get it to slice for some reason. I've tried many many different settings but can't get anything to work.

Can anyone help me with the proper slic3r settings?

Thanks in  advance.

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Trip Mechanism with Plastic Spring.STL 194.91 kb, 28 downloads since 2012-12-03 

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2 Reply by pcpoirier

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Re: Slic3r Help

Pick toggle log icon to see the error.

The files were in c:Users/<username>/appdata/roaming/slic3r/print  in win7

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Re: Slic3r Help

Thanks for posting the configs.  I tried them and I still get an error but don't know what it means/how to fix it.

08:22:14.044 : <Slic3r> Warning: The input file contains a hole near edge 0.000000-1.000000 (not manifold). You might want to repair it and retry, or to check the resulting G-code before printing anyway.
08:22:14.114 : <Slic3r> => Processing triangulated mesh
08:22:15.334 : <Slic3r> The model has overlapping or self-intersecting facets. I tried to repair it, however you might want to check the results or repair the input file and retry.

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Re: Slic3r Help

BTW. Using Slic3r 0.9.7

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Re: Slic3r Help

I loaded your stl my cad pgm and saved it as stl to see if that cleans it up.
Both version ran to the end in Slic3r 0.9.7

Maybe its your printer settings.

I attached my printer settings in the capture.jpg,  the gcode in the zip file and the saved stl file.

good luck

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Trip_Mechanism_with_Plastic_Spring2.stl 1.06 mb, 10 downloads since 2012-12-04 

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6 Reply by flyingpole

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Re: Slic3r Help

Thank you!  I don't know what it did, but evidently your cad cleaned it up.  Works fine with my normal slic3r settings.  What Cad did you use?  I designed the part in Solidworks 2012 and saved as STL like I normally do.

Thanks again

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Re: Slic3r Help

flyingpole,

Have you tried running the stl thru cloud.netfab.com to clean it up before printing. It can help get your stl's ready to go.

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Re: Slic3r Help

No I haven't.  Didn't know of the service.  I'll give it a try.  Thanks again.

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Re: Slic3r Help

what I did was save it as a stp file  using InStep V2.0, then read it the stp file in catia v5 and saved it as a stl file.

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Re: Slic3r Help

i gave the cloud service a try and it Worked!! Thanks so much for your help.