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Topic: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

I have an STL file of a truck and in netfab it shows repaired and all there but when sliced to print it is missing the driver side front wheel completely. also seems not much 'frame' holding cab to bed, and bed shelves must be too thin to print good in N scale when scaled down. I have no idea how to correct these issues even more so when Netfab says its fine

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1949ColaTruck (repaired).zip 4.06 mb, 5 downloads since 2014-11-06 

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Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

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Re: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

Your model has a few shells with the faces reversed (facing inward.  This results in a shell with negative volume.

Open up the model in Netfabb, select it, then click the repair button.  You'll see that some of the parts are in red.  Those are th e parts with negative volume.  On the right click Select Shells with Negative Volume, then click the flip selected triangles button.  This will reverse the triangles and fix the shells. 

There are a few other places where the triangles are flipped (red) so you might want to fix those as well.  Once you're done, click Apply repair, remove Old part =Yes, and export your fixed model.

To print or, 3D print, that is the question...
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AnyCubic Photon, Shining 3D EinScan-S & Atlas 3D scanners...
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3 (edited by n2ri 2014-11-09 05:26:14)

Re: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

thanks very much for explaining this function. however when i do all that it still shows same red areas. also I had to click execute to make it do the repairs but still no change. also the cab of truck has no frame connecting it to bed.

can anybody help me repair this? I would like to print it for my latout. I cant even find which site I found it on to see if they could repair it. maube it got pulled due to not printable

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

4 (edited by pirvan 2014-11-09 17:37:54)

Re: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

I tried to fix most of the errors in this model, but they're simply too many.  There are almost 10,000 intersecting triangles.  I think this model was made in 3D Studio Max or something similar, as there are also many open faces, which are almost impossible to close.

I did manage to clean quite a bit up, and, although Slic3r still can't properly slice this, Cura can, so try that.

I tried to upload the model here, but even zipped, it's too large, so I uploaded it to a hosted site.  The link is below:

https://1fichier.com/?tkmb8fx28o

Good luck

To print or, 3D print, that is the question...
SD3 printer w/too many mods,  Printrbot Simple Maker Ed.,  FormLabs Form 1+
AnyCubic Photon, Shining 3D EinScan-S & Atlas 3D scanners...
...and too much time on my hands.

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Re: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

cool thanks very much. I scaled it down to N scale and done couple more lil repairs in Netfab, still got triangle error shown but my old RH Slic3r slices it right now so gonna try printing it. (the front of my print bed seems a bit low lately so have to move print to rear til leveled).

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

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Re: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

Post a pic of the model when you finished printing

To print or, 3D print, that is the question...
SD3 printer w/too many mods,  Printrbot Simple Maker Ed.,  FormLabs Form 1+
AnyCubic Photon, Shining 3D EinScan-S & Atlas 3D scanners...
...and too much time on my hands.

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Re: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

The netfabb "cloud" repair service (now run by Microsoft I think) always seems to do a much better job at fixing stuff like this:

https://modelrepair.azurewebsites.net/

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Re: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

pics show both sides of b4 and after prints, right one that has become 2 parts in b4 last repair. still have hollow place under driver door where red panel by running board still needs fixed. also the top sign board is messing up due to fast layer builds not being cooled in between. and shelves are very thin making clean up of support near impossible. but making great progress.

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Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

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Re: weird issue with repaired STL not seeing a part

had to join that site to try. then it failed to repair/load mesh after uploaded

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs