Sorry for the delay in my responding back. I was called away from my desk.
There news of the STL size. A co-worker exported the model to an STL file by accident. The resulting file was below 450M!!! Cura now loads it fairly quickly, and it now slices the file with no trouble. According to Cura the model is 280 X 280 X 183.5 mm and will take 7 days to print!!
The only I can think of is my CAD program (AlibreI for some reason it did not export properly. Just strange.
rowiac:
I will check into MeshLab.
gr5:
I have not yet read the tutorial, when I get some free time I will read. As for my CAD exporting to STL settings, here is a screen capture of it setting I have.
Also, the thin line has never been a problem in the past. For me, my CR-10 printer does an excellent no matter how thin the lines. Not to mention the great detail (no matter how small) it has shown.
geert_2:::
This is a model of a rocket nozzle. The model I am trying to print is 40% of real nozzle size. Because the nozzle has to be a single piece. so cutting to up smaller pieces is not an option. When it comes time to print an actual nozzle we will send it to a vendor who can print it full scale using graphite as the printing material.
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The other attached pic is a 3D rendering (KeyShot) of the part.
Again thanks for all the help and suggestions 😄