Hi!
I've looked at every forum thread I could and made all the recommended changes and still the problem persists. Thanks in advance for the help, I'm 1 week into 3d printing.
Printer: Creality 3 Pro
Design Software: Blender
Slicer: Ultimaker Cura 4.7.1
Problem: a hollow tube (or any designed hole) in my model is automatically filled up by the printer.
Things I've tried:
Unchecked "Remove all holes"
Used Mesh Tools to "Fix simple holes" -> "Mesh needs more extensive repair to become watertight."
Attached a simple stl of a tube - The tube is correctly printed hollow but the printer incorrectly seals the tube from the top and bottom for some unknown reason.
rod test.stl
Edit: This problem was SOLVED - simply use Extrude or other tools inside Blender to thicken your walls, thus allowing the printer to print a model with real-world thickness, as opposed to the infinitely thin walls of Blender's default virtual world.