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First of all never print anything without checking in cura layer view first. I assume your model is skipping over some layers (happens a lot with sketchup models). This should be visible in layer view. When you get real good at it you can zip through every layer in well under a minute. However is it possible your part wasn't sticking to the surface and getting dragged around? I'm going to assume not.
Sketchup isn't very good at making 3d real things. It's great for making photos and videos and drawings but not physical things. Solidworks and other modern CAD programs work better. having said that I have made many models using sketchup and printed them. The best trick is to look at your model in cura xray view. anything red or brown is a problem. blue or white is fine. It indicates you have internal walls or holes. You have to fix all the red. sometimes you can hack your way through using "fix horrible" checkboxes on the cura expert settings window.
Cura 5.7 is here and it brings a handy new workflow improvement when using Thingiverse and Cura together, as well as additional capabilities for Method series printers, and a powerful way of sharing print settings using new printer-agnostic project files! Read on to find out about all of these improvements and more.
S-Line Firmware 8.3.0 was released Nov. 20th on the "Latest" firmware branch.
(Sorry, was out of office when this released)
This update is for...
All UltiMaker S series
New features
Temperature status. During print preparation, the temperatures of the print cores and build plate will be shown on the display. This gives a better indication of the progress and remaining wait time. Save log files in paused state. It is now possible to save the printer's log files to USB if the currently active print job is paused. Previously, the Dump logs to USB option was only enabled if the printer was in idle state. Confirm print removal via Digital Factory. If the printer is connected to the Digital Factory, it is now possible to confirm the removal of a previous print job via the Digital Factory interface. This is useful in situations where the build plate is clear, but the operator forgot to select Confirm removal on the printer’s display. Visit this page for more information about this feature.
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First of all never print anything without checking in cura layer view first. I assume your model is skipping over some layers (happens a lot with sketchup models). This should be visible in layer view. When you get real good at it you can zip through every layer in well under a minute. However is it possible your part wasn't sticking to the surface and getting dragged around? I'm going to assume not.
Sketchup isn't very good at making 3d real things. It's great for making photos and videos and drawings but not physical things. Solidworks and other modern CAD programs work better. having said that I have made many models using sketchup and printed them. The best trick is to look at your model in cura xray view. anything red or brown is a problem. blue or white is fine. It indicates you have internal walls or holes. You have to fix all the red. sometimes you can hack your way through using "fix horrible" checkboxes on the cura expert settings window.
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