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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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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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