CURA cannot slice complex model !

[fritz99 0]

Hello !

When I want to prepair for printing a complex model, then CURA says that there is something wrong and stops.

The same model stl file is ok in netfabb.

Please help.

Fritz

[IRobertI 521]

Does it say "there is something wrong" or does it give you an actual error?

[Daid 306]

In some models the slicer runs out of memory and will tell you "something went wrong during slicing".

[fritz99 0]

In some models the slicer runs out of memory and will tell you "something went wrong during slicing".

And what can I do to fix this ?

[Daid 306]

Less complex model. Or changing slicer. It's currently a hard limit of 2GB memory use under windows (Mac and Linux have higher limits) I know it sucks, but currently little I can do about it.

[fritz99 0]

Less complex model. Or changing slicer. It's currently a hard limit of 2GB memory use under windows (Mac and Linux have higher limits) I know it sucks, but currently little I can do about it.

Which slicer shoud I use ?

Can I print the sliced file with CURA ?

Because I have a hotbed for ABS printing, I have to use CURA for printing.

CURA is the only software that can control a hotbed, or am I wrong ?

Fritz

[Daid 306]

PrintRun can also control a hotbed. Other slicing options are Slic3r and KISSlicer.