Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted · Newb in need of help

My wife has me on a custom cookie cutter apple mission for our kids' starting school. It looks good in sketchup and shows good graphically in cura, but it's printing the "empty" parts of the model and not printing solid parts? I created in sketchup and printing on a lulzbot taz 6. I think maybe i need to reverse all faces in sketchup? Thank you

  • Link to post
    Share on other sites

    Posted · Newb in need of help

    Look at it in cura in xray view and if there is any red you have to fix that first. Red can mean there is a hole in your model or (more likely) an extra wall that you didn't notice. Inside the model. Or two walls in the same spot. Making it confusing which locations are supposed to be air and which solid.

    Also consider unchecking everything in "fix horrible" (assuming you have cura 15.*). In cura 2.* it's called something like "mesh repair" maybe?

    Also you want the walls twice nozzle width. So probably .8mm minimum thickness walls. If not the walls of the cutter won't print at all. Maybe. Sometimes it prints if wall is .4mm but sometimes not so keep the wall at .81mm thick minimum. Or keep wall at .8 and adjust your nozzle width to .35 for a test (and your shell to .7mm or .35mm). This wall stuff again assumes cura 15.*

  • Link to post
    Share on other sites

    Posted · Newb in need of help

    Install the "Solid Inspector" plugin from the Sketchup Warehouse. It is very good (not perfect) at catching errors in your model that would keep it from printing properly.

  • Link to post
    Share on other sites

    Posted · Newb in need of help

    Solid inspector should get you going on that design. But from now on I would suggest you don't use sketchup as it produces all sorts of errors. There are a lot of other design software packages that are just as simple to learn that save hours of error fixing.

  • Link to post
    Share on other sites

    Create an account or sign in to comment

    You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

    Create an account

    Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

    Register a new account

    Sign in

    Already have an account? Sign in here.

    Sign In Now
    • Our picks

      • Help Us Improve Cura – Join the Ultimaker Research Program
        🚀 Help Shape the Future of Cura and Digital Factory – Join Our Power User Research Program!
        We’re looking for active users of Cura and Digital Factory — across professional and educational use cases — to help us improve the next generation of our tools.
        Our Power User Research Program kicks off with a quick 15-minute interview to learn about your setup and workflows. If selected, you’ll be invited into a small group of users who get early access to features and help us shape the future of 3D printing software.

        🧪 What to Expect:
        A short 15-minute kickoff interview to help us get to know you If selected, bi-monthly research sessions (15–30 minutes) where we’ll test features, review workflows, or gather feedback Occasional invites to try out early prototypes or vote on upcoming improvements
        🎁 What You’ll Get:
         
        Selected participants receive a free 1-year Studio or Classroom license Early access to new features and tools A direct voice in what we build next
        👉 Interested? Please fill out this quick form
        Your feedback helps us make Cura Cloud more powerful, more intuitive, and more aligned with how you actually print and manage your workflow.
        Thanks for being part of the community,

        — The Ultimaker Software Team
        • 0 replies
      • Cura 5.10 stable released!
        The full stable release of Cura 5.10 has arrived, and it brings support for the new Ultimaker S8, as well as new materials and profiles for previously supported UltiMaker printers. Additionally, you can now control your models in Cura using a 3D SpaceMouse and more!
          • Like
        • 18 replies
    ×
    ×
    • Create New...