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First of all I already see the gray/blue areas in your sketchup screenshot is typically the *inside* surface so I would select all those, right click, and reverse the surfaces so they are white. That alone might be enough. also look at it in cura "xray view" which shows problem areas in red. There might be a double wall between the blue portion and the white portion of your print. Thirdly you can play with the "repair mesh" settings in cura. First try unchecking all of the repair options, then play with checking a few of them.
Finally if none of this is helping, try sending your model through netfabb free repair web page. It's very simple. But best to fix the model in sketchup.
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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Oh god. Sketchup isn't very good for modeling solids but it's possible. Sketchup is better for virtual walk throughs. Anyway I recommend reading this:
https://i.materialise.com/blog/3d-printing-with-sketchup/
First of all I already see the gray/blue areas in your sketchup screenshot is typically the *inside* surface so I would select all those, right click, and reverse the surfaces so they are white. That alone might be enough. also look at it in cura "xray view" which shows problem areas in red. There might be a double wall between the blue portion and the white portion of your print. Thirdly you can play with the "repair mesh" settings in cura. First try unchecking all of the repair options, then play with checking a few of them.
Finally if none of this is helping, try sending your model through netfabb free repair web page. It's very simple. But best to fix the model in sketchup.
https://service.netfabb.com/login.php
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nick-s 0
There are lots of other free CAD programmes available that may be better for you than Sketchup.
I started with Design Spark Mechanical from RS Components. Take a look at these two suggestions:
https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/mechanical-software
https://www.tinkercad.com/
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