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You should never print something if it doesn't look right in layer view. That would have saved you a lot of time and it will save you lots of time in the future. ALWAYS look at the part in layer view before printing it.
The basic problem is that this part isn't manifold. A manifold parts has a connected 3d surface and a clear "inside" and "outside" where the "inside" is where you print filament and the "outside" is where you don't. This part is not manifold or possibly some of the wall normals are backwards which tell each triangle in the stl which side of the triangle is "air" and which side of the triangle is "solid". Examples of non-manifold are confusing (to cura) extra walls/triangles *inside* the print or missing walls.
The simplest thing to do is to just run it through the free netfabb repair service here:
To learn a little more about manifold you could try looking at the part in xray view. Anything that appears in red needs to be fixed.
Another option is to go into cura expert options and look at the 4 "fix horrible" checkboxes and play with those. There are 16 ways to check those and one of those 16 ways (or a few of them) are likely to fix this print.
If this is your own design (I'm pretty sure it isn't) and it was created in sketchup I can point you to a sketchup guide that has a few simple tricks to make sure your parts are manifold.
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You should never print something if it doesn't look right in layer view. That would have saved you a lot of time and it will save you lots of time in the future. ALWAYS look at the part in layer view before printing it.
The basic problem is that this part isn't manifold. A manifold parts has a connected 3d surface and a clear "inside" and "outside" where the "inside" is where you print filament and the "outside" is where you don't. This part is not manifold or possibly some of the wall normals are backwards which tell each triangle in the stl which side of the triangle is "air" and which side of the triangle is "solid". Examples of non-manifold are confusing (to cura) extra walls/triangles *inside* the print or missing walls.
The simplest thing to do is to just run it through the free netfabb repair service here:
https://service.netfabb.com/login.php
To learn a little more about manifold you could try looking at the part in xray view. Anything that appears in red needs to be fixed.
Another option is to go into cura expert options and look at the 4 "fix horrible" checkboxes and play with those. There are 16 ways to check those and one of those 16 ways (or a few of them) are likely to fix this print.
If this is your own design (I'm pretty sure it isn't) and it was created in sketchup I can point you to a sketchup guide that has a few simple tricks to make sure your parts are manifold.
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