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CURA "slicing" but doing nothing w BIG models only


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Posted · CURA "slicing" but doing nothing w BIG models only

Hi,

 

Cura (4.4 on one PC, 4.3 on another) doesn´'t slice (CPU&GPU 0%); there is no blue progress shown. Models upwards of 500 MB (binary STL) are affected. Sometimes, a reboot helps, but for some models I am stuck.

 

I have sliced larger models on these PCs before without issue, thus pure size doesn't seem to be the issue.

 

Adding a small cube that touches the build plate did NOT solve the problem.

 

The firewall is NOT an issue, as I can slice other models easily.

 

I tried exporting from a different program (Rhino 5.0 instead of GOMinspect) - no help.

 

Ideas?

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    Posted · CURA "slicing" but doing nothing w BIG models only

    So I downsized the files to less than 60 million points (120 million polygons) and now it works.

     

    So, why am I sometimes able to slice files that are way over 1 GB as binary STLs, and now these will only work when ca. 540 MB?

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    Posted · CURA "slicing" but doing nothing w BIG models only
    6 hours ago, gr5 said:

    Over a million polygons is, well, a lot.  For the model in this article you can see that even for a detailed car... well check it out:

     

    http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/polygon_reduction_with_meshlab

     

     

    Actually, whether it is a lot or not depends on two things: printer resolution and print size. And I can tell you that in this case, the required reduction is visible in the printed part. Print space is 1 cubic meter.....

     

    OK; I can manually select areas for local reduction where the detail isn't that important, but that's going to be a full day of work.

     

    And Meshlab can't even handle meshes of that size properly. Only GOMinspect is comfy with them.

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