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Posted · Shadow effecting print

I've never experienced this before where Cura wont print a part that will fit on the build plate due to the shadow it casts, for some reason Cura is thinking the shadow needs printing but doest show a sign of the shadow once i can get it to slice. Any advice on whats happening here would be welcome.

 

Many thanks 

Dave

Upper.stl

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    Posted · Shadow effecting print
    7 minutes ago, mattjugan said:

    Did you ever figure this out? I’m having this exact problem.

    If you could post a Cura project file (.3mf, in Cura go to File > Save Project) that has this problem so we can have a look at it that would help. This is a pretty old thread so it's possible you have a newer, different problem.

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    Posted · Shadow effecting print
    22 minutes ago, Slashee_the_Cow said:

    If you could post a Cura project file (.3mf, in Cura go to File > Save Project) that has this problem so we can have a look at it that would help. This is a pretty old thread so it's possible you have a newer, different problem.

     

    See attached. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    ObjectWontFitDueToShadow.3mf

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    Posted · Shadow effecting print

    That file only seems to contain the model - you need to set it up like you were about to print it (if you could) and then choose Save Project. Some people accidentally pick Export which isn't what we want.

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    Posted · Shadow effecting print
    54 minutes ago, Slashee_the_Cow said:

    That file only seems to contain the model - you need to set it up like you were about to print it (if you could) and then choose Save Project. Some people accidentally pick Export which isn't what we want.

     

    Sorry yes I initially chose export, but attached below is the normal Save Project

    ObjectWontFitDueToShadow1.3mf

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    Posted · Shadow effecting print

    Your problem seems to be that your model is way down below the printer's bed:

    image.thumb.png.06705b8bf202cd029887392429424357.png

    So click it, and in the popup box for the move tool change Z to 0:

    image.png.25d3a370199312e31b190c509b716841.png

    Now it's a happy... whatever it is you're trying to print:

    image.thumb.png.c3399a2b61dbe5367040fb270b9c8e79.png

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    Posted · Shadow effecting print
    10 hours ago, Slashee_the_Cow said:

    Your problem seems to be that your model is way down below the printer's bed:

    image.thumb.png.06705b8bf202cd029887392429424357.png

    So click it, and in the popup box for the move tool change Z to 0:

    image.png.25d3a370199312e31b190c509b716841.png

    Now it's a happy... whatever it is you're trying to print:

    image.thumb.png.c3399a2b61dbe5367040fb270b9c8e79.png

    Thank you so much! As you can tell I'm very new at all of this, and I'm not sure how the object got a negative z value but  I very much appreciate your help. I am back up and running! Thanks again

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