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[libertyhouseplans 2]

Posting this solution in case someone else runs into the same issue.

 

• In Cura, choose Preferences > Configure Cura.
• Near the top of the options, check "Slice Automatically."

 

It's as simple as that. As soon as I changed that setting, Cura sliced, and I had a project that was ready to evaluate.

 

[ahoeben 1,968]

Or... press the "Slice" button.

 

The "Slice Automatically" setting has been enabled by default for quite a while now. There's also a message to tell you the model needs to be sliced if there is no layer data, but it has an option to not show that message again, so you may have hidden it before.

[MariMakes 201]

Hey @libertyhouseplans,

Thanks for sharing. 😄
@ahoeben correctly shared that we have a message that should help other users struggling with this. 

[libertyhouseplans 2]

@ahoeben Actually, this was with a fresh download of the latest Cura. So... what I was using was the default.

 

Pressing the "Slice" button would have been the obvious move, but it was greyed out.

[libertyhouseplans 2]

Hi, @MariMakes: I saw that error message, but it didn't help. I *knew* the object needed to be sliced, but the Slice button was greyed out. There was no apparent way to slice. Only when I enabled automatic slicing did the button become active.

[libertyhouseplans 2]

FWIW, I found other users with the same problem (but no solution) in non-UM forums. The common thread seems to be that they were slicing STL files.

[MariMakes 201]

Hey @libertyhouseplans,

 

I just realized you might be seeing another bug. 

If you have adaptive layerheights enabled, but you have empty first layers; you'll see this:

Was that what you were seeing?

If you disable adaptive layerheights or if you enable drop to builldplate, it should be resolved. 

 

[libertyhouseplans 2]

@MariMakes Yes - there was no option to slice. It looked like that. Struck me as a bug.

 

I didn't have adaptive layerheights enabled, though. The only way I could get it to slice was to Slice Automatically.