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Posted · Sliced model not hollow

Hey @catprint,

 

Welcome to the Ultimaker Community 🎉

That looks like a cool printjob. 

 

Do you have a project file for us? It contains the printer and settings we need for troubleshooting. 
To save a project file go to File -> Save project.

It could be that your mesh is faulty. 
Have you tried doing a quick mesh fix with the Meshtools Plugin? 
You can get it here: https://marketplace.ultimaker.com/app/cura/plugins/fieldofview/MeshTools

 

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    Posted · Sliced model not hollow
    Surface Mode has a chance of working, but that's a really bad model.  MS 3D Builder and Mesh Mixer were able to repair it, but it ends up as a solid with no openings.
    Online STL repair gave the following report on the model:
    --> Analyzed your file:
    --> 776 Naked edges (?)
    --> 17 Planar holes (?)
    --> 13 Non-planar holes (?)
    --> 202 Non-manifold edges (?)
    --> 218 Inverted faces (?)
    --> 0 Degenerate faces (?)
    --> 0 Duplicate faces (?)
    --> 0 Disjoint shells (?)
    -> Vertex count changed from 31902 to 33613 (+1711)
    -> Triangle count changed from 63191 to 67556 (+4365)
     
    Here is the X-Ray view of the original model showing large areas that have errors.
    image.thumb.png.ce02788d3d9aefb12a55ef1277b1969a.png
     
     
    Here is the repaired version sliced.  It doesn't look much like the original model and the top and bottom aren't flat.
    image.thumb.png.b8e674a34d66ca719d3ec2f38bd4b4c5.png
     
     
     
     
     
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