Your scan can't be very accurate at least out at the edges as the actual grate is much thicker than a sheet of paper, right? Whereas your scan appears to be mostly thinner than a sheet of paper.
Did you scan the bottom of the grate as well?
I have only used blender a tiny bit but I seem to remember there is a function to thicken everything. But that will change your accuracy.
Maybe @GregValiant has some ideas? He's pretty good at fixing models but if he doesn't know which dimensions need to be accurate he'll have to guess. I mean is the top scan accurate but the bottom surfaces are all just a guess? That's what it looks like to me. It looks like maybe you only scanned the top of the part and the scan software just assumed it *was* infinitely thin.
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gr5 2,224
Your model is pretty bad. Sorry to say. When you scanned it you needed to scan the underside as well.
As far as I can tell the walls are infinitely thin in most places. So Cura is like - oh - infinitely thin - okay that just means zero plastic. Done.
So the model needs a lot more work in blender or other software. Blender is designed for computer graphics where you can have infinitely thing objects and they look pretty good as long as you don't go around to the back side. In 3d printing the models have to be solid.
So some CAD software like design spark mechanical, autodesk, and hundreds of others only let you create "real" 3d objects.
Other CAD software like blender and sketchup are geared towards computer graphics and will let you create non printable 3d scenes that may look great but aren't printable.
There are lots of guides on youtube for how to fix your blender file to be printable.
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agoodnight 0
Is there any way to fix my model without having to model the entire thing by hand, it is a 3d scan of an object that needs to be accurate.
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