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Posted · Z-seam viewer and print visualization

Are you looking at a gcode file, a 3mf project or just an STL? And... whichever way, can you upload it so we can have a look at it?

If you just have the STL it would be best for you to save it as a 3mf Cura project (just go to File > Save Project in Cura) so we can see what settings you're using.

 

And just to cover the stupidly obvious things we (yes, myself included, I've had to throw out 10 hour prints because of a single setting I forgot to change) all forget... you do have "starts" turned on in line view, right?

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    Posted · Z-seam viewer and print visualization

    The 3mf file you provided was just a model - not a Cura project. I can't replicate your results with it.

    5.6:

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    4.13.1:

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    About the most common scenario I know of when a Z-seam doesn't show up is because you have Special Modes > Spiralize Outer Contour on. And your first screenshots make me wonder if you do - your line colour settings show that you have inner walls set to green, and no green walls are showing up, other than the bottom layer (which is how it works with spiralise, the bottom layer is always done pretty normally.

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    Posted · Z-seam viewer and print visualization

    Also the model you provided has errors - in the sections like the one I highlighted, the triangles don't converge at the same vertex in the centre:

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    You have multiple vertices close together that should be merged. I'd recommend MeshLab, but that won't load 3mf files. If you're on Windows, the built in 3D Builder program is actually pretty good and can fix problems like this easily.

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