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I am using Cura version 5.6.0. I recently designed this spiral plant pot and was slicing it in Cura when I came across a problem. After getting shocked by an estimated print time only to be described as abysmal, I found that Cura had made my plant pot solid. After scouring the internet, I found that most people recommend turning off Union Overlapping Volumes. When I tried this, Cura just ignored the geometry of the pot and still made the inside solid. Can anyone help me with this? Plant_Pot.3mfPlant_Pot.3mfPlant_Pot.3mfPlant_Pot.3mfPlant_Pot.3mfPlant_Pot.3mf

 

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    Posted · Cura keeps making hollow object solid

    Your model is messed up.

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    It has no faces on the inside the curved bit, and none on the bottom of the outside. That's why Cura won't print it hollow - it doesn't think there's anything inside.

     

    I don't know what program you used to make it (and I don't intend to chastise you), but just a warning: Blender isn't great at making STL files, and SketchUp's ability to do it is a running joke.

     

    Although because I have nothing better to do to this morning... here's a fixed version.

    Plant_Pot_Fixed.stl

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    Posted · Cura keeps making hollow object solid

    I followed a Fusion 360 tutorial to make it. Thank you for the fixed version! I've just gotten started with Fusion 360 so I wasn't sure how to properly make it. Thanks again for your help

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