3D printer not printing arches

[jay9313]

I am relatively new to 3D printing. I am using a Makerbot Replicator 2 that I can use at work.

I am trying to 3D print a piece. I have attached the STL file and an image of what is happening. The print appears to stop mid-print on the arches. It gets really thin and wispy and then stops extruding and says it is finished. I believe I had the settings at 20% infill with 3 shells. I also tried 80% infill with 3 shells.

Does anyone know what to do to make this print properly?


Edit: I can't upload attachments, so here is an imgur link. http://imgur.com/a/2SyDO
Edit: Here is the print preview http://imgur.com/eaTI3ZY

[curious aardvark]

you can no longer attach things to the forum.
Someone knows why - but nobody's telling.

Host it somewhere else and post the link here - only way to do it unfortunately.

[jay9313]

you can no longer attach things to the forum.
Someone knows why - but nobody's telling.

Host it somewhere else and post the link here - only way to do it unfortunately.

I re edited my post. Thanks for the heads up

[curious aardvark]

weird.
Does the whole model show up in the slicer ?
And if you do a preview print does it go all the way through ?

[jay9313]

weird.
Does the whole model show up in the slicer ?
And if you do a preview print does it go all the way through ?

Here is the print preview
http://imgur.com/eaTI3ZY

[curious aardvark]

yep, that is weird alright.

You tried printing anything else the same height ?

[jay9313]

yep, that is weird alright.

You tried printing anything else the same height ?

I actually do have information about this. I tried printing this mount and a different piece at the same time. When this mount messed up, it would cause the other one to also mess up.

I then decided to print them separately. The second piece was bigger in all dimensions. It printed fine. When trying to print them together, the mount caused both to fail.

[Mjolinor]

I think you need a Gcode viewer. I know nothing about Simplify3D other than CuriousA goes on like a broken record about it so I don't know if it has a Gcode viewer or not but I think there are some online and for sure Cura does it. Maybe "Print Preview" is the Gcode viewer but if it aint then you need one.

[curious aardvark]

Actually he's using makerware - see the print preview pic :-)

Given that another file prints fine at a larger size, it's got to be the stl file itself.

[ralphzoontjens]

I suppose there's an error in the STL file, have you checked and repaired the file? Netfabb is a good free tool for this.

Otherwise it can be your slicer, I occassionally have the same problem. Cura lets you preview the Gcode layer by layer so you can sort out the problem.