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Thread: 3D printer not printing arches
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06-29-2016, 09:45 AM #1
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3D printer not printing arches
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/eaTI3ZYLast edited by jay9313; 06-29-2016 at 10:47 AM.
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06-29-2016, 09:53 AM #2
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.
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06-29-2016, 10:04 AM #3
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06-29-2016, 10:30 AM #4
weird.
Does the whole model show up in the slicer ?
And if you do a preview print does it go all the way through ?
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06-29-2016, 10:47 AM #5
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Here is the print preview
http://imgur.com/eaTI3ZY
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06-29-2016, 12:32 PM #6
yep, that is weird alright.
You tried printing anything else the same height ?
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06-29-2016, 12:50 PM #7
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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.
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06-29-2016, 01:29 PM #8
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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.
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06-30-2016, 10:49 AM #9
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.
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07-20-2016, 02:43 AM #10
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.
Printer will print perfect...
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